Wakefield-Peacedale
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Location in Rhode Island
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Rhode Island | ||
| County : | Washington County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 26 ′ N , 71 ° 30 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 8,468 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 672.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 13.2 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 12.6 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) are land |
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| FIPS : | 44-73130 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2378116 | ||
Wakefield-Peacedale is a census-designated place (CDP) in South Kingstown in Washington County , Rhode Island , United States .
population
Wakefield-Peacedale had 8,468 inhabitants in the 2000 census . Slightly more than 90% of the population were white , about 3% American Indians and just under 2% African American and 1.2% Asians . The remainder was divided among different ethnic groups. The per capita income was $ 24,191; 5.4% of the population was below the poverty line .
history
Peace Dale (also Peacedale ) was founded around 1800 by the industrialist Rowland Hazard (1763-1835) from South Kingstown, who named the settlement after his wife Mary Peace. The spread of carding machines in Rhode Island is said to go back to Hazard , which he used for the first time in wool processing in 1805 , and thus founded his Narragansett Cotton Manufacturing Company , which remained in the family until 1918 under various names. In 1814, Hazard was the first in Rhode Island to use narrow power looms - the company later boasted that it had used them successfully for the first time - and brought all wool processing operations under one roof.
The nearby town of Wakefield was originally called McCoon's Mill after a tobacco mill installed there. In 1820 Hazard named the town after the English town of Wakefield because he had friends there.
The center of Wakefield has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wakefield Historic District since 1996 under number 87000493 .
Web links
- Wakefield, RI. Community Profiles. National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (PDF, 128 kB)
- Rick Stattler and Steve Dalpe: Peace Dale Manufacturing Company Records. Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division, 1999
Individual evidence
- ^ Stattler & Dalpe 1999
- ↑ National Register of Historic Places ( Memento of the original dated September 23, 2008 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.
