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 Pawtuxet (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 Pawtuxet. 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 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.
Pawtuxet 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 Pawtuxet. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pawtuxet:
Kent County (The home county of Pawtuxet)
The following are listed by their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Norwood (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Kettle Corner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Kettle Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Corner Shawomet (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Shawomet is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawomet Hillsgrove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove Oakland Beach (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Oakland Beach is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Beach Warwick (4 miles [6.4 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 (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Buttonwoods is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods Apponaug (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Cowesett (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett East Greenwich (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Phenix (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix West Warwick (7 miles [11.3 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
Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Annawomscutt (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (3 miles [4.8 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 (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Warren (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Warren (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Bristol (7 miles [11.3 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
Bristol (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Coggeshall (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall
Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Prudence Island (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Melville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Portsmouth (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
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 southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Tiverton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Lawtons (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Jamestown (15 miles [24.1 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
Bliss Corners (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Bliss Corners is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corners Tiverton Four Corners (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton (16 miles [25.7 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
Middletown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Jamestown (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
Providence County
The following are listed by their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Riverside (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Riverside is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Bellefonte (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Bellefonte is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Kent Corner (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Kent Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corner Armington Corner (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Armington Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington Corner Cranston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Cranston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
East Providence (3 miles [4.8 km] 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 (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Leonard Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Corner Garden City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Garden City is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Knightsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Knightsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville Sockanosset (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Sockanosset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset Carpenters Corner (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Carpenters Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corner Luthers Corners (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Luthers Corners is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Corners
Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Mount View (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Mount View is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View Wickford Junction (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Wickford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford North Kingstown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Exeter (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Allenton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton Belleville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville North Kingstown (15 miles [24.1 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 (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Saunderstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunderstown Slocum (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Slocum is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Exeter (17 miles [27.4 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
Austin (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
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 Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Voluntown (25 miles [40.2 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Glasgo (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Griswold (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Griswold is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
East Killingly (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Oneco (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
South Killingly (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Sterling (22 miles [35.4 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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Almyville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Almyville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville Ekonk (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Killingly (24 miles [38.6 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
Ballouville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Danielson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Moosup (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Central Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Seekonk (4 miles [6.4 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 (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris South Rehoboth (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth Rehoboth (8 miles [12.9 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 (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Hortonville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Ocean Grove (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove North Seekonk (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Swansea Center (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Swansea Center is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Center Swansea (10 miles [16.1 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
Attleborough City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City Dodgeville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Dodgeville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville Globe Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village
Middlesex County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Metcalf (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Metcalf is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf Holliston (30 miles [48.3 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
Norfolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Plainville (16 miles [25.7 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 (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Sheldonville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville Wrentham (21 miles [33.8 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
Acorn Terrace (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Acorn Terrace is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Terrace Bellingham (22 miles [35.4 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
Foxborough (22 miles [35.4 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 (22 miles [35.4 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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
North Foxboro is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Foxboro Pondville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Pondville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville Norfolk (24 miles [38.6 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
South Walpole is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walpole
Plymouth County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Lakeville (23 miles [37 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
North Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeville Middleborough (25 miles [40.2 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
Cochesett (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett Namasket Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Namasket Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namasket Village Bridgewater (26 miles [41.8 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 (26 miles [41.8 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
Rock (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Rock is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Elmwood (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Elmwood is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Paper Mill Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Paper Mill Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village East Bridgewater (28 miles [45.1 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
Brockton (29 miles [46.7 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
Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Millerville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Blackstone (19 miles [30.6 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 (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Millville (20 miles [32.2 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
South Milford is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Uxbridge (24 miles [38.6 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
Mendon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Mendon is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon Population from the 2020 Census: 6,233 people
White City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
White City is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Hopedale (26 miles [41.8 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 (26 miles [41.8 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
Douglas (26 miles [41.8 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
Linwood (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Linwood is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pawtuxet, see our County-by-County Page for Pawtuxet .
Cemeteries Near Pawtuxet ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pawtuxet.
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 Pawtuxet - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pawtuxet covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Pawtuxet Memorial Park (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
New Pawtuxet Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Utter - Arnold - Rhodes Plot (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Arnold Plot (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Spring Greene Burial Ground (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Little Neck Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Lincoln Park Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Phillips - Moone - Jenkins Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Vincent Gardner Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Christopher Green Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Colonel John Waterman Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
William Jenison Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Continue List (848 more) ...
Stafford Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Congregational Sons of Israel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Congregational Sons of Israel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 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 Pawtuxet in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pawtuxet.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pawtuxet, with the one closest to Pawtuxet listed first.
Lakewood (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Lakewood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Spring Green (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Spring Green is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green Riverside (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Riverside is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Bellefonte (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Bellefonte is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Pocasset (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Pocasset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset Norwood (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Hoxsie (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Hoxsie is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxsie Coles (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Coles is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Conimicut (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Conimicut is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conimicut Silver Spring (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Silver Spring is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring Cranston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Cranston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
Auburn (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Auburn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Continue List (17 more) ...
Sockanosset (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Sockanosset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset Hillsgrove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove River View (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
River View is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pawtuxet. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pawtuxet .
Newspapers Published in Pawtuxet ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pawtuxet.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pawtuxet, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<5> . A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pawtuxet.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Pawtuxet:
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
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 Pawtuxet. 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.
<2>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 .
<3>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 .
<4>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 Pawtuxet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Pawtuxet) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.