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Welcome to Chopmist ...

Chopmist is located in Providence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chopmist, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Chopmist is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Chopmist: 401

Websites for Chopmist ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Chopmist ...

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

  • Providence
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Warwick
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cranston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Pawtucket
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • East Providence
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Woonsocket
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cumberland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cumberland is located in Providence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
  • Coventry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Coventry is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
  • North Providence
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • North Providence is located in Providence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,507 people
  • Johnston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

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 Chopmist. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chopmist.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chopmist. 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 Chopmist.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chopmist ...

Looking for more information about Chopmist? 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 Chopmist, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Chopmist.

Adding Chopmist to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chopmist 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 Chopmist was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Chopmist post office opened in 1888. The Chopmist post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chopmist.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of the state's counties, including Providence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chopmist - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/