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Quidnick, Rhode Island

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Family who had operated an iron forge in the mid-18th century. By 1811 the village was renamed Taftville for Stephen Taft a local
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word meaning “at the end of the hill.” The current Quidnick Mill Complex was constructed in 1848.
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Andrew D. Boisvert, "Coventry Roots: Quidneck (Part 1)", Coventry Patch, June 24, 2011
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quidnick, Rhode Island
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acquired the village in 1840, they changed the name to Quidnick, which is a
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http://coventry.patch.com/articles/coventry-roots-quidneck-part-1
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and Quidnick are today was originally named Greeneville for the
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Census-designated places in Kent County, Rhode Island
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village
Coventry, Rhode Island
American Revolution
Anthony
Greene
cotton
Sprague family
Native American
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quidnick, Rhode Island




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Kent County, Rhode Island
County seat
East Greenwich
City
Warwick
Towns
Coventry
East Greenwich
West Greenwich
West Warwick
CDP
Anthony

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