History:
The town of Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island has a rich and varied history. The land it presently occupies, bounded on three sides by rivers, was originally inhabited by indigenous people known as the Narragansetts. Hence the area was known, after the arrival of the Europeans, as Narragansett Country and more specifically as Little Narragansett. Roger Williams had settled in the Providence area in the early 1630's and from there and Newport settlers continued south and west to conquer the wilderness.