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Usquepaug, Rhode Island

Coordinates: 41°30′11″N 71°36′32″W / 41.50306°N 71.60889°W / 41.50306; -71.60889
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Usquepaug Road Historic District
Kenyon Corn Meal Company in Usquepaugh in 2008
Usquepaug, Rhode Island is located in Rhode Island
Usquepaug, Rhode Island
LocationSouth Kingstown, Rhode Island
ArchitectAlpin,Stephen A.; Et al.
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.87001298 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 30, 1987

Usquepaug (or "Usquepaugh") is a village in the towns of Richmond and South Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, along the Usquepaug River.

The village is home to Kenyon Corn Meal Company, a grist mill founded in the late 1600s, and currently located in a building constructed in 1886. The corn meal is used in a traditional Rhode Island food, johnny cakes.[2]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. ^ kenyonsgristmill.com "history" (accessed November 6, 2008)

41°30′11″N 71°36′32″W / 41.50306°N 71.60889°W / 41.50306; -71.60889