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Welcome to Saylesville ...

Saylesville is located in Providence County<1>.



Google driving directions from your current location to Saylesville (Patience, this may take a moment).

We aren't confident of the location of Saylesville, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Saylesville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Saylesville is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Code for Saylesville: 401

Communities Also Named Saylesville ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saylesville.

Websites for Saylesville ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Saylesville ...

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

  • Providence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Fall River
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Warwick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Cranston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Taunton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • East Providence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Attleboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Woonsocket
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cumberland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
    • Cumberland is located in Providence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
  • Coventry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
    • Coventry is located in Kent County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 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 Saylesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saylesville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Saylesville. 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 Saylesville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saylesville ...

Looking for more information about Saylesville? 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 Saylesville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Saylesville.

Adding Saylesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saylesville 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 for Saylesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Saylesville post office opened in 1881.

We also found Saylesville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saylesville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Saylesville. 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>If you're interested in how the shape of the state's counties, including Providence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saylesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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