Welcome to Canonchet ...

Canonchet is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Canonchet, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Canonchet is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Canonchet lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Canonchet: 401

Websites for Canonchet ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Canonchet ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Canonchet.

• Norwich
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Norwich is located in New London County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,619 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwich <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Norwich
  • From Canonchet to Norwich
• Norwich
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Norwich is located in New London County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,619 people
• Groton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Groton is located in New London County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,258 people
• Coventry
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Coventry is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
• South Kingstown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • South Kingstown is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Kingstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,454 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to South Kingstown
  • From Canonchet to South Kingstown
• West Warwick
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • West Warwick is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
• North Kingstown
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • North Kingstown is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
• Westerly
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Westerly is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,328 people
• Stonington
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stonington is located in New London County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,566 people
• Narragansett
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Narragansett is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narragansett
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,309 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Canonchet. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Canonchet.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Canonchet. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Canonchet.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Canonchet. See our Newspapers Page for Canonchet.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Canonchet ...

Looking for more information about Canonchet? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Canonchet, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Canonchet.

Adding Canonchet to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Canonchet in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Canonchet was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Canonchet post office opened in 1883. The Canonchet post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Canonchet.