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Place Name
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Cranston
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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76,060 (1990)
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Location
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Providence County, Rhode Island (RI), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°46'N
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Longitude
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71°29'W
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Cranston
, industrial city (1990 pop. 76,060), Providence co.,
central R.I., residential suburb of Providence; 41°46'N 71°29'W.
Its mfg. includes machinery, plastics, rubber prods., and chemicals.
The city was named for Samuel Cranston, a colonial governor of R.I. In
the 19th cent., Cranston was an important textile center. The Friends
Meeting House (1729) and several pre-Revolutionary bldgs. still stand.
The R.I. Adult Correctional Institute (state prison) is here. Inc. as a
town 1754, as a city 1910.
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