Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about East Greenwich (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for East Greenwich. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for East Greenwich ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Greenwich: E. Greenwich
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
East Greenwich is located in Kent County .
To see how the shape of the state's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kent County : New London (CT) , Windham (CT) , Bristol , Newport , Providence & Washington .
Below are the counties that are near East Greenwich. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Greenwich:
Kent County (The home county of East Greenwich)
The following are listed by their distance from East Greenwich, with the one closest to East Greenwich listed first.
Shippee Corner (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Shippee Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner Cowesett (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett East Greenwich (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich West Warwick (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
Quidnick (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick West Warwick (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Apponaug (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Buttonwoods (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Buttonwoods is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods Coventry (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Spring Lake (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Spring Lake is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Phenix (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix Oakland Beach (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Oakland Beach is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Beach Kitts Corner (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Kitts Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from East Greenwich, with the one closest to East Greenwich listed first.
Annawomscutt (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Bristol (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Bristol (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Barrington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Warren (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Warren (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Coggeshall (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from East Greenwich, with the one closest to East Greenwich listed first.
Prudence Island (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Jamestown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Melville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Jamestown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Lawtons (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Portsmouth (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
Portsmouth (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Brenton Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Brenton Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenton Village Clarks Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Clarks Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village Middletown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Newport East (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Newport East is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East Middletown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
Newport (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Newport is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
Providence County
The following are listed by their distance from East Greenwich, with the one closest to East Greenwich listed first.
Oaklawn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Oaklawn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Sockanosset (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Sockanosset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset Garden City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Garden City is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Meshanticut (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Meshanticut is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshanticut Kent ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Kent is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cranston (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Cranston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
Knightsville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Knightsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville Bellefonte (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Bellefonte is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Simmonsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Simmonsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville Thornton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Thornton is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Riverside (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Riverside is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Ashland ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Ashland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Richmond ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Richmond is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from East Greenwich, with the one closest to East Greenwich listed first.
Wickford Junction (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Mount View (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Mount View is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View Wickford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Exeter (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Belleville (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville North Kingstown (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Allenton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton North Kingstown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
Exeter (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Population from the 2020 Census: 6,531 people
Slocum (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Slocum is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Liberty (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Tripps Corner (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Tripps Corner is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripps Corner Austin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Austin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from East Greenwich, with the one closest to East Greenwich listed first.
Voluntown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Voluntown is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
Voluntown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Glasgo (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
North Stonington (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
North Stonington is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stonington Population from the 2020 Census: 5,197 people
Griswold (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Griswold is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
North Stonington (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Pawcatuck (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Jewett City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Clarks Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Clarks Village is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village Preston (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Mashantucket (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Wequetequock (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Wequetequock is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequetequock Lisbon (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Lisbon is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Population from the 2020 Census: 4,238 people
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from East Greenwich, with the one closest to East Greenwich listed first.
Oneco (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Ekonk (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Sterling (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Sterling is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
Sterling (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Almyville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Almyville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville South Killingly (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Moosup (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Plainfield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Plainfield is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
Central Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Plainfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
East Killingly (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Killingly (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingly Population from the 2020 Census: 17,305 people
Plainfield Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Plainfield Village is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from East Greenwich, with the one closest to East Greenwich listed first.
Seekonk (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
Harris (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Globe Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Ocean Grove (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove South Rehoboth (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth Swansea Center (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Swansea Center is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Center Swansea (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Swansea is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Population from the 2020 Census: 17,000 people
Fall River (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Fall River is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River Population from the 2020 Census: 89,792 people
Hortonville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Hortonville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Bowenville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Bowenville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowenville Flint Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Flint Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Village Oak Grove Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Oak Grove Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Village North Seekonk (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Norfolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from East Greenwich, with the one closest to East Greenwich listed first.
Plainville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Plainville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
Burnt Swamp Corner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Sheldonville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from East Greenwich, with the one closest to East Greenwich listed first.
Blackstone (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone Population from the 2020 Census: 9,209 people
Millerville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Millville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Millville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
East Blackstone (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Greenwich, see our County-by-County Page for East Greenwich .
Cemeteries Near East Greenwich ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Greenwich.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for East Greenwich - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Greenwich covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Greenwich, with the one closest to East Greenwich listed first.
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #14 (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #18 (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #30 (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #13 (Less than 2 miles to the north)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #12 (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #11 (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #6 (Less than 2 miles to the north)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #19 (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #21 (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #33 (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #7 (Less than 2 miles to the north)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #32 (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Continue List (768 more) ...
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #42 (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Davis Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Tourgee Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find East Greenwich in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Greenwich.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Greenwich, with the one closest to East Greenwich listed first.
Davisville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Davisville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville Crompton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Crompton is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crompton Wickford Junction (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction East Greenwich (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Chepiwanoxet (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Chepiwanoxet is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepiwanoxet Cowesett (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett Exeter (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Lafayette (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Lafayette is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Wickford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Quidnick (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick Potowomut (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Potowomut is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potowomut Anthony (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Anthony is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Continue List (15 more) ...
Belleville (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Buttonwoods (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Buttonwoods is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods Greenwood (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Greenwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Greenwich. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Greenwich .
Newspapers Published in East Greenwich ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Greenwich.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Greenwich, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for East Greenwich.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to East Greenwich:
Websites specific to Rhode Island Pages specific to Kent County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Newport County Providence County Washington County New London County Windham County Bristol County Norfolk County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Rhode Island Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Greenwich. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about East Greenwich, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Greenwich) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.