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Reservoir is a neighborhood in southwest
Reservoir is a neighborhood in southwest Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts ...
. It is bounded to the north and east by the Amtrak Northeast Corridor railroad tracks, and to the west and south by the municipal boundary with Cranston. The population of the neighborhood, as of 2000, was 2,963.
Mashapaug Pond lies entirely within the Reservoir neighborhood. The Gorham Manufacturing Company
The Gorham Manufacturing Company is one of the largest United States of America, American manufacturers of Sterling silver, sterling and silverplate and a foundry for bronze sculpture.
History
Gorham Silver was founded in Providence, Rhode Isl ...
made its home on the pond in the area.
The neighborhood is 40.5% Non-Hispanic White, 15.4% Asian or Pacific Islander, 16.6% African-American, and 22.6% Hispanic. The median household income is $39,769, and the median family income is $41,202. 10.4% of families live below the poverty line.
Government
At the municipal level, all of Reservoir is within Ward 8. James Taylor, a Democrat, represents Ward 8 in the Providence City Council. He was first elected in 2017.References
Neighborhoods in Providence, Rhode Island {{ProvidenceRI-stub