A portion re-united | | to Providence, June 10, 1868, and | | March 28, 1873. | | Cumberland |Jan'y 27, 1746-47|One of the five towns received this | | date. See Tiverton, Bristol, &c. | | Until incorporated in Rhode Island | | it was known as Attleboro Gore. | | Named from Cumberland, England. | | Annexed to Providence County, | | February 17, 1746-47. A portion of | | Cumberland was incorporated as the | | Town of Woonsocket, January 31, | | 1867. | | East Providence |March 1, 1862 |The westerly part of Rehoboth, | | Massachusetts, was incorporated as | | Seekonk, February 26, 1812. The | | westerly part of Seekonk was | | annexed to Rhode Island, | | incorporated as a town, and named | | East Providence in the settlement | | of the boundary question in 1862. | | See Pawtucket and Fall River. | | Foster |August 24, 1781 |Taken from Scituate. Named probably | | from Hon. Theodore Foster. | | Glocester |Feb'y 20, 1730-31|Taken from Providence. At this date | | an act was passed "for erecting | | and incorporating the outlands of | | the Town of Providence into three | | towns." These towns were Scituate, | | Glocester and Smithfield. | | Johnston |March 6, 1759 |Taken from Providence, and named in | | honor of Augustus Johnston, Esq., | | the attorney-general of the Colony | | at that time. Lincoln |March 8, 1871 |Taken from Smithfield, and named in | | honor of Abraham Lincoln, late | | President of the United States. ----------------+-----------------+------------------------------------