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Warwick

Rhode Island, United States

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Warwick, city, Kent county, east-central Rhode Island, U.S., lying on the western shore of Narragansett Bay. It is basically a southern residential suburb of Providence comprising a group of about 20 scattered villages united administratively.

The first European settlement on the site was made at Shawomet (1642) by Samuel Gorton. Later the colony was named for Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick, who supported Gorton’s quest to gain protection of a royal charter against the Massachusetts Bay colony. Town (township) government was organized in 1647. After the widespread destruction caused by King Philip’s (Indian) War (1675–76), the township was rebuilt, and gristmills and fulling mills were established along the Pawtuxet River.

Warwick has some light industry, including the manufacture of jewelry, metals, machinery, and electronics, and tourism is important. The New England Institute of Technology was founded in 1940 in Warwick; the Knight campus of the Community College of Rhode Island (opened 1972) also is located there. An annual event is the Gaspee Days celebration, recalling the offshore burning of the British revenue schooner Gaspee in 1772 by Rhode Island patriots. The Warwick Musical Theater (1955–99) featured performances in an outdoor arena during the summer. The largest commercial airport in Rhode Island, the T.F. Green Airport, is located in Warwick. Inc. city, 1931. Pop. (2000) 85,808; (2010) 82,672.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.