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History. The area was first settled by English settlers in the seventeenth century as a farming community. In 1759 the town officially separated from Providence and was incorporated on March 6, 1759.
Home | About Us | Properties | Events | Publications. Johnston Historical Society, 101 Putnam Pike, Johnston, RI 02919, (401) 231-3380, johnstonhistorical1825@gmail.com. Johnston Historical Society website, containing information on the society and the history of Johnston, Rhode Island.
Town of Johnston Timeline. Home About Us Properties Events Publications History. March 15, 1759 (or March 6, 1759) Following a 1758 petition to the General Assembly, Johnston (named in honor of Augustus Johnston, Esquire, the attorney-general of Rhode Island) was taken from Providence and incorporated as a town.
Johnston Historical Society website, containing information on the society and the history of Johnston, Rhode Island.
101 Putnam Pike, Johnston, RI. (401) 231-3380. http://www.johnstonhistorical.org/. The Johnston Historical Society was formed by a group of residents in the 1970s. In the early 1980s the group met in what is now called the Elijah Angell House. Around 2000 we opened our museum barn.
Books. Johnston, Rhode Island, Volume 2. Johnston Historical Society. Arcadia Publishing, Mar 28, 1999 - History - 128 pages. With over 200 more vintage photographs, Louis H. McGowan...
Originally part of the “inner woods” west of Providence, Johnston was set off as a separate town in 1759, and named for the current state attorney general, Augustus Johnston, who came from the area.
