Usquepaug, Rhode Island

Usquepaug (or "Usquepaugh") is a village in the towns of Richmond and South Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, along the Usquepaug River and near the Usquepaug Road Historic District.

Overview

The village is home to Kenyon Corn Meal Company, a grist mill founded in the late 17th century, and currently located in a building constructed in 1886. The white corn meal^[1] is used in a traditional Rhode Island food, johnny cakes and the annual Johnny Cake Festival is held in Usquepaug.^[2]

Gallery

Kenyon Corn Meal Company interior in 2008
Kenyon Corn Meal Company interior in 2008
Corn over the grinding stone in Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, RI, (near Kingston) 1940
Johnny Cake Festival at Kenyon's Grist Mill
Mill pond in Usquepaug, Rhode Island
Mill dam next to Kenyon's Grist Mill
Kenyon's Gristmill

References

↑ http://www.johnnycakefestival.com/johnny_cakes.html (accessed December 4, 2012)
↑ kenyonsgristmill.com "History" (accessed November 6, 2008)

External links

Media related to Usquepaug, Rhode Island at Wikimedia Commons

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Coordinates: 41°30′11″N 71°36′32″W / 41.50306°N 71.60889°W / 41.50306; -71.60889

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