Canonchet is a small village in the town of Hopkinton in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The hamlet developed as a mill village in the nineteenth century, generally centered on a mile segment of Canonchet Road. [5] It was previously called Asheville (or Ashville). [6] The "Canonchet Village Historic District" includes the main stretch of the community on Canonchet Road. [7] [8] The community is located due northeast of the center of Hopkinton and both Interstate 95 and Rhode Island Route 3 run through it. Interstate 95's Exit 2 is located in Canonchet. Canonchet is also the name of a Narragansett sachem in the area who was executed during King Philip's War.
1920 U.S. Census data listed the village's population as 124. [9]
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