Cranston and Warwick Tercentenary road marker

Cranston and Warwick Tercentenary road marker is a Rhode Island historical marker in Kent County, dedicated 1936.

Cranston and Warwick, Warwick Avenue Bridge · location approximate

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CRANSTON INCORPORATED 1754 INCORPORATED AS A CITY 1910 NAMED FOR GOVERNOR SAMUEL CRANSTON WARWICK PURCHASED 1642 SETTLED AS SHAWOMET NAMED WARWICK IN 1648 FOR ROBERT, EARL OF WARWICK WHO GRANTED THE CHARTER OF 1643 INCORPORATED AS A CITY 1931

1937 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1674 · Totius Neobelgii nova et accuratissima tabula / [Hugo Allardt] (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1677 · A map of New England (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Siege of Newport, Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

A map of New England, 1677, covering the location of Cranston and Warwick Tercentenary road marker, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — A map of New England, 1677, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, Rhode Island Tercentenary 1636-1936: A Report (1937)

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