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Notable locations in Glocester: Camp Shepard (A), Cherry Valley Beach (B), Gloucester Country Club (C), Melody Hill Golf Course (D), Glocester Town Hall (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Glocester include: Chepachet Union Church (A), Pine Tree Chapel (B), Harmony Chapel (C), Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Harmony Cemetery (1), Hawkins Cemetery (2), Irons Cemetery (3), Steere Cemetery (4), Chepachet Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Grist Mill Pond (A), Peckham Pond (B), Tepee Pond (C), Spring Grove Pond (D), Whites Pond (E), Washington, Lake (F), Williams Pond (G), Ponaganset Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mosquitohawk Brook (A), Brandy Brook (B), Cutler Brook (C), Saunders Brook (D), Stingo Brook (E), Sucker Brook (F), Paquantuck Brook (G), Nine Foot Brook (H), Allan Richard Brook (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Glocester include: Heritage Park (1), Durfee Hill Management Area (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Beach: Steers Beach (A). Display/hide its location on the map
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Glocester and their reported violations in the past:
AGIOS INC DBA THE GENTLEMAN FARMER REST. (Population served: 150, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-21-1999), St Public Notif requested (OCT-21-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-21-1999), St Tech Assistance Visit (OCT-25-1999), St Public Notif received (NOV-01-1999), St Compliance achieved (NOV-15-1999)
- MCL, Acute (TCR) - In SEP-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-21-1999), St Public Notif requested (OCT-21-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-21-1999), St Public Notif received (NOV-01-1999), St Compliance achieved (NOV-15-1999)
Past monitoring violations:
- 3 routine major monitoring violations
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 4.4% | | Whole state: | 11.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 2.1% | | Whole state: | 5.4% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Glocester, RI
Glocester compared to Rhode Island state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- House age above state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Providence County Rhode Island:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (82%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
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Religion statistics for Glocester
| Name | Catholic Church | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Episcopal Church | United Church of Christ | United Methodist Church |
| Adherents | 81.9% | 3.5% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Congregations | 28.2% | 11.0% | 9.3% | 5.8% | 3.5% |
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| Name | Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | Assemblies of God | Armenian Apostolic Church/Catholicossate Etchmiadzin | Muslim Estimate | Other religions |
| Adherents | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 6.8% |
| Congregations | 0.6% | 4.7% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 35.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
4.57% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,943 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.57% | | Rhode Island average: | 5.39% |
0.18% of residents moved from foreign countries ($427 average AGI)| Providence County: | 0.18% | | Rhode Island average: | 0.16% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.65% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($45,262 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.65% | | Rhode Island average: | 6.42% |
0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($439 average AGI)| Providence County: | 0.06% | | Rhode Island average: | 0.08% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Glocester:
- WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WRNI (1290 AM; 10 kW; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: WRNI FOUNDATION)
- WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBIX (1060 AM; 40 kW; NATICK, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WAMG (890 AM; 25 kW; DEDHAM, MA; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF DEDHAM LICENSEE, LLC)
- WDDZ (550 AM; 5 kW; PAWTUCKET, RI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WINY (1350 AM; 5 kW; PUTNAM, CT; Owner: OSBREY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WVNE (760 AM; daytime; 25 kW; LEICESTER, MA; Owner: BLOUNT MASSCOM, INC.)
- WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WSKO (790 AM; 5 kW; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
Strongest FM radio stations in Glocester:
- WWKX (106.3 FM; WOONSOCKET, RI; Owner: AAA ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING LLC)
- WPRO-FM (92.3 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WWBB (101.5 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WWLI (105.1 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WAAF (107.3 FM; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WBRU (95.5 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: BROWN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
- WSNE-FM (93.3 FM; TAUNTON, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WWRX-FM (103.7 FM; WESTERLY, RI; Owner: FNX BROADCASTING OF RHODE ISLAND, LLC)
- WHJY (94.1 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WWFX (100.1 FM; SOUTHBRIDGE, MA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WBMX (98.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
- WJMN (94.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WBOS (92.9 FM; BROOKLINE, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
- WCRB (102.5 FM; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: CHARLES RIVER BROADCASTING WCRB LICE)
- WTKK (96.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
- WROR-FM (105.7 FM; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
- WSRS (96.1 FM; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBVC (91.1 FM; POMFRET, CT; Owner: POMFRET SCHOOL)
- WSKO-FM (99.7 FM; WAKEFIELD-PEACEDALE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WGBH (89.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
TV broadcast stations around Glocester:
- WPXQ (Channel 69; BLOCK ISLAND, RI; Owner: OCEAN STATE TELEVISION, L.L.C.)
- WRIW-LP (Channel 50; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: ZGS PROVIDENCE, INC.)
- WNAC-TV (Channel 64; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: WNAC, LLC)
- WPRI-TV (Channel 12; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: TVL BROADCASTING OF RHODE ISLAND, LLC)
- WJAR (Channel 10; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WLNE-TV (Channel 6; NEW BEDFORD, MA; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, INC.)
- WUNI (Channel 27; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- WCVB-TV (Channel 5; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WCVB HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
- WSBE-TV (Channel 36; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TELECOM. AUTHORITY)
- WGBH-TV (Channel 2; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
- WYDN (Channel 48; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TV CORPORATION)
- WHDH-TV (Channel 7; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WHDH-TV)
- WMFP (Channel 62; LAWRENCE, MA; Owner: WSAH LICENSE, INC.)
- WUTF (Channel 66; MARLBOROUGH, MA; Owner: TELEFUTURA BOSTON LLC)
- WSBK-TV (Channel 38; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
- WBZ-TV (Channel 4; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
- WGBX-TV (Channel 44; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
- WLVI-TV (Channel 56; CAMBRIDGE, MA; Owner: WLVI, INC.)
- WFXT (Channel 25; BOSTON, MA; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS INC.)
- WWDP (Channel 46; NORWELL, MA; Owner: NORWELL TELEVISION, LLC)
- WHPX (Channel 26; NEW LONDON, CT; Owner: PAXSON HARTFORD LICENSE, INC.)
- W40BO (Channel 40; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
- WBPX (Channel 68; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON BOSTON-68 LICENSE, INC.)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Glocester, Rhode Island:
- Fatal accident count: 16
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 25
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 5
- Fatalities: 19
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 35
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 6
Rhode Island average:
- Fatal accident count: 100
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 140
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 42
- Fatalities: 107
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 236
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 11
See more detailed statistics of Glocester fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 1 meters (3ft)
Total costs: $875,000
Total average daily traffic: 17,000
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,700
Total future (year 2028) average daily traffic: 19,605
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3- Snake Hill Rd Across From Pole 245, Call Sign: KDH299
Assigned Frequencies : 42.9600 MHz Grant Date: 01/28/2002, Expiration Date: 12/22/2011
Registrant: Federal Licensing Inc, 1588 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Phone: (717) 334-9262, Fax: (717) 334-6440 - Police Station 162 Chopmist Hill Road, Structure height: 0 m, Call Sign: WPWB539
Assigned Frequencies : 72.4800 MHz Grant Date: 10/04/2002, Expiration Date: 10/04/2012, Certifier: Stuart D Pearson
Registrant: Signal Communications Corporation, 4 Wheeling Ave, Woburn, MA 01801, Phone: (781) 933-0998, Fax: (781) 933-5019, Email:
- GW MGT AREA, George Wash Mgmt Area Burrillville, Type: Tower, Structure height: 30.2 m, Call Sign: WPWE336
Assigned Frequencies : 31.6200 MHz, 31.7400 MHz Grant Date: 10/28/2002, Expiration Date: 10/28/2012, Certifier: Thomas G Bourn
Registrant: Fcca, 4045 Jockey Street, Charlton, NY 12019, Phone: (518) 399-6755, Fax: (518) 399-6755, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1- Call Sign: WA1UNQ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00917042
Grant Date: 12/08/2004, Expiration Date: 01/31/2015
Registrant: Richard A Calkins, 76 Cherry Valley Rd, Glocester, RI 02814
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