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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 Kent Heights (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 Kent Heights. 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 Kent Heights ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Kent Heights: Kent Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 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.
Kent Heights is located in Providence 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 Providence County : Windham (CT) , Bristol (MA) , Norfolk (MA) , Worcester (MA) , Bristol & Kent .
Below are the counties that are near Kent Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kent Heights:
Providence County (The home county of Kent Heights)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
East Providence (Less than 2 miles to the north)
East Providence is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Providence Population from the 2020 Census: 47,337 people
Leonard Corner (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Leonard Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Corner Armington Corner (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Armington Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington Corner Luthers Corners (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Luthers Corners is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Corners Carpenters Corner (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Carpenters Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corner Six Corners (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Six Corners is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners East Providence Center (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Providence (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Providence is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Population from the 2020 Census: 179,270 people
Kent Corner (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Kent Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corner Riverside (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Riverside is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Rumford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Rumford is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Bellefonte (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Bellefonte is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Cranston (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Cranston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
Annawomscutt (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Barrington (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Warren (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Warren (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Bristol (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Coggeshall (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Bristol (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Kent County
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
Norwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Shawomet (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Shawomet is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawomet Kettle Corner (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Kettle Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Corner Hillsgrove (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove Oakland Beach (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Oakland Beach is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Beach Warwick (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
Buttonwoods (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Buttonwoods is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods Apponaug (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Cowesett (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett West Warwick (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
Arkwright (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Arkwright is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright East Greenwich (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Phenix (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
Prudence Island (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Tiverton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Melville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Portsmouth (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
Portsmouth (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Bliss Corners (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Bliss Corners is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corners Lawtons (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Tiverton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Population from the 2020 Census: 15,569 people
Jamestown (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Tiverton Four Corners (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Middletown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Middletown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
Adamsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Adamsville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
Mount View (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Mount View is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View Wickford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Wickford Junction (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction North Kingstown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Exeter (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Allenton (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton Belleville (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville North Kingstown (18 miles [29 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
Saunderstown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Saunderstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunderstown Slocum (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Slocum is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Austin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Austin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Exeter (20 miles [32.2 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 (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
Voluntown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Voluntown is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
Voluntown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
East Killingly (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Oneco (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
South Killingly (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Sterling (24 miles [38.6 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Killingly (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingly Population from the 2020 Census: 17,305 people
East Thompson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
East Thompson is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Thompson Almyville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Almyville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville Ballouville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Danielson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Putnam Heights (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Putnam Heights is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Heights Dayville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
East Brooklyn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
East Brooklyn is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
Seekonk (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
Harris (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris South Rehoboth (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth North Seekonk (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Rehoboth (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth Population from the 2020 Census: 12,503 people
Hortonville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Hortonville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Attleborough City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City Dodgeville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Dodgeville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville Swansea (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Swansea is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Population from the 2020 Census: 17,000 people
Briggs Corner (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Briggs Corner is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner Ocean Grove (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove Swansea Center (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Swansea Center is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Center Attleboro (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
Middlesex County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
Metcalf (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Metcalf is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf Holliston (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Holliston is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliston Population from the 2020 Census: 14,880 people
East Holliston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
East Holliston is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holliston Hayden Row (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Hayden Row is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Row South Sherborn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn Hopkinton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Hopkinton is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
Sherborn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Sherborn is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherborn Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
Norfolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
Plainville (13 miles [20.9 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 (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Sheldonville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville Wrentham (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Wrentham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrentham Population from the 2020 Census: 12,083 people
Foxborough (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Foxborough is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxborough Population from the 2020 Census: 18,398 people
Franklin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Franklin is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
North Foxboro (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
North Foxboro is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Foxboro Acorn Terrace (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Acorn Terrace is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Terrace Bellingham (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Bellingham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham Population from the 2020 Census: 17,336 people
Pondville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Pondville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville Norfolk (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Norfolk is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Population from the 2020 Census: 11,938 people
South Walpole (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
South Walpole is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walpole Medway (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Medway is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
Plymouth County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
Lakeville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
North Lakeville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
North Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeville Cochesett (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett Middleborough (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Middleborough is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleborough Population from the 2020 Census: 25,722 people
Namasket Village (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Namasket Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namasket Village Bridgewater (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 27,689 people
West Bridgewater (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
West Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 7,310 people
Elmwood (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Elmwood is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Paper Mill Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Paper Mill Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village Rock (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Rock is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Brockton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
East Bridgewater (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
East Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 14,554 people
Montello (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Montello is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
Millerville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Blackstone (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone Population from the 2020 Census: 9,209 people
East Blackstone (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Millville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Millville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
South Milford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
South Milford is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Mendon (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Mendon is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon Population from the 2020 Census: 6,233 people
Uxbridge (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uxbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 14,352 people
White City (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
White City is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Hopedale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Hopedale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
Milford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Milford is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
Linwood (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Linwood is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood North Uxbridge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
North Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uxbridge Douglas (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Population from the 2020 Census: 9,117 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kent Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Kent Heights .
Cemeteries Near Kent Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kent Heights.
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 Kent Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kent Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Little Neck Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Hunt Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Hurst Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Newman Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Lakeside Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeside Cemetery is located in Rumford . The Lakeside Cemetery has also been known as:
Carpenter Cemetery Lakeside - Carpenter Cemetery Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #EP007 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2174716 <3>
Tillinghast Family Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Congregational Sons of Israel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Congregational Sons of Israel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Pawtuxet Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
New Pawtuxet Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Swan Point Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Continue List (849 more) ...
Mt. St. Marys Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Holy Ghost Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
North Burial Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Kent Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kent Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kent Heights, with the one closest to Kent Heights listed first.
Silver Spring (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Silver Spring is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring East Providence (Less than 2 miles to the north)
East Providence is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Providence Population from the 2020 Census: 47,337 people
Seekonk (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
Riverside (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Riverside is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Harris (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris East Providence Center (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Providence (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Providence is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Population from the 2020 Census: 179,270 people
Auburn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Auburn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Bellefonte (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Bellefonte is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Lakewood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Lakewood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Rumford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Rumford is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Arlington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Arlington is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Continue List (18 more) ...
Elmwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Elmwood is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cranston (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Cranston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
Norwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kent Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kent Heights .
Newspapers Published in Kent Heights ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kent Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kent Heights, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Kent Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Kent Heights:
Websites specific to Rhode Island Pages specific to Providence County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Kent County Newport County Washington County New London County Windham County Bristol County Middlesex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Rhode Island Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kent Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
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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 Kent Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kent Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.