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- ↑ Farzan, Antonia Noori. "Rhode Island pronunciation guide: 35 names that visitors and even some locals get wrong". The Providence Journal. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ↑ Cole, J.R. History of Washington and Kent counties, Rhode Island, p. 756 (1889)
- ↑ House, Kirk W. Hopkinton, p. 61 (2004)
- ↑ A Mystery at Canonceht, Small State Big History, Retrieved May 24, 2023
- ↑ (January 19, 2018). Mills have gone, but the village remains, Providence Journal ("West is Canonchet, a village of Hopkinton")
- ↑ Hopkinton Preliminary Report, Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission (1976)
- ↑ Rhode Island, A Guide to the Smallest State, p. 358 (1937)
- ↑ Town of Hopkinton, 2017 Comprehensive Plan, p. 145 (2017)
- ↑ Canonchet Village Historic District, State of Rhode Island, Historyic Property Search, Retrieved May 24, 2023
- ↑ 1920 Population of the United States (1921)
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