Westerly

Westerly is a town on the southwestern shoreline of Washington County, Rhode Island. First settled by Elder John Crandall in 1661 it is believed that John Crandall named the town after his birthplace in Westerleigh, England.
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  • Type: Town with 18,400 residents
  • Description: town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States
  • Also known as: “Feversham”, “Misquamacuck”, “Pawcatuck Bridge”, “Squamicut”, “Westerly, Rhode Island”, and “Westerly, RI”
  • Postal code: 02891
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Westerly station and Westerly Armory.

Railway station
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is a passenger rail station on the Northeast Corridor located just north of downtown Westerly, Rhode Island. It is served exclusively by Amtrak's Northeast Regional service.

Museum
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The is an historic National Guard armory building located on Railroad Avenue, west of downtown Westerly, Rhode Island.

Museum
The is a historic house in Westerly, Rhode Island. The house was built around 1734. Dr. Joshua Babcock, a correspondent with Benjamin Franklin, lived in the house and hosted both Franklin and General George Washington at the home.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pawcatuck and Mechanic Street Historic District.

Suburb
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is a village and census-designated place in the town of which is located in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 5,624 at the 2010 census.

Neighborhood
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The encompasses a historic 19th-century mill and mill village in a 14-block area of the Pawcatuck section of .

Westerly

Latitude
41.3776° or 41° 22′ 39″ north
Longitude
-71.8273° or 71° 49′ 38″ west
Population
18,400
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
IATA airport code
WST
United Nations Location Code
US WST
Open location code
87HC95HF+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158811174
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5225631
Wiki­data ID
Q1028023
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Westerly” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويسترلي”
  • Belarusian: “Уэстэрлі”
  • Catalan: “Westerly”
  • Cebuano: “Westerly”
  • Chechen: “Вестерли”
  • Chinese: “Westerly”
  • Chinese: “西向”
  • Chinese: “韋斯特利”
  • Chinese: “韦斯特利”
  • Dutch: “Westerly”
  • French: “Westerly”
  • German: “Westerly”
  • Haitian: “Westerly, Rhode”
  • Haitian: “Westerly”
  • Hebrew: “וסטרלי”
  • Hungarian: “Westerly”
  • Irish: “Westerly”
  • Italian: “Westerly”
  • Japanese: “ウェスタリー”
  • Korean: “웨스털리”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Westerly”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Westerly”
  • Norwegian: “Westerly”
  • Polish: “Westerly”
  • Portuguese: “Westerly”
  • Russian: “Вестерли”
  • Russian: “Уэстерли”
  • Serbian: “Вестерли”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Westerly, Rhode Island”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Westerly”
  • Slovak: “Westerly”
  • Slovenian: “Westerly”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وزترلی، رهود ایسلند”
  • Spanish: “Westerly (Rhode Island)”
  • Spanish: “Westerly”
  • Swedish: “Westerly, Rhode Island”
  • Swedish: “Westerly”
  • Tatar: “Вестерли”
  • Turkish: “Westerly, Rhode Island”
  • Turkish: “Westerly”
  • Ukrainian: “Вестерлі”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹرلی، روڈ آئلینڈ”
  • Volapük: “Westerly, Rhode Island”
  • Volapük: “Westerly”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Westerly, Rhode Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Westerly”
  • Welsh: “Westerly, Rhode Island”
  • Welsh: “Westerly”

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