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 Frenchtown (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 Frenchtown. 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.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Frenchtown 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 Frenchtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frenchtown:
Kent County (The home county of Frenchtown)
The following are listed by their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
East Greenwich (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
Shippee Corner (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Shippee Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner 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 Cowesett (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett Apponaug (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug West Warwick (5 miles [8 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
West Warwick (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick 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 Quidnick (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick Spring Lake (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Spring Lake is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake 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 Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
Annawomscutt (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Bristol (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol 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
Barrington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Bristol (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Warren (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren 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
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 Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
Jamestown (8 miles [12.9 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
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 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 (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Clarks Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Clarks Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village 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 Middletown (13 miles [20.9 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
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 Newport (13 miles [20.9 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 Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown 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 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 Kent ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Kent is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent 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 Richmond ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Richmond is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Kent Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Kent Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corner Ashland ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Ashland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown 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 Allenton (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton 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 south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
North Kingstown (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Slocum (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Slocum is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum 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
Liberty (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Saunderstown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Saunderstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunderstown 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 Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown 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 (21 miles [33.8 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)
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 Jewett City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
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 Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
Oneco (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
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
Ekonk (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Sterling (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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 Almyville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Almyville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville Moosup (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Plainfield (21 miles [33.8 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
East Killingly (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Central Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
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 Plainfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Danielson (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown 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 Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
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 Plainville (27 miles [43.5 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
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 Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
Blackstone (27 miles [43.5 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville 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 Millville (28 miles [45.1 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frenchtown, see our County-by-County Page for Frenchtown .
Cemeteries Near Frenchtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frenchtown.
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 Frenchtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frenchtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #18 (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #13 (Less than 2 miles to the north)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #32 (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #30 (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Davis Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #14 (Less than 2 miles to the west)
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)
Hunt - Hall Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Hunt Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Tourgee Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Continue List (764 more) ...
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #6 (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Chadsey - Gardiner Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Quidnessett Memorial Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Frenchtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frenchtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
Davisville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Davisville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville 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 Lafayette (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Lafayette is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette 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 Exeter (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Crompton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Crompton is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crompton Wickford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Potowomut (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Potowomut is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potowomut Cowesett (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett Allenton (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton Belleville (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Continue List (14 more) ...
Quidnick (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick Buttonwoods (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Buttonwoods is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods Anthony (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Anthony is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frenchtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frenchtown .
Newspapers Published in Frenchtown ...
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 Frenchtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frenchtown, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Frenchtown.
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 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 Frenchtown:
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 Frenchtown. 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. The Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission (RIHCC) has created and maintains a database of cemeteries. More information about the RIHCC can be found on their website: rihistoriccemeteries.org . The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . 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 Frenchtown, 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- Frenchtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.