• The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Cranston, Rhode Island. JVKE, musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and social...
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    Cranston, formerly known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The official population of the city in the 2020 United...
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    This is a list of prominent people who were born in the state of Rhode Island or who spent significant periods of their lives in the state. James Burrill...
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    municipalities in Rhode Island by population Downtown Providence, the capital and most populous city in Rhode Island A view over Cranston, the second most...
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    The Cranston Street Armory is an historic building in the Broadway–Armory Historic District of Providence, Rhode Island. It was built in 1907 at a cost...
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    Allan Fung (category Mayors of Cranston, Rhode Island)
    politician who served as Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island from 2009 to 2021. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2014 and 2018 elections...
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    1971 to 1979. He is the dean of Rhode Island's congressional delegation. Reed was born in Cranston, Rhode Island, the son of Mary Louise (née Monahan) and...
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    Providence County and Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. A freeway for its entire length, it serves the cities of Cranston and Warwick and is also a major...
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    capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The county seat of Providence County, it is one of the oldest cities in New England...
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    Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The news station is set in Cranston, Rhode Island. WLNE-TV ABC 6 Rhode Island News Channel broadcasts in Rhode Island...
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    The Cranston Public Library is the public library system serving Cranston, the second largest city in Rhode Island. The first library in Cranston was...
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    Samuel Cranston (1659–1727) was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the first quarter of the 18th century. He held...
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  • Emily Cranston, Canadian chemist John Cranston, colonial governor of Rhode Island Ken Cranston (1917-2007), former English cricketer Kyle Cranston (b. 1992)...
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    populous county in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 660,741, or 60.2% of the state's population. Providence...
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    Rhode Island (/ˌroʊd-/ ROHD) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts...
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  • earliest inhabitants of a particular town or area. The following people lived in Rhode Island prior to Colonial settlement: Wampanoag people lived throughout...
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    The history of Rhode Island is an overview of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and the state of Rhode Island from pre-colonial times...
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  • This is a list of the judges, presidents, and governors of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from 1638 to 1776. Roger Williams June...
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  • This is a list of all tornadoes reported in the US state of Rhode Island. Although tornadoes are very rare in this state, around 20 have been recorded...
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    Cozzens – Mayor of Newport and Governor of Rhode Island, 1863 Henry Y. Cranston – United States Representative from Rhode Island and commander of the Artillery...
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  • Rhode Island College (RIC) is a public college in Rhode Island, with much of the land in Providence, and other parts in North Providence. The college was...
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    31, 1843, beating murder of Amasa Sprague, a Cranston textile factory owner. Sprague was a member of a prominent Rhode Island family. His brother William...
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    The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) provides public transportation, primarily buses, in the state of Rhode Island. The main hub of the RIPTA...
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    Coventry is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 35,688 at the 2020 census and is part of the Pawtuxet River Valley  [Wikidata]...
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    Steve Laffey (category Mayors of Cranston, Rhode Island)
    politician and businessman who served as Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island from 2003 to 2007. A former member of the Republican Party (now unaffiliated), Laffey...
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    of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (running for re-election) Allan Fung, former mayor of Cranston and nominee for governor of Rhode Island in...
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    evening of February 20, 2003, at The Station, a nightclub and hard rock music venue in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, killing 100 people and injuring...
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    Riverside is a neighborhood in the city of East Providence in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Despite not being an incorporated city, Riverside has its...
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    West Warwick is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 31,012 at the 2020 census. West Warwick was incorporated in 1913...
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    Rhode Island: Including a History of Other Episcopal Churches in the State, Volume 1 (D.B. Updike, 1907) p. 329. G. Timothy Cranston, The View from Swamptown...
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