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Census Data for Wightmans Corner

As far as we can tell, Wightmans Corner<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Wightmans Corner, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

  • East Greenwich
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • East Greenwich is located in Kent County
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  • Exeter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Exeter is located in Washington County
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  • West Greenwich
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • West Greenwich is located in Kent County
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  • West Warwick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • West Warwick is located in Kent County
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  • North Kingstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • North Kingstown is located in Washington County
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  • Richmond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Richmond is located in Washington County
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  • Warwick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Warwick is located in Kent County
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  • Coventry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Coventry is located in Kent County
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  • Jamestown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jamestown is located in Newport County
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  • South Kingstown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • South Kingstown is located in Washington County
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  • Cranston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cranston is located in Providence County
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  • Narragansett
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Narragansett is located in Washington County
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    • Barrington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Barrington is located in Bristol County
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    • Johnston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Johnston is located in Providence County
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    • Bristol
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Bristol is located in Bristol County
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Newport County ...

Wightmans Corner is located in Newport County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Newport County.

Miscellaneous Information for Wightmans Corner ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Newport County or the community of Wightmans Corner:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Wightmans Corner:
    • GNIS ID for Wightmans Corner: 1219514
    • GNIS ID for Newport County: 1219779
    • GNIS ID for State of Rhode Island: 1219835
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Wightmans Corner is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and Division #1 (the New England Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Wightmans Corner.

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Wightmans Corner may originally have been Wightman's Corner. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wightmans Corner might be written as Wightman Corner. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Wightmans Corner.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of the state's counties, including Newport, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.