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data-title="Westerly" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly" title="Westerly – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Westerly" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly,_Rhode_Island" title="Westerly, Rhode Island – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Westerly, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly" title="Westerly – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Westerly" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly" title="Westerly – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Westerly" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly_(Rhode_Island)" title="Westerly (Rhode Island) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Westerly (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly" title="Westerly – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Westerly" 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href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC_(%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E5%B7%9E)" title="ウェスタリー (ロードアイランド州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ウェスタリー (ロードアイランド州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Вестерли – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Вестерли" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly_(Rhode_Island)" title="Westerly (Rhode Island) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Westerly (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly_(Rhode_Island)" title="Westerly (Rhode Island) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Westerly (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly" title="Westerly – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Westerly" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly,_Rhode_Island" title="Westerly, Rhode Island – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Westerly, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly_(Rhode_Island)" title="Westerly (Rhode Island) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Westerly (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8_(%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B4_%D0%90%D1%98%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4)" title="Вестерли (Роуд Ајланд) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Вестерли (Роуд Ајланд)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" 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data-title="Вестерли" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly,_Rhode_Island" title="Westerly, Rhode Island – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Westerly, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%96_(%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4)" title="Вестерлі (Род-Айленд) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вестерлі (Род-Айленд)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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style="top:68.542%;left:22.732%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Westerly"><img alt="Westerly" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Westerly</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Westerly in <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Rhode Island</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div 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class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Westerly"><img alt="Westerly" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Westerly</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United States</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&params=41_22_39_N_71_49_38_W_type:city(23,000)_region:US-RI"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°22′39″N</span> <span class="longitude">71°49′38″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.37750°N 71.82722°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.37750; -71.82722</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg/19px-Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg/30px-Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg/39px-Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="580" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">County</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Washington County, Rhode Island">Washington County</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First settled</th><td class="infobox-data">1661</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorperated</th><td class="infobox-data">1669</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Villages</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Watch_Hill,_Rhode_Island" title="Watch Hill, Rhode Island">Watch Hill</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Bradford,_Rhode_Island" title="Bradford, Rhode Island">Bradford</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Misquamicut,_Rhode_Island" title="Misquamicut, Rhode Island">Misquamicut</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">White Rock<br />Shelter Harbor</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Weekapaug,_Rhode_Island" title="Weekapaug, Rhode Island">Weekapaug</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Dunn’s Corners</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Mastuxet</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Avondale</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Westerly_Downtown_Historic_District" title="Westerly Downtown Historic District">Downtown Westerly</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Winnapaug</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Town Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Council President</th><td class="infobox-data">William J. Aiello</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Council Vice-President</th><td class="infobox-data">Philip M. Overton, Jr.</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Councilors</th><td class="infobox-data">Kevin J. Lowther, II<br />Joy L. Cordio<br />Dylan J. LaPietra<br />Mary E. Scialabba<br />Robert L. Lombardo</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">74.8 sq mi (194 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">30.1 sq mi (78 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">44.7 sq mi (116 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">36 ft (11 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">23,359</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">777/sq mi (300/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (EST)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (EDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">ZIP Codes</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">02891<br />02808 (<a href="/wiki/Bradford,_Rhode_Island" title="Bradford, Rhode Island">Bradford</a>)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">401</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">FIPS code</th><td class="infobox-data">44-77000<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">GNIS feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">1220091<sup id="cite_ref-GR3_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://westerlyri.gov">westerlyri<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Westerly</b> is a <a href="/wiki/New_England_town" title="New England town">town</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Coast" title="Coast">southwestern coastline</a> of <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Washington County, Rhode Island">Washington County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>, United States, first settled by <a href="/wiki/English_colonists" class="mw-redirect" title="English colonists">English colonists</a> in 1661, and incorporated as a <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rhode_Island" title="List of municipalities in Rhode Island">municipality</a> in 1669. Westerly is a beachfront community on the south shore of the state with a population of 23,359 as of the 2020 census. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Pawcatuck_River" title="Pawcatuck River">Pawcatuck River</a> flows on the western border of Westerly, and was once renowned for its own species of <a href="/wiki/Salmon" title="Salmon">Westerly salmon</a>, three of which are displayed on the town's official seal. The Pawcatuck River flows from 15 mi (24 km) inland, emptying into <a href="/wiki/Little_Narragansett_Bay" title="Little Narragansett Bay">Little Narragansett Bay</a>. It also serves as the boundary between Westerly and <a href="/wiki/Pawcatuck,_Connecticut" title="Pawcatuck, Connecticut">Pawcatuck, Connecticut</a>. Three large salt ponds lie along the coast of Westerly which serve as shallow, reef-like pools whose outer walls form the long, white beaches for which the town is renowned, such as the <a href="/wiki/Misquamicut_State_Beach" title="Misquamicut State Beach">Misquamicut State Beach</a>. From west to east, these ponds are <a href="/wiki/Maschaug_Pond" title="Maschaug Pond">Maschaug Pond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winnapaug_Pond" title="Winnapaug Pond">Winnapaug Pond</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Quonochontaug_Pond" title="Quonochontaug Pond">Quonochontaug Pond</a>. </p><p>The Westerly area was known for its <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stonemasonry" title="Stonemasonry">stone-cutting</a> industry,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which quarried a unique stone known as Westerly granite. This pinkish granite is ideal for statuary and has been used in numerous government buildings of several states on the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">eastern seaboard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Westerly becomes a notable tourist destination during the summer months when the population nearly doubles.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its well-known beaches include <a href="/wiki/Weekapaug,_Rhode_Island" title="Weekapaug, Rhode Island">Weekapaug</a> Beach, Westerly Town Beach, <a href="/wiki/Misquamicut_State_Beach" title="Misquamicut State Beach">Misquamicut State Beach</a>, East Beach, and <a href="/wiki/Watch_Hill,_Rhode_Island" title="Watch Hill, Rhode Island">Watch Hill</a> Beach. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Westerly,_R.I._1877._LOC_73694687.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/View_of_Westerly%2C_R.I._1877._LOC_73694687.jpg/200px-View_of_Westerly%2C_R.I._1877._LOC_73694687.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/View_of_Westerly%2C_R.I._1877._LOC_73694687.jpg/300px-View_of_Westerly%2C_R.I._1877._LOC_73694687.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/View_of_Westerly%2C_R.I._1877._LOC_73694687.jpg/400px-View_of_Westerly%2C_R.I._1877._LOC_73694687.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8256" data-file-height="6464" /></a><figcaption>1877 panoramic map of Westerly with list of sights</figcaption></figure> <p>Westerly, R.I. prior to <a href="/wiki/English_colonist" class="mw-redirect" title="English colonist">English colonization</a> was known as <a href="/wiki/Misquamicut,_Rhode_Island" title="Misquamicut, Rhode Island">Misquamicut</a>, home to the <a href="/wiki/Narragansett_people" title="Narragansett people">Narragansett people</a> prior to 1637, before the English had build an outpost, and forced the Narragansett people out of the region by 1661, allowing for the permanent settlement on the coast line.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The English village was the home of Elder <a href="/wiki/John_Crandall" title="John Crandall">John Crandall</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1618</span>–1676), one of Westerly's founding fathers. Crandall settled in Westerly in 1661, and the early history of Westerly contains many references to him and his sons. In 1669, Westerly was named for the settlement's location respective to <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>'s geography, being the westernmost town in the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations" title="Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations">Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations</a>. </p><p>In 1738, the Town of <a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_Rhode_Island" title="Charlestown, Rhode Island">Charlestown</a> was partitioned off from Westerly, and 19 years later <a href="/wiki/Hopkinton,_Rhode_Island" title="Hopkinton, Rhode Island">Hopkinton</a> was also partitioned off from Westerly, leaving Westerly in its modern borders. <a href="/wiki/Bradford,_RI" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradford, RI">Bradford</a>, a village built in 1732, following the partition of Hopkinton remained shared between both Hopkinton and Westerly with the <a href="/wiki/Bradford_Village_Historic_District_(Hopkinton_and_Westerly,_Rhode_Island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradford Village Historic District (Hopkinton and Westerly, Rhode Island)">Bradford Village Historic District</a>. </p><p>Physician, <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> general, and Rhode Island Supreme Court justice Dr. <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Babcock" title="Joshua Babcock">Joshua Babcock</a> was born in Westerly. Rhode Island Governor and Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Ward_(Rhode_Island_politician)" title="Samuel Ward (Rhode Island politician)">Samuel Ward</a> also lived here for many years. During the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>, Westerly did not play any major battles compared to the nearby <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rhode_Island" title="Battle of Rhode Island">Battle of Newport</a>, which happened in Rhode Island. Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Ward Jr was a resident of Westerly, Rhode Island, commanding the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, the only black regiment in the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a>, and its important role in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War’s</a> <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rhode_Island" title="Battle of Rhode Island">Battle of Rhode Island</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 1800s, prior to the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, Westerly had become a shipbuilding center under <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy Officer</a> Oliver Perry, having built <a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">Gunboats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The four trolley lines of the <a href="/wiki/Groton_and_Stonington_Street_Railway" title="Groton and Stonington Street Railway">Groton and Stonington Street Railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norwich_and_Westerly_Railway" title="Norwich and Westerly Railway">Norwich and Westerly Railway</a>, Pawtucket Valley Street Railway, and the Ashaway and Westerly Railway converged in Westerly and shared track between the railroad station and Dixon House Square downtown. The lines were built in the 1890s and 1900s and ran until the 1920s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_history_(1900s−present)"><span id="Recent_history_.281900s.E2.88.92present.29"></span>Recent history (1900s−present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recent history (1900s−present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because of the towns location, Westerly would be devastated in 1938 by the <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_of_1938" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane of 1938">Hurricane of 1938</a>, with the village of Napatree Point being completely destroyed, along with Misquamicut, Galilee, Jerusalem, Green Hill, and Quonochontaug being heavily destroyed, with a <a href="/wiki/Storm_surge" title="Storm surge">storm surge</a> of 12–15ft all along the coast of <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many factories, mines, houses, and more structures collapsed during the hurricane, and the <a href="/wiki/New_York,_New_Haven_and_Hartford_Railroad" title="New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad">New Haven and Hartford Railroad</a> was damaged, shutting down transport to Westerly, RI. Following this, westerly would be struck again 6 years later in 1944, and again1954 by major hurricanes. </p><p>In 2012, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy" title="Hurricane Sandy">Hurricane Sandy</a> left beaches along the Westerly shoreline devastated and nearly unrecognizable, including <a href="/wiki/Misquamicut,_Rhode_Island" title="Misquamicut, Rhode Island">Misquamicut</a>. Rhode Island Governor <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Chafee" title="Lincoln Chafee">Lincoln Chafee</a> stated that Misquamicut was "our New Jersey," referring to the amount of damage that was received in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">State of New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The damages caused by Hurricane Sandy caused $11.3 million dollars in damages,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with almost 100,000 power outages reported in <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>. </p><p>In December of 2019, a <a href="/wiki/Shooting_(crime)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting (crime)">shooting</a> happened at the Babcock Village, in which three women ended up shot. The police identified the shooter, and two surviving victims. The shooting was done by 66-year old Joseph Giachello, who was found dead in his room after taking the life of 47-year old Julie Cardinal, the manager of the complex.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this shooting, all the schools in Westerly managed by Westerly Public Schools were put into lockdown, although Westerly Public Schools stated: “there is no verifiable threat to any of the buildings.”<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August of 2021, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Henri" title="Hurricane Henri">Tropical Storm Henri</a> made landfall in Westerly, causing significant damage and power outages. Following Henri’s impacts, in November 2021, three tornadoes were confirmed in Rhode Island, the first being an <a href="/wiki/EF_1_tornado" class="mw-redirect" title="EF 1 tornado">EF-1 tornado</a> which went from Westerly to <a href="/wiki/Stonington,_Connecticut" title="Stonington, Connecticut">Stonington, Connecticut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the town has a total area of 74.8 square miles (194 km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 30.1 square miles (78 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 44.7 square miles (116 km<sup>2</sup>) (59.78%) is water. The Bureau includes Westerly in the RI-MA <a href="/wiki/Providence_metropolitan_area" title="Providence metropolitan area">Providence metropolitan area</a> (defined at the county level) but in the CT-RI Norwich-New London <a href="/wiki/New_England_city_and_town_area" title="New England city and town area">NECTA</a> (defined at the <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipal level</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geology">Geology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Westerly sits atop a glacial <a href="/wiki/Moraine" title="Moraine">moraine</a>, a series of small hills of debris left behind by receding <a href="/wiki/Glaciers" class="mw-redirect" title="Glaciers">glaciers</a> in the last Ice Age. A pristine sample of the moraine encompasses a 140-acre (0.57 km<sup>2</sup>) preserve owned in perpetuity by the Westerly Land Trust. Within the trust land are the rare <a href="/wiki/Kettle_(landform)" title="Kettle (landform)">kettle</a> formations that extend out under the sea to <a href="/wiki/Block_Island" title="Block Island">Block Island</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Westerly has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Cfa</i>), defined as having a mean monthly temperature between 0 and 18 °C (32 and 64 °F) in the coldest month and at least 22 °C (72 °F) in the warmest month. Annually, Westerly has a long warm/hot season from April to mid-November, and a cool/cold season from late November through March. Westerly averages 2300 hours of sunshine annually (higher than the USA average), and receives about 1,087 mm (42.8 in) of precipitation annually. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Westerly, Rhode Island (<a href="/wiki/Westerly_State_Airport" title="Westerly State Airport">Westerly State Airport</a>) 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1999–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.5<br />(4.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.2<br />(5.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.2<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.1<br />(13.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.6<br />(19.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.0<br />(23.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.6<br />(27.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.5<br />(26.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.4<br />(23.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.9<br />(17.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.0<br />(12.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.9<br />(7.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">60.5<br />(15.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.4<br />(0.8) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.6<br />(4.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.9<br />(9.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.3<br />(14.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.2<br />(19.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.8<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.4<br />(22.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.7<br />(18.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.2<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.9<br />(7.7) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.6<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">52.5<br />(11.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(−4.2) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(−3.5) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.7<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.0<br />(10.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.4<br />(15.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.9<br />(18.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.3<br />(17.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.1<br />(13.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.5<br />(8.1) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.8<br />(3.2) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(−0.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">44.5<br />(6.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8<br />(−22) </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10<br />(−23) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(−17) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47<br />(8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(−11) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(−16) </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−10<br />(−23) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #80FF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.34<br />(85) </td> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.75<br />(70) </td> <td style="background: #61FF61; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.17<br />(106) </td> <td style="background: #66FF66; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.90<br />(99) </td> <td style="background: #81FF81; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.32<br />(84) </td> <td style="background: #74FF74; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.55<br />(90) </td> <td style="background: #90FF90; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.91<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #7AFF7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.49<br />(89) </td> <td style="background: #69FF69; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.81<br />(97) </td> <td style="background: #5CFF5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.29<br />(109) </td> <td style="background: #75FF75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.50<br />(89) </td> <td style="background: #6FFF6F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.77<br />(96) </td> <td style="background: #75FF75; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">42.80<br />(1,087) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #6E6EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3 </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3 </td> <td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4 </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #7878FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9 </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">123.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-nws_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nws-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Villages">Villages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Westerly consists of a number of small villages. <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Westerly" class="mw-redirect" title="Downtown Westerly">Downtown Westerly</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Pawcatuck_River" title="Pawcatuck River">Pawcatuck River</a> is the municipal seat of the area, with the old town post office, library, YMCA, railroad station, former police headquarters (the current headquarters is located on Airport Road), granite buildings, and Wilcox Park. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Misquamicut.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Misquamicut.jpg/220px-Misquamicut.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Misquamicut.jpg/330px-Misquamicut.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Misquamicut.jpg/440px-Misquamicut.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="761" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Misquamicut_State_Beach" title="Misquamicut State Beach">Misquamicut State Beach</a>, an area in the village of <a href="/wiki/Misquamicut,_Rhode_Island" title="Misquamicut, Rhode Island">Misquamicut</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Other villages include Avondale, with antique colonial-style and Queen Anne-style homes; <a href="/wiki/Bradford,_Rhode_Island" title="Bradford, Rhode Island">Bradford</a>, with its own post office and postal code; Dunn's Corners; Mastuxet; <a href="/wiki/Misquamicut,_Rhode_Island" title="Misquamicut, Rhode Island">Misquamicut</a>, a beachfront community with small amounts of nightlife and several hotels; Potter Hill, where the Town Forest is located; Shelter Harbor; <a href="/wiki/Watch_Hill,_RI" class="mw-redirect" title="Watch Hill, RI">Watch Hill</a>, with beaches and summer cottages; <a href="/wiki/Weekapaug,_Rhode_Island" title="Weekapaug, Rhode Island">Weekapaug</a>; White Rock; and Winnapaug, with public golf courses. </p><p>The town holds a number of annual events, such as the Pawcatuck River Duck Race in April, Virtu Art Festival in May, Shakespeare in the Park and the Summer Pops (hosted by the <a href="/wiki/Chorus_of_Westerly" title="Chorus of Westerly">Chorus of Westerly</a>) in June, and Riverglow in July. In recent years, the Westerly-Pawcatuck Chamber of Commerce's events have attracted many visitors, including big screen movies on the beach through July and August, Westerly's Columbus Day parade in October, and several beachfront events. Also, the Westerly-Pawcatuck Veterans Board of Control hold two of the oldest parades in the United States. The Memorial Day Parade started in 1867, held in May on Memorial Day, and the Veterans Day Parade started in 1917, held in November on the Saturday of Veterans Day week. </p><p>The former granite mining and stone-cutting industry is historically important. Its quarries produced blue granite, in addition to pinks and reds. The <a href="/wiki/Smith_Granite_Company" title="Smith Granite Company">Smith Granite Company</a> employed many granite cutting craftsmen and was one of the town's major employers until the quarries stopped operating in the 1950s. Hundreds of examples of their work can be seen on the battlefields of Gettysburg and in city squares, municipal buildings, cemeteries throughout the United States, and even the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Capitol" title="Georgia State Capitol">Georgia State Capitol</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Guild_Guitar_Company" title="Guild Guitar Company">Guild Guitar Company</a> was founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge in New York City. They moved production to Westerly in 1966 and continued to make their well-respected archtop, acoustic, and solid body guitars there until 2001, when they were bought by Fender Musical Instruments and production was moved to Corona, California. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For demographic information on the urbanized area of Westerly, see <a href="/wiki/Westerly_(CDP),_Rhode_Island" title="Westerly (CDP), Rhode Island">Westerly (CDP), Rhode Island</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td>2,298</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>2,329</td><td></td><td>1.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>1,911</td><td></td><td>−17.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>1,972</td><td></td><td>3.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>1,915</td><td></td><td>−2.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>1,912</td><td></td><td>−0.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>2,763</td><td></td><td>44.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>3,470</td><td></td><td>25.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>4,709</td><td></td><td>35.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>6,104</td><td></td><td>29.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>6,813</td><td></td><td>11.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>7,541</td><td></td><td>10.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>8,696</td><td></td><td>15.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>9,952</td><td></td><td>14.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>10,997</td><td></td><td>10.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>11,199</td><td></td><td>1.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>12,380</td><td></td><td>10.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>14,267</td><td></td><td>15.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>17,248</td><td></td><td>20.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>18,580</td><td></td><td>7.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>21,605</td><td></td><td>16.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>22,966</td><td></td><td>6.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>22,787</td><td></td><td>−0.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>23,359</td><td></td><td>2.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cen1865_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cen1865-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 22,966 people, 9,402 households, and 6,130 families residing in the town. The population density was 763.3 inhabitants per square mile (294.7/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 11,292 housing units at an average density of 375.3 units per square mile (144.9 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 95.17% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 0.71% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.57% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 1.99% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.34% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.22% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> people of any race were 1.18% of the population. </p><p>There were 9,402 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. Of all households, 29.0% were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.98. </p><p>In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the town was $44,613, and the median income for a family was $53,165. Males had a median income of $37,887 versus $26,800 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the town was $24,092. About 4.3% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over. </p><p>The most frequent ancestries among the town's population are Italian (34.2%), Irish (17.9%) and English (14.2%). Many Italians moved to Westerly from <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> around the start of the 20th century (particularly from <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> and <a href="/wiki/Calabria" title="Calabria">Calabria</a>), and Italian dialects are still spoken at the homes of many older residents. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economy">Economy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Washington Trust Bancorp Inc., a publicly traded regional bank with operations in Rhode Island and Connecticut, is headquartered in Westerly. Another regional bank centered directly in Southwest Rhode Island is the Westerly Community Credit Union or WCCU.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main school system of Westerly is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly_Public_Schools&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Westerly Public Schools (page does not exist)">Westerly Public Schools</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Westerly_High_School" title="Westerly High School">Westerly High School</a>, the Westerly Middle School, Westerly High School Career and Tech (WHS-<a href="/wiki/Career_and_technical_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Career and technical education">CTE</a>), and the local elementary schools, State Street Elementary School, Springbrook Elementary School, and Dunn’s Corners Elementary School.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westerly_City_Hall-2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Westerly_City_Hall-2017.jpg/170px-Westerly_City_Hall-2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Westerly_City_Hall-2017.jpg/255px-Westerly_City_Hall-2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Westerly_City_Hall-2017.jpg/340px-Westerly_City_Hall-2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5152" data-file-height="3864" /></a><figcaption>The official Town hall and Court House of Westerly.</figcaption></figure> <p>Westerly has a <a href="/wiki/Mayor%E2%80%93council_government" title="Mayor–council government">mayor–council government</a> system, which the mayor is called the council president.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current mayor is William J. Aiello since 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Town of Westerly has other positions, including the school committee, and administration, with town manager being Shawn Lacey.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Terms of the local council, senator and representative in the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_General_Assembly" title="Rhode Island General Assembly">Rhode Island General Assembly</a> last two-years, and school committee officials having four-year terms.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_safety">Public safety</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Public safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Westerly has a set budget of $102 million for the Westerly Police Department in the 2024–2025 fiscal budget.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Westerly, RI has a general crime rate of 10 per 1000 residents, with most crime happening in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Westerly" class="mw-redirect" title="Downtown Westerly">Downtown Westerly</a>, and along the coast.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Westerly has a <a href="/wiki/Crime_statistics" title="Crime statistics">total crime rate</a> that is 59% lower than the national average per 100,000 residents.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Westerly is marked as one of the safest towns within the entirety of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, with 68 violent incidents per 100,000 residents. In total, there are 0.62 daily crimes (0.04 violent daily crimes and 0.57 daily property crimes) in the town of Westerly.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westerly_Station.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Westerly_Station.JPG/210px-Westerly_Station.JPG" decoding="async" width="210" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Westerly_Station.JPG/315px-Westerly_Station.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Westerly_Station.JPG/420px-Westerly_Station.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Westerly_station" title="Westerly station">Westerly Amtrak Station</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In Westerly, there is the <a href="/wiki/Westerly_State_Airport" title="Westerly State Airport">Westerly State Airport</a>, which offers services by <a href="/wiki/New_England_Airlines" title="New England Airlines">New England Airlines</a>. Along with Westerly State Airport, <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> also offers services by the <a href="/wiki/Westerly_station" title="Westerly station">Westerly Amtrak Station</a> between <a href="/wiki/Washington,_DC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, DC">Washington, DC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, stopping at the <a href="/wiki/Westerly_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Westerly (Amtrak station)">Westerly station</a> near downtown. The station itself was closed in October 2016, but passengers can still board and disembark at the platform. Additionally, there have been proposals for <a href="/wiki/CT_Rail" title="CT Rail">CT<i>rail</i></a> to extend its <a href="/wiki/Shore_Line_East" title="Shore Line East">Shore Line East</a> service eastwards to Westerly station. </p><p>Westerly has <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_Rhode_Island" title="U.S. Route 1 in Rhode Island">U.S. Route 1</a> and state routes <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Route_1A" title="Rhode Island Route 1A">1A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Route_3" title="Rhode Island Route 3">3</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Route_91" title="Rhode Island Route 91">91</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Route_78" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhode Island Route 78">Route 78</a> forms a bypass around Westerly downtown and ends near Westerly Airport, with three interchanges in Rhode Island; the other endpoint is in <a href="/wiki/Stonington,_Connecticut" title="Stonington, Connecticut">Stonington, Connecticut</a>. <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95" title="Interstate 95">Interstate 95</a> is approximately 5 miles away and can be reached by <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Route_2" title="Connecticut Route 2">Connecticut Route 2</a> and by <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Route_3" title="Rhode Island Route 3">Rhode Island Route 3</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office,_Westerly,_Rhode_Island.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/U.S._Post_Office%2C_Westerly%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg/300px-U.S._Post_Office%2C_Westerly%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/U.S._Post_Office%2C_Westerly%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg/450px-U.S._Post_Office%2C_Westerly%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/U.S._Post_Office%2C_Westerly%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg/600px-U.S._Post_Office%2C_Westerly%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4918" data-file-height="2306" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Post_Office_(Westerly,_Rhode_Island)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Post Office (Westerly, Rhode Island)">U.S. Post Office</a> in Westerly.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Westerly_High_School" title="Westerly High School">Westerly High School</a></li> <li>Westerly Town Beach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misquamicut_State_Beach" title="Misquamicut State Beach">Misquamicut State Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watch_Hill,_Rhode_Island" title="Watch Hill, Rhode Island">Watch Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westerly_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Westerly (Amtrak station)">Westerly (Amtrak station)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westerly_State_Airport" title="Westerly State Airport">Westerly State Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilcox_Park" title="Wilcox Park">Wilcox Park</a></li> <li>Christopher Columbus Memorial statue by <a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Pizzano" title="Charles H. Pizzano">Charles H. 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title="Former Immaculate Conception Church">Former Immaculate Conception Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis-Card-Perry_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis-Card-Perry House">Lewis-Card-Perry House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Street_Historic_District_(Westerly,_Rhode_Island)" title="Main Street Historic District (Westerly, Rhode Island)">Main Street Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_End_Historic_District_(Westerly,_Rhode_Island)" title="North End Historic District (Westerly, Rhode Island)">North End Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nursery_Site,_RI-273" title="Nursery Site, RI-273">Nursery Site, RI-273</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Homestead_Historic_District" title="Perry Homestead Historic District">Perry Homestead Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Point" title="Ram Point">Ram Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Post_Office_(Westerly,_Rhode_Island)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Post Office (Westerly, Rhode Island)">U.S. Post Office (Westerly, Rhode Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watch_Hill_Historic_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Watch Hill Historic District">Watch Hill Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weekapaug_Inn" title="Weekapaug Inn">Weekapaug Inn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westerly_Armory" title="Westerly Armory">Westerly Armory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westerly_Downtown_Historic_District" title="Westerly Downtown Historic District">Westerly Downtown Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilcox_Park_Historic_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilcox Park Historic District">Wilcox Park Historic District</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerly,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFF380;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/New_England_town" title="New England town">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_Rhode_Island" title="Charlestown, Rhode Island">Charlestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter,_Rhode_Island" title="Exeter, Rhode Island">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinton,_Rhode_Island" title="Hopkinton, Rhode Island">Hopkinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narragansett,_Rhode_Island" title="Narragansett, Rhode Island">Narragansett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Shoreham,_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="New Shoreham, Rhode Island">New Shoreham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Kingstown,_Rhode_Island" title="North Kingstown, Rhode Island">North Kingstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Rhode_Island" title="Richmond, Rhode Island">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Kingstown,_Rhode_Island" title="South Kingstown, Rhode Island">South Kingstown</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Westerly</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of Rhode Island highlighting Washington County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Map_of_Rhode_Island_highlighting_Washington_County.svg/80px-Map_of_Rhode_Island_highlighting_Washington_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Map_of_Rhode_Island_highlighting_Washington_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Rhode_Island_highlighting_Washington_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Map_of_Rhode_Island_highlighting_Washington_County.svg/160px-Map_of_Rhode_Island_highlighting_Washington_County.svg.png 2x" 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title="Hopkinton (CDP), Rhode Island">Hopkinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Rhode_Island" title="Kingston, Rhode Island">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misquamicut,_Rhode_Island" title="Misquamicut, Rhode Island">Misquamicut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narragansett_Pier,_Rhode_Island" title="Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island">Narragansett Pier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quonochontaug,_Rhode_Island" title="Quonochontaug, Rhode Island">Quonochontaug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakefield-Peacedale,_Rhode_Island" title="Wakefield-Peacedale, Rhode Island">Wakefield-Peacedale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watch_Hill,_Rhode_Island" title="Watch Hill, Rhode Island">Watch Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weekapaug,_Rhode_Island" title="Weekapaug, Rhode Island">Weekapaug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westerly_(CDP),_Rhode_Island" title="Westerly (CDP), Rhode Island">Westerly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming,_Rhode_Island" title="Wyoming, Rhode Island">Wyoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFF380;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Other<br />villages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alton,_Rhode_Island" title="Alton, Rhode Island">Alton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcadia,_Rhode_Island" title="Arcadia, Rhode Island">Arcadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barberville,_Rhode_Island" title="Barberville, Rhode Island">Barberville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel,_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethel, Rhode Island">Bethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdickville,_Rhode_Island" title="Burdickville, Rhode Island">Burdickville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canonchet,_Rhode_Island" title="Canonchet, Rhode Island">Canonchet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centerville-Moscow,_Rhode_Island" title="Centerville-Moscow, Rhode Island">Centerville-Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davisville,_Rhode_Island" title="Davisville, Rhode Island">Davisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galilee,_Rhode_Island" title="Galilee, Rhode Island">Galilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem,_Rhode_Island" title="Jerusalem, Rhode Island">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenyon,_Rhode_Island" title="Kenyon, Rhode Island">Kenyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Locustville,_Rhode_Island" title="Locustville, Rhode Island">Locustville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matunuck,_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Matunuck, Rhode Island">Matunuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_Dale,_Rhode_Island" title="Peace Dale, Rhode Island">Peace Dale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Judith,_Rhode_Island" title="Point Judith, Rhode Island">Point Judith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Rhode_Island" title="Rockville, Rhode Island">Rockville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saunderstown,_Rhode_Island" title="Saunderstown, Rhode Island">Saunderstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slocum,_Rhode_Island" title="Slocum, Rhode Island">Slocum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usquepaug,_Rhode_Island" title="Usquepaug, Rhode Island">Usquepaug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakefield,_Rhode_Island" title="Wakefield, Rhode Island">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Kingston,_Rhode_Island" title="West Kingston, Rhode Island">West Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wickford,_Rhode_Island" title="Wickford, Rhode Island">Wickford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_River_Junction,_Rhode_Island" title="Wood River Junction, Rhode Island">Wood River Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodville,_Rhode_Island" title="Woodville, Rhode Island">Woodville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFF380;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FFD700;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Rhode_Island" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Rhode_Island" title="List of counties in Rhode Island">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Bristol County, Rhode Island">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Kent County, Rhode Island">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport County, Rhode Island">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Providence_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence County, Rhode Island">Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Washington County, Rhode Island">Washington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island#Geography_and_climate" title="Rhode Island">Geographic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackstone_Valley" title="Blackstone Valley">Blackstone Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_Island" title="Block Island">Block Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aquidneck_Island" title="Aquidneck Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Providence_Plantations" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Plantations">Providence Plantations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FFD700;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rhode_Island" title="List of municipalities in Rhode Island">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Falls,_Rhode_Island" title="Central Falls, Rhode Island">Central Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranston,_Rhode_Island" title="Cranston, Rhode Island">Cranston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="East Providence, Rhode Island">East Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawtucket,_Rhode_Island" title="Pawtucket, Rhode 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