Warwick Neck Road

Warwick Neck Road is a Rhode Island historical marker in Kent County, dedicated 1936.

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Warwick Neck Road A bronze tablet attached to a granite boulder has been erected at the head of the Warwick Neck Road, commemorating the planting of the Centennial Elm. The following inscription appears on the tablet: The Centennial Elm planted by citizens of Warwick, July 1876

1937 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1838 · Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · County and township map of the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · R.I. sheet 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Composite: R.I. 1-10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, 1876, covering the location of Warwick Neck Road, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, 1876, 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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