Watch Hill (R.I.)
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Name (Latin)
Watch Hill (R.I.)
Coordinates
-71.8497 -71.8497 41.3136 41.3136 (gooearth )
W0715059 W0715059 N0411849 N0411849 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
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Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 41°18ʹ49ʺN 071°50ʹ59ʺW)
- Pitkin, O. My garden and I, 1992:CIP introd. (Watch Hill, Rhode Island)
- Rand McNally com. atlas & marketing guide, 1989:(Watch Hill, Washington County, Rhode Island)
- Col. Lipp., 1962:(Watch Hill; resort vill. on Watch Hill Point between the Atlantic and Little Narragansett Bay)
Wikipedia description:
Watch Hill is an affluent coastal neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Westerly, Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, Watch Hill had a population of 212. It sits at the most-southwestern point in Rhode Island. It came to prominence in the late 19th and early 20th century as an exclusive summer resort, with wealthy families building sprawling Victorian-style "cottages" along the peninsula. Watch Hill is characterized by The New York Times as a community "with a strong sense of privacy and of discreetly used wealth," in contrast with "the overpowering castles of the very rich" in nearby Newport.
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