Description
Located at the head of Narragansett Bay; Providence County (US-T121).
History
When Rjoger Williams was banished from Massachusetts he settled at a place which he named Providence, which is near what is now Rumford in East Providence. He then crossed the Seekonk River and made a settlement in 1636 at the union of the Woonasquatucket and the Moshassuck Rivers which he called New Providence until 1638 when the "New" was dropped.