Central Falls, Rhode Island
| City of Central Falls | |
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| Motto: "A City With A Bright Future" | |
 Location in Providence County and the state of Rhode Island. |
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| Coordinates: 41°53′30″N 71°23′28″W / 41.89167°N 71.39111°WCoordinates: 41°53′30″N 71°23′28″W / 41.89167°N 71.39111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Rhode Island |
| County | Providence |
| Incorporated (town) | 1730 |
| Incorporated (city) | 1895 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council |
| • Mayor | James Diossa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.29 sq mi (3.34 km2) |
| • Land | 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 89 ft (27 m) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 19,328 |
| • Density | 16,106.7/sq mi (6,218.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 02863 |
| Area code(s) | 401 |
| FIPS code | 44-14140 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1218931 |
| Website | http://www.centralfallsri.us/ |
Central Falls is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 19,376 at the 2010 census. With an area of only 1.29 square miles (3.3 km2), it is the smallest and most densely populated city in the smallest state, and the 25th most densely populated incorporated place in the United States. It is also one of only four incorporated places in New England that have a higher population density than the city of Boston (ranking fourth, behind the Massachusetts cities of Somerville, Chelsea and Cambridge, all inner suburbs of Boston). The city takes its name from a waterfall on the Blackstone River.
In May 2010, Central Falls went into receivership, then filed for bankruptcy August 1, 2011.
Prior to the arrival of Europeans the area was home to Nipmuc, Wampanoag and Narragansett peoples.
Central Falls has historic significance as being the site of a major battle during King Philip's War. It was here on March 26, 1676 that Narragansett Indians ambushed Captain Michael Pierce and his Plymouth Colony troops who (with 20 Wampanoag Christian Indians) were pursuing them. Nearly all those ambushed were killed including nine taken prisoner and later tortured to death at nearby Cumberland, Rhode Island. A stone memorial marks the mass grave at the site known as "Nine Men's Misery".
In the 18th century, Captain Stephen Jenks built a trip hammer and blacksmith shop along the Blackstone River, forming the nucleus of what would eventually become Central Falls. Other manufacturers, including a chocolate maker, set up shop in the building and the new village became known as Chocolateville.
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