Town of New Shoreham – Civil in Washington, Rhode Island

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1220043

Location

State Rhode Island

County Washington

Feature Class Civil

Coordinates

DMS

41°11'17"N 71°34'30"W

Decimal Degrees

41.188119, -71.5749364

Elevation

13.12 ft (4.00 m)

USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Block Island

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

New Shoreham Center

1.2 mi S

Also Known As

Township of New Shoreham

Hydrography

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Description

Coextensive with the island of Block Island, Washington County

History

Incorporated as New Shoreham in 1672

Nearby Features

Harris Point Cape · 0.2 mi NNE
Block Island Island · 0.3 mi N
Indian Head Neck Cape · 0.3 mi E
New Harbor Bay · 0.4 mi SSE
Jobs Hill Summit · 0.4 mi SSW
Great Salt Pond Bay · 0.5 mi NW
Trims Pond Bay · 0.6 mi SSE
Rat Island Island · 0.6 mi SSE
Betty Pucky Pond Lake · 0.6 mi SW
Crescent Beach Beach · 0.6 mi ENE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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