Exeter
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- Type: Town with 6,210 residents
- Description: town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States
- Also known as: “Exeter Hill”, “Exeter Hole”, “Exeter Hollow”, “Exeter, Rhode Island”, and “Exeter, RI”
- Postal code: 02822
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wickford Junction station and Six Principle Baptist Church.
Wickford Junction station
Railway station
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Wickford Junction station is a commuter rail station located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. It is the southern terminus of the MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line and serves as a park and ride location for commuters to Providence and Boston. Wickford Junction station is situated 2½ miles east of Exeter.
Six Principle Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stony Lane Six Principle Baptist Church, also known as the Old Baptist Meeting House, is a historic church in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. As of 2009 it was one of the last surviving historical congregations of the Six Principle Baptist denomination and one of the oldest churches in the United States. Six Principle Baptist Church is situated 2½ miles northeast of Exeter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Kingstown and Slocum.
North Kingstown
North Kingstown is in Washington County, Rhode Island in the United States of America. It has 30 mi of coastline on Narragansett Bay and covers almost 58 sq mi.
Slocum
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Slocum is a small village in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. Located near North Kingstown's border with Exeter, Slocum is largely open fields and farms. Slocum's zip code is 02877. Slocum is situated 3½ miles south of Exeter.
Lafayette
Neighborhood
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
Lafayette Village is a historic district extending along Ten Rod Road in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It encompasses a linear rural and industrial village, running from the Wickford Junction railroad crossing in the west to Angel Avenue in the east, and includes a number of residential properties on adjacent side streets. Lafayette is situated 3 miles east of Exeter.
Exeter
- Categories: town in the United States, town of Rhode Island, and locality
- Location: South County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.5775° or 41° 34′ 39″ northLongitude
-71.5377° or 71° 32′ 16″ westPopulation
6,210Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)United Nations Location Code
US EXROpen location code
87HCHFG6+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 158855386OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Exeter” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إكستر”
- Armenian: “Էքսեթեր”
- Basque: “Exeter”
- Catalan: “Exeter”
- Cebuano: “Exeter”
- Chechen: “Эксетер”
- Chinese: “埃克塞特”
- Chinese: “雅息特”
- Dutch: “Exeter”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اكستر”
- French: “Exeter”
- German: “Exeter”
- Haitian: “Exeter, Rhode”
- Haitian: “Exeter”
- Hebrew: “אקסטר”
- Hungarian: “Exeter”
- Indonesian: “Exeter, Rhode Island”
- Indonesian: “Exeter”
- Italian: “Exeter”
- Japanese: “エクセター”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Exeter”
- Polish: “Exeter”
- Portuguese: “Exeter”
- Spanish: “Exeter”
- Swedish: “Exeter, Rhode Island”
- Swedish: “Exeter”
- Tatar: “Эксетер”
- Turkish: “Exeter”
- Ukrainian: “Ексетер”
- Urdu: “ایگزیٹر، روڈ آئلینڈ”
- Volapük: “Exeter, Rhode Island”
- Volapük: “Exeter”
- Waray (Philippines): “Exeter, Rhode Island”
- Waray (Philippines): “Exeter”
- Welsh: “Exeter, Rhode Island”
- Welsh: “Exeter”
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