- Patience Island
Patience Island lies off the northwest coast of
Prudence Island , in the town ofPortsmouth, Rhode Island ,USA . The island has no inhabitants and has a land area of 0.8536 km² (0.33 sq mi, or 210.9acres ), making it the fourth-largest island inNarragansett Bay .History
The island and others nearby were named by Roger Williams and other early colonists. Colonial school children often recited the poem: "Patience, Prudence, Hope and Despair. And the little Hog over there." [http://lighthouse.cc/prudence/history.html] Patience Island became part of Portsmouth in 1664.
References
* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-PANEL_ID=p_dt_geo_map&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-errMsg=&-transpose=N&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=N&-geo_id=100$10000US440050401034000&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en&-search_map_config=|b=50|l=en|t=4001|zf=0.0|ms=sel_00dec|dw=0.05413250839487588|dh=0.030284384251543096|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-71.35974567951651|cy=41.65570462495011|zl=3|pz=3|bo=318:317:316:314:313:323:319|bl=362:393:358:357:356:355:354|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331|fl=381:403:204:380:369:379:368|g=100$10000US440050401034001&-show_geoid=Y Patience Island: Block 4000, Block Group 4, Census Tract 401.03, Newport County, Rhode Island] United States Census Bureau
*Frederic Denlson, "Narragansett Sea and Shore", (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, RI., 1879)
*George L. Seavey, "Rhode Island's Coastal Natural Areas."
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