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Welcome to Rice City ...

Rice City is located in Kent County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rice City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828.

Rice City is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rice City: 401

Websites for Rice City ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Rice City ...

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

  • Providence
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Providence is located in Providence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 179,270 people
  • Warwick
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Warwick is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
  • Cranston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Cranston is located in Providence County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
  • Coventry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Coventry is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
  • North Providence
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • North Providence is located in Providence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,507 people
  • Johnston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnston is located in Providence County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,366 people
  • West Warwick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • West Warwick is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
  • North Kingstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • North Kingstown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
  • Smithfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Smithfield is located in Providence County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,842 people
  • Killingly
    (9 miles [14.5 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

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rice City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rice City.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rice City. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rice City.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rice City ...

Looking for more information about Rice City? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rice City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rice City.

Adding Rice City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rice City in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rice City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Rice City post office opened in 1828. The Rice City post office closed in 1868.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rice City.

Footnotes ...

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

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