| 词条 | Quonochontaug, Rhode Island |
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|official_name = Quonochontaug, Rhode Island |settlement_type = Village |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = BABCOCK HOUSE, CHARLESTOWN, WASHINGTON COUNTY, RI.jpg |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = Babcock House |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map=Rhode Island |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Rhode Island |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Washington |subdivision_type3 = Town |subdivision_name3 = Charlestown |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 322 |coordinates = {{coord|41|20|08|N|71|42|30|W|type:city_region:US-RI|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = Zip code |postal_code = 02813 |area_code = 401 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 1217618[1] |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} Quonochontaug is a village in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.[1] It is composed of three small beach communities, and is part of Charlestown. GeographyQuonochontaug is located between the Ninigret Pond and Quonochontaug Pond and their respective barrier beaches, both of which are salt ponds. The communities of West Beach, Central Beach, and East Beach house several hundred residents, mostly in the summers, and many houses are available as summer rentals. Quonochontaug was a busy and fashionable resort of small hotels and boarding houses in the 19th Century, continuing up until the Great Hurricane of 1938.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}} Blue Shutters Beach is town-owned and is located at the end of East Beach Road in Quonochontaug. To the east of Blue Shutters, an unpaved road leads to the entrance of the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge. The area was listed as a census-designated place in the 2010 census.[2] HistoryQuonochontaug was the site of an iron mining operation financed by Thomas A. Edison in the 1880s. Iron particles existed in the form of black sand on the beach and they could be separated out with magnets and melted to produce iron. The venture failed after cheaper iron was later discovered.[3][4] Historic Places
In popular cultureIn the TV series The X-Files there are several references to Quonochontaug, related to one of its main characters, Fox Mulder, whose family had a summer home there. References1. ^1 {{cite gnis|1217618|Quonochontaug, Rhode Island}} 2. ^{{gnis|2631339}} 3. ^Info at edison.rutgers.edu (1) 4. ^Info at edison.rutgers.edu (2) External links{{commonscat|Quonochontaug, Rhode Island}}
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