Kenyon, Rhode Island

Kenyon is a small village in the town of Richmond near its border with the town of Charlestown in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

Overview

The population was 136 at the 2010 United States census. The southern border of Kenyon is the Pawcatuck River. Its ZIP code is 02836. The equally small village of Shannock is located nearby.

History

The village was founded in the 18th century by the Kenyon family, who lived in the area for eight generations as of 1908.[1]

In 2022, a local textile manufacturer, Kenyon Industries, was sued for polluting the Pawcatuck River that flows through the village to Worden Pond.[2] The case was settled in 2023,[3] and in 2025, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management took regulatory action to change the company's wastewater permit.[4]

References

  1. ^ Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families. J.H. Beers. 1908. pp. 1447–1448. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  2. ^ "Environment Rhode Island sues Kenyon Industries to stop Pawcatuck River pollution". Progressive Charlestown. August 26, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  3. ^ "ENVIRONMENT AMERICA, INC., v. KENYON INDUSTRIES, INC., CONSENT DECREE AND ORDER (Civil Action No. 1:22-cv-00307-MSM-PAS, U.S.D.C. D.RI. 2023, McElroy, J.)" (pdf). May 19, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  4. ^ "PUBLIC NOTICE OF PROPOSED PERMIT ACTIONS UNDER THE RHODE ISLAND POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (RIPDES) PROGRAM WHICH REGULATES DISCHARGES INTO THE WATERS OF THE STATE UNDER CHAPTER 46-12 OF THE RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS OF 1956, AS AMENDED" (pdf). Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. November 3, 2025. Retrieved March 8, 2026.


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