Adamsville Church Cemetery

Adamsville Church Cemetery is a cemetery in Town of Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island. Adamsville Church Cemetery is situated nearby to the cemetery Joseph Gifford Lot, as well as near Gifford Lot South.

Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
Also known as: “Little Compton Cemetery 24” and “Rhode Island Hist. Cemetery Little Compton #24”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gray’s General Store.

Gray’s General Store

General store

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Gray's General Store was a general store located at 4 Main Street in Adamsville, Rhode Island. Founded in 1788, it operated for almost 225 years and was reputed to be the oldest continually operating general store in the United States. Gray’s General Store is situated 1,700 feet east of Adamsville Church Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adamsville and Little Compton.

Adamsville

Village

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Adamsville is a historic village in Little Compton, Rhode Island, United States. It was first settled in 1675 around the time of King Philip's War and was named after the second president of the United States, John Adams.

Little Compton

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Little Compton is a rural farming town in Newport County in southeastern Rhode Island. It includes the villages of Adamsville and Sakonnet. It is between the Sakonnet River on its west and Massachusetts and the West Branch of the Westport River to the east.