Ashaway, Rhode Island

About Ashaway

Set in the southwestern part of Rhode Island, Ashaway is a small unincorporated community.

Ashaway holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.37 square miles.

📰 Ashaway News Today

• From Fishing String to Squash Rackets, a Rhode Island Manufacturer Unfurls Two Centuries in Business Alliance for American Manufacturing · Mar 27
• Ashaway Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Ryan J. Todd Obituary (2026) - Ashaway, RI - Gaffney-Dolan Funeral Home - Westerly Legacy obituary · Apr 23
• Look inside Ashaway Line & Twine Manufacturing Co., established 1824 The Providence Journal · Feb 4
• Laurel Street bridge replacement to begin this summer Westerly Sun · Feb 3

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Ashaway Unique

• The only place in America named Ashaway — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern Rhode Island, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Ashaway

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Ashaway

• Main Street Pizza — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Ashaway

• Appleton Nature Preserve Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Babcock Ridge Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Crandall Field reviews ★
• Don Henne Memorial Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Ellen Dodge Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Erisman Woodlands Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Frank Hero Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Gurnee Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hangman Hill Road Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Milltown Meadows Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Parke Memorial Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Stillman Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Ashaway

• Ashaway Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Ashaway

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