Jerusalem, Rhode Island

Jerusalem is a fishing village within the town of Narragansett, Rhode Island on Point Judith. It is across the harbor from Galilee, Rhode Island. It is named after the Biblical city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is not attached to any other part of Narragansett by land; its only land border is with the Matunuck section of South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

History

The town received its name "[i]n 1902, the story goes, Thomas Mann a fisherman from Nova Scotia who had settled here, felt the village that had sprung up with its fishing shacks should be called Galilee, after the fishing village of biblical times. One day, an old timer sat on the docks repairing his nets when a stranger called out to him, "Where am I?" The answer was "Galilee". "And what is that?" the stranger asked pointing to the other side of the channel. The old timer thought for a minute, nodded his head and replied, "must be Jerusalem". And so the name of Galilee and Jerusalem have been used since to denote a most picturesque part of Rhode Island."^[1]

References

Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Rhode Island, United States
Towns	Charlestown Exeter Hopkinton Narragansett New Shoreham North Kingstown Richmond South Kingstown Westerly
Villages	Alton Arcadia Ashaway* Barberville Bethel Bradford* Burdickville Canonchet Carolina* Centerville Davisville Galilee Hamilton Hope Valley* Hopkinton City Jerusalem Kenyon Kingston* Lafayette Locustville Matunuck Misquamicut Moscow Narragansett Pier* Peace Dale Point Judith Quonochontaug Rockville Saunderstown Shannock Slocum South Hopkinton Usquepaug Wakefield Wakefield-Peacedale* Watch Hill* West Kingston Weekapaug* Wickford Wood River Junction Woodville Wyoming*

Coordinates: 41°22′35.9″N 71°30′55.5″W / 41.376639°N 71.515417°W / 41.376639; -71.515417