Coventry: Largest Township by Land Area
Coventry covers roughly 62 square miles, making it the largest municipality in Rhode Island by land area despite a population of about 35,000. The town extends from the Washington County line at its southern edge to the Connecticut border on the west, with most residents concentrated in the eastern villages near the Quidnick, Anthony, and Washington sections along Route 117. The western two-thirds of the township is largely undeveloped forest around the Flat River Reservoir and the state-managed Big River Management Area.
The town was set off from Warwick in 1741 and named for Coventry, England. General Nathanael Greene, who served as George Washington's most trusted battlefield subordinate during the Revolutionary War, grew up in a house in the Anthony section that is preserved as a museum. Greene went on to command the Continental Army in the southern theater and is credited with exhausting the British forces under Cornwallis before the final surrender at Yorktown.
The Flat River Reservoir, locally known as Johnson's Pond, stretches nearly four miles through the town and supports small-boat recreation. The Pawtuxet River exits the reservoir and runs east toward Warwick. The town operates as a suburban community with forested tracts, agricultural remnants in the western sections, and residential development east of Route 95.
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Coventry covers roughly 62 square miles, making it the largest municipality in Rhode Island by land area despite a population of about 35,000. The town extends from the Washington County line at its southern edge to the Connecticut border on the west, with most residents concentrated in the eastern villages near the Quidnick, Anthony, and Washington sections along Route 117. The western two-thirds of the township is largely undeveloped forest around the Flat River Reservoir and the state-managed Big River Management Area.
The town was set off from Warwick in 1741 and named for Coventry, England. General Nathanael Greene, who served as George Washington's most trusted battlefield subordinate during the Revolutionary War, grew up in a house in the Anthony section that is preserved as a museum. Greene went on to command the Continental Army in the southern theater and is credited with exhausting the British forces under Cornwallis before the final surrender at Yorktown.
The Flat River Reservoir, locally known as Johnson's Pond, stretches nearly four miles through the town and supports small-boat recreation. The Pawtuxet River exits the reservoir and runs east toward Warwick. The town operates as a suburban community with forested tracts, agricultural remnants in the western sections, and residential development east of Route 95.
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