Pawtucket
| Pawtucket | |||
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 View of Pawtucket and the Blackstone River |
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| Location in Rhode Island | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1671 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Rhode Island | ||
| County : | Providence County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 53 ′ N , 71 ° 23 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 71,148 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 3,148.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 23.3 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 22.6 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 11 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 02860-02862 | ||
| Area code : | +1 401 | ||
| FIPS : | 44-54640 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1218926 | ||
| Website : | www.pawtucketri.com | ||
Pawtucket is a city in Providence County , Rhode Island , United States . It is the fourth largest city in the state. Together with Warwick , Cranston , North Providence and East Providence, it belongs to the Providence Metropolitan Area, a metropolitan area with more than 1.5 million inhabitants on the Atlantic coast about 40 km southwest of Boston and 200 km northeast of New York .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 23.3 km², of which 22.6 km² is land and 0.7 km² (= 2.89%) is water. Pawtuckets district falls into the catchment areas of three rivers: the Blackstone River , the tidal Seekonk River and the Ten Mile River . Pawtucket is on a Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company's railroad line from Boston to Providence and has one stop. Interstate 95 and US Highway 1 run to the west of the city .
population
The population was 71,148 at the 2010 census . Of these, 66.5% were white , 13.4% were African-Americans, 1.5% were Asian , and 0.6% were Native American. 19.7% are Hispanics , with most of them already included under “whites”. There are 56.7% whites of non-Latin American descent. 6.1% reported 2 or more races. Almost 20% of the city's population are French-speaking or French- Canadians . Important Portuguese , Cape Verdean and Liberian communities also live in the city .
The per capita income was $ 21,568, well below the average of $ 28,707 for the whole of Rhode Island. 17.8% of the population of Pawtucket was below the poverty line (Rhode Island: 12.2%).
history
Pawtucket was founded in 1671 near the Blackstone River Falls. Originally the part to the west of the Black River belonged to North Providence , the east Pawtucket to Rehoboth . After 1860 East Pawtucket was given up by Massachusetts to Rhode Island and the two districts were combined to form Pawtucket.
The hydropower available through the river was an important location factor. Driven by a mill installed Samuel Slater 1793, the first successful working cotton - spinning machine with a fully mechanized power transmission system. As a result, more textile companies settled in the city, and the textile industry determined the city's economy well into the 20th century. In addition to the textile industry, mechanical engineering and metalworking companies played an important role in the development of the city.
After the decline of industrial textile processing, Pawtucket remained a working-class and industrial city. In addition to the production of special textiles, the processing of gemstones, the production of silverware and metal processing are the most important branches of industry today. Toy manufacturer Hasbro is also headquartered in Pawtucket.
Narragansett Park
From 1934 to 1978 Narragansett Park was the Pawtucket Racecourse. The facility had 10,000 spectator seats and hosted several regular races. Among other things, the legendary Seabiscuit started here . In the 1970s, the number of spectators fell, and the facility closed in 1978. The areas are now built over by an industrial park, only the main stand is still there and is used by a discount store.
sons and daughters of the town
- Minton Warren (1850-1907), classical philologist
- Niles Spencer (1893–1952), painter
- Ruth Clifford (1900–1998), actress
- Joseph L. Fisher (1914–1992), politician
- Irving R. Levine (1922–2009), journalist, television presenter, and author
- Janet Moreau (* 1927), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- David Hartman (born 1935), journalist, presenter and actor
- Frank St. Peter (1937–1987), jazz musician
- Wendy Carlos (* 1939), composer and electronic musician
- Gerry Philbin (born 1941), American football player
- Gail M. Chase (* before 1974), politician
- Rakim Sanders (* 1989), basketball player
Web links
- History of Narragansett Park (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quick facts: Pawtucket ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Karen E. Lange: Home Far Away 02860 National Geographic Magazine, 2004
