Established: in 1641; Incorporated in 1674
Area:  Total 53.5 square miles;
          land=43.5 sq. miles, inland water=14.8 sq. miles
Resident population:  26,320
Average temperature:  January=29.9
                                  July=70.5
Average annual precipitation: 42 inches
Schools:  approximately 4,500 students attend one high school, two middle schools and seven elementary schools
Distance to major cities:  Boston=60, Providence=20,
                                         Newport=12

Smith's Castle at Cocumscussoc.
Snuff Mill--The birthplace of Gilbert Stuart, Portrait artist of George Washington.
Casey Farm- The oldest working farm in New England.
Old Narragansett Church--oldest Episcopal Church building North of Philadelphia.
Quonset Point--Original home of the Navy Seabees.

More information:  www.northkingstown.org


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