Charlestown, is a post township in Washington County, Rhode Island, 45 miles south south west of Providence, 385 miles from Washington City. It is watered by the Charles River, a branch of Pawcatuck River, which affords water power. Pawcatuck River runs on its north west border. It has 2 large fresh water, and 2 salt water ponds. Near the sea the land is level and rich, but to the north it is rough, and not well adapted to cultivation. The remains of the Narraganset Indians, once a powerful tribe, long continued in this place, and had a missionary among them, supported by a society for propagating the gospel, and a considerable reservation of land; but they are now nearly or quite extinct. It has 3 stores with a capital of $5,500; 1 tannery, 1 grist mill, 1 saw mill, 8 schools with 233 scholars. Population: 923.

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