Block Island
| Block Island, Rhode Island | |
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| Island | |
Block Island looking North over Block Island Sound. The coast of Rhode Island is seen in the distance.
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| Nickname(s): Manisses meaning Manitou's Little Island (used by Narragansett people) | |
 Block Island, shown in red, off the coast of the State of Rhode Island. |
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| Coordinates: 41°10′11″N 71°34′48″W / 41.16972°N 71.58000°WCoordinates: 41°10′11″N 71°34′48″W / 41.16972°N 71.58000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Rhode Island |
| County | Washington |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager |
| • First Warden | Kim Gaffett |
| Area | |
| • Land | 9.734 sq mi (25.21 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,051 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 02807 |
| Area code(s) | 401 Exchange: 466 |
| Website | www.new-shoreham.com |
| New Shoreham | |
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| Town | |
The public library in New Shoreham
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 Location of New Shoreham in Washington County, Rhode Island |
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| Government | |
| • Town Council | Allan MacKay Christopher G. Warfel Mark A. Emmanuelle |
| • Town Moderator | Margaret M. O'Neill |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| FIPS code | 44-50500 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1220043 |
Block Island is part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, named after the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean about 14 miles (23 km) east of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, and 13 miles (21 km) south of the coast of mainland Rhode Island, from which it is separated by Block Island Sound.
The United States Census Bureau defines Block Island as Census Tract 415 of Washington County, Rhode Island. As of the 2010 Census, the island's population of 1,051 lived on a land area of 9.734 square miles (25.211 km2). The island is part of the Outer Lands region, a coastal archipelago theoretically made by the recessional and terminal moraine that resulted from the Wisconsonian Laurentide glacier retreat about 22,000 years ago, according to some theories.
The Nature Conservancy added Block Island to its list of "The Last Great Places"; the list consists of twelve sites in the Western Hemisphere. About 40 percent of the island is set aside for conservation. Presidents Bill Clinton,Dwight D. Eisenhower,Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Ulysses S. Grant have visited Block Island. Other famous visitors include Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, who each made separate trips to the island in 1929.
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