Westerly
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Location in Rhode Island
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1669 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Rhode Island | ||
| County : | Washington County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 21 ′ N , 71 ° 48 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 22,787 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 292.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 193.8 km 2 (approx. 75 mi 2 ) of which 77.9 km 2 (approx. 30 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 11 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 02808, 02891 | ||
| Area code : | +1 401 | ||
| FIPS : | 44-77000 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1220091 | ||
| Website : | westerlyri.gov | ||
 Westerly Town Hall & Courthouse |
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Westerly is a city on the south coast of Washington County , Rhode Island , United States . The city was founded in 1669 by John Babcock .
The city in the extreme southwest of Rhode Island is bounded in the west by the Pawcatuck River, which is the border with the neighboring state of Connecticut and also separates the city from the neighboring town of Pawcatuck.
At the 2010 census , the population was 22,787. Westerly is now home to industries such as textile goods and tourism, but Westerly was also famous in the past for its granite, which is quarried in the Bradford and Potter Hill quarries .
history
The area of southern Rhode Island - and thus also that of the later Westerly - was originally inhabited by the Narraganset Indians. From the beginning of the 17th century, British emigrants began to settle, who increasingly spread into New England and founded colonies .
Due to ongoing disputes between the English colonies in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts , King Charles II placed the disputed area under his own administration in 1665 and named it King 'County . In 1669 the county was first converted to the city of Westerly, and then gradually divided into the four separate areas of Westerly, Charlestown , Richmond and Hopkinton .
sons and daughters of the town
- Nathan Fellows Dixon II (1812–1881), politician
- Nathan Fellows Dixon III (1847-1897), politician
- Ellen Fitz Pendleton (1864–1936), mathematician and 6th President of Wellesley College
- John Matthew O'Connell (1872-1941), politician
- Ruth Buzzi (born 1936), actress
- Don Wise (* 1942), R&B musician, saxophonist
- Dr. Luke (* 1973 as Łukasz Sebastian Gottwald), musician, songwriter and producer
