Greene, Rhode Island

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Greene is an unincorporated village and

As the station grew in importance, a village grew up around it, sending large amounts of milk, wood and cranberries via train. Eventually, a school, church, library, and meeting hall were built, as well as a religious campground in the Greene area, where the Advent Christian Church held annual camp meetings starting in 1880 on what was previously part of the Peckham estate. The religious campground was perhaps the most important one in Rhode Island, where every summer, camp meetings were held in the style more commonly found in the South and in the Mid-West. The railroad would add on extra cars to their trains, and up to 10,000 people would attend. After the beginning of the 20th century, the camp meeting declined and ended decades later.^[6]

With the coming of the automobile in the first part of the 20th century, the railroad's importance declined greatly, and in 1969, it closed. Today, Greene is a shadow of what it once was. However, the village is mostly intact, with most of the buildings dating from the late 19th century.

The Greene census-designated place includes the communities of Greene, Fairbanks Corner, Rice City and Summit. Rhode Island Route 14 runs along the northern edge of the CDP through Fairbanks Corner, and leads northeast 23 miles (37 km) to Providence and west 7 miles (11 km) to Moosup, Connecticut. Rhode Island Route 117 passes through the center of the CDP, from Fairbanks Corner through Greene village, and over to Summit, eventually leading 16 miles (26 km) to Apponaug in the city of Warwick. Rhode Island Route 102 forms the eastern border of the CDP; it leads north 7 miles (11 km) to Clayville in the town of Scituate and south the same distance to Interstate 95 in the town of West Greenwich.

The Coventry Greenway, part of the East Coast Greenway running from Maine to Florida, is a rail trail that runs through the community on the route of the old New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.

According to the

Of the 325 households, 31.4% had children under the age of 18; 64.0% were married couples living together; 15.4% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 14.2% of households consisted of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[8] The average household size was 3.0 and the average family size was 3.2.^[12] The percent of those with a bachelor's degree or higher was estimated to be 27.6% of the population.^[13]

22.3% of the population was under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 31.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.5 males.^[8] For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 96.1 males.^[8]

The 2016-2020 5-year