East Greenwich and Warwick Tercentenary road marker

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

East Greenwich and Warwick, Post Road · location approximate

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EAST GREENWICH INCORPORATED 1677 NAMED FOR EAST GREENWICH IN COUNTY OF KENT, ENGLAND BECAUSE IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE CHARTER OF 1663 CALLED DEDFORD 1686-1689 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1937 text, presented as a historical document.

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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)
1824 · Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1939 · Rhode Island aerial photographs of May 1939 (University of Rhode Island Environmental Data Center (URI EDC) and RIGIS, from prints held by the Rhode Island Division of Statewide Planning (CC BY 4.0))

Rhode Island, 1797, covering the location of East Greenwich and Warwick Tercentenary road marker, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Rhode Island, 1797, 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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