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Johnston
A town of 29,835 people in Providence County, Rhode Island
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Town in Rhode Island, United States1636Established
29,568Population
24.4 sq miArea
318 ftElevation
Johnston is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 29,568 at the 2020 census. Johnston is the site of the Clemence Irons House (1691), a stone-ender museum, and the only landfill in Rhode Island. Incorporated on March 6, 1759, Johnston was named for the colonial attorney general, Augustus Johnston.
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ZIP code02919
Area code401
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DistrictJohnstonSchools9
Winsor Hill SchoolElementary · Grades 1–5 · 380 students
Thornton SchoolElementary · Grades 1–5 · 340 students
Sarah Dyer Barnes SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 266 students
Brown Avenue SchoolElementary · Grades 1–5 · 251 students
Early Childhood CenterElementary · Grades K · 201 students
Nicholas A. Ferri MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 720 students
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