Frog City is a village within the Town of
Johnston, Rhode Island
Johnston is a New England town, town in Providence County, Rhode Island, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 29,568 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. Johnston is the site of the Clemence Irons House (1 ...
which overlaps another village,
Thornton, Rhode Island. According to one source, the village was "probably termed Frog City because of the numerous frogs along the
Pocasset River and ponds near Victoria Mill at Mill Street and Victoria Mount". Frog City is bordered by Mill St. to the North, Plainfield Pike to the East and South, and Rachela St. to the West.
The British Hosiery Mill, later known as the Priscilla Worsted Mill, was built in Frog City in 1884, on Mill Street. The Victoria Mill at the corner of John Street and Victoria Mount was the largest of the mills in the area.
[Rhode Island's Mill Villages: Simmonsville, Pocasset, Olneyville, and Thornton by Joe Fuoco, (Arcadia Publishing, Mar 1, 1997) pg. 12] Both buildings were standing and still in use in 2025.
References
Villages in Providence County, Rhode Island
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