Rhode Island:  Dates That First Rural Routes Were Established at Post Offices, through 1904

Adamsville	03/01/1902	
Apponaug	11/15/1904	
East Greenwich	08/15/1900	
Greene	07/01/1903	
Little Compton	10/16/1899	
Narragansett Pier	09/15/1904	
Newport	11/01/1899	
Portsmouth	01/09/1899	
Saunderstown	04/01/1903	
Saylesville	07/01/1902	
Slocum	07/01/1903	
South Portsmouth	01/01/1899	
Tiverton	10/15/1899	
Wakefield	02/02/1903	
Westerly	07/01/1901	
Woonsocket	10/01/1901	

HISTORIAN
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
APRIL 2008