RHODE ISLAND QUICK FACTS Name Origin uncertain Dutch explorer Adriaen Block called Aquidneck Island where the first colony was established Roodt Eylandt Red Island perhaps because of the color of its clay soil Another explorer Giovanni de Verrazzano said it reminded him of the Greek island of Rhodes State Capital Providence population 179 207 Date of Statehood May 29 1790 13th state Population 1 056 298 43d most populous state Area Total Land and Water 1 545 square miles 4 002 sq km smallest state Largest City Providence population 179 207 Nickname The Ocean State Motto Hope State Bird Rhode Island Red Chicken RHODE ISLAND
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA State Flower Violet State Rock Cumberlandite Vlolet State Tree Red Maple State Song Rhode Island's It For Me Highest Point Jerimoth Hill 812 feet 247 m Cumberlandite Lowest Point Atlantic Ocean 0 feet 0 m Average July High Temperature 81°F 27°C Record High Temperature 104°F 40°C in Providence on August 2 1975 Red Maple Average January Low Temperature 20°F 7°C Record Low Temperature 28°F 33°C in Wood River Junction on January 11 1942 Jerlmoth HD Average Annual Precipitation 48 inches 122 cm Atlantic Oceans Number of U S Senators 2 ireetings from Number of U S Representatives 2 ISLAND U S Postal Service Abbreviation RI QUICK FACTS
RHODE ISLANE GEOGRAPHY Rhode Rhode Island is the smallest state of the United States Its land area covers just 1 034 square miles 2 678 sq km Bordering Rhode Island to the west is the state of Connecticut To the north and east is Massachusetts The Atlantic Ocean is to the south Rhode Island is about 37 miles 60 km wide and 48 miles 77 km long However its shoreline is approximately 400 miles 644 km long thanks to the winding shape of Narragansett Bay and its many islands The bay reaches far inland from the Atlantic Ocean nearly cutting the state in half north to south Narragansett Bay reaches far inland nearly cutting Rhode Island in half RHODE ISLAND
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MASSACHUSETTS Pawtucket i Providence RHODE CONNECTICUT ISLAND Warwick Newport Rhode Island's total land and water area is 1 545 square miles 4 002 sq km It is the smallest state The state capital is Providence GEOGRAPHY
