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    Aquidneck Island, officially known as Rhode Island, is an island in Narragansett Bay in the state of Rhode Island. The total land area is 37.8 sq mi (98 km2)...
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  • Rhode Island is a constituent state of the United States. The term may also refer to: Aquidneck Island, officially named Rhode Island, part of the U.S...
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    Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast...
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    Rhode Island, which is situated on Aquidneck Island, but they had finally abandoned their siege and were withdrawing to the northern part of the island. The...
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    Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,075 at the 2020 census. It lies to the south of Portsmouth and to the north of Newport on Aquidneck Island...
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    Matinicus Island, Monhegan Island, Mount Desert Island, Isles of Shoals, Boston Harbor Islands, Prudence Island, Conanicut Island, Aquidneck Island, Elizabeth...
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    colony. The settlements of Rhode Island (Newport and Portsmouth) were on Rhode Island, also known as Aquidneck Island. Providence Plantations referred...
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  • among the earliest settlers of Aquidneck Island in the Narragansett Bay; the island was officially named Rhode Island by 1644, from which the entire colony...
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    on Aquidneck Island, which it shares with Middletown and Newport. In addition, Portsmouth encompasses some smaller islands, including Prudence Island, Patience...
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    Miramar (mansion) (category Houses in Newport, Rhode Island)
    (32,000 m2) bordering Bellevue Avenue on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island. Overlooking Rhode Island Sound, it was intended as a summer home for...
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    settled on Aquidneck Island, which was called Rhode Island at the time. They established a settlement called Pocasset at the northern end of the island. The...
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    John Clarke (Baptist minister) (category Burials in Rhode Island)
    decided to go to Aquidneck Island with many exiles from the conflict. He became a co-founder of Portsmouth and Newport, Rhode Island, and he established...
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    on Aquidneck Island. Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore in the U.S., came on line in 2016. There were numerous windmills in Rhode Island. Several...
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    second-largest in the Bay, it is connected on the east to Newport on Aquidneck Island by the Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Bridge...
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  • Greenwich. Jamestown and the towns on Aquidneck Island are sometimes known as "The Islands" along with Block Island. The East Bay contains the East Bay...
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    Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad (category Heritage railroads in Rhode Island)
    Narragansett Bay Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates on Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island. It was formed in 2014-15 from the merger of the for-profit...
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  • features a list of islands sorted by their name beginning with the letter A. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of islands (by country)...
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    Block Island Conanicut Island Aquidneck Island (Rhode Island) Elizabeth Islands Martha's Vineyard Nantucket Island Monomoy Island Boston Harbor Islands Mount...
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    There are more than 30 islands in the bay; the three largest ones are Aquidneck Island, Conanicut Island, and Prudence Island. Bodies of water that are...
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    the proposed Aquidneck Island alignments, caused Rhode Island and Massachusetts to briefly consider putting Interstate 895 along Rhode Island Route 24 and...
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    the city of Newport on Aquidneck Island and the Town of Jamestown on Conanicut Island, and is named for longtime Rhode Island U.S. senator Claiborne Pell...
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    Narragansett Bay, across the Sakonnet River from Aquidneck Island (also known as the Island of Rhode Island). Together with the adjacent town of Little Compton...
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    Anne Hutchinson (category People from colonial Rhode Island)
    Long Island, but Roger Williams convinced them to settle in the area of his Providence Plantations settlement. Coddington purchased Aquidneck Island (later...
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  • Centre, Hong Kong Miramar (mansion), a historic home on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island, US Miramar Entertainment Park, Taipei, Taiwan Jiannan...
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  • Thomas Cornell (settler) (category People from colonial Rhode Island)
    He returned to Rhode Island in 1644 and obtained a land grant for 100 acres in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, on Aquidneck Island which became the Cornell...
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    Island (now called Aquidneck Island) and another settlement in Warwick; these four settlements eventually united to form the Colony of Rhode Island and...
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  • Portsmouth, Rhode Island, located on Aquidneck Island north of Newport, and was the only major action of the war that took place in Rhode Island. It was also...
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    neoclassical-style mansion bordering Bellevue Avenue on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island. Intended as a summer home, it was still in the design...
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    This is a list of islands of the United States, as ordered by area. It includes most islands with an area greater than 20 square miles (approximately 52...
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  • WADK (category 1948 establishments in Rhode Island)
    with jazz airing each weekend. The station, the first to be built on Aquidneck Island, signed on the air in 1948 and has used the callsign WADK since November...
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