Lincoln

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Lincoln is a town in Providence County , Rhode Island , United States . The population was 20,898 at the 2000 census . Lincoln is located in northeastern Rhode Island, north of Providence .

Lincoln was settled in the 1600s and several colonial stone-enders were built in the town (Eleazer Arnold House ).

Limestone quarrying has occurred here since colonial times at the village of Lime Rock . Lincoln was a part of the town of Smithfield until 1871, when it was split off and named in honor of Abraham Lincoln . Lincoln became an important mill town in the late 1800s, with many textile factories running along the Blackstone River . Lincoln's villages include Manville, Albion, Lime Rock, Londsdale, Fairlawn, Quinnville, and Saylesville.

Very recently, the town was ranked #60 in Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live".

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 18.9 square miles (49.1 km? ), of which, 18.2 square miles (47.2 km?) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.9 km?) of it (3.80%) is water.

Lincoln is home to Lincoln Woods State Park and Twin River, a casino (formerly known as Lincoln Park). Lincoln is also home to John Nolan, an avante garde West African bongo drummer.

Demographics

As of the census ^[
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There were 8,243 households out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the town the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $47,815, and the median income for a family was $61,257. Males had a median income of $41,508 versus $30,089 for females. The per capita income for the town was $26,779. About 3.9% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line , including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.

National Historic Register sites

Arnold House, 1691, Lincoln, Rhode Island

Education

Lincoln School Department [1] has two Early learning schools, Fairlawn and Northern Early Learning Center, four elementary schools Saylesville Elementary, Lonsdale Elementary, Central Elementary School, and Northern Elementary School, one Middle School , Lincoln Middle School, and one High School , Lincoln Senior High. Their mascot is a lion . At one point, the middle and high school shared one campus, but in 2006 a new middle school was opened on Jenckes Hill Rd. The high school, in desperate need of additional classrooms, expanded into the former middle school area. The bus company for the school was, before the 2008-2009 school year, Laidlaw. It is now First Student. Many of the bus drivers were kept.

Lincoln also hosts Davies Career And Technical High School also on Jenckes Hill Rd. Attending students hail from all over Northern Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts.

The Community College of Rhode Island 's Flanagan Campus is also situated in Lincoln.

Lincoln Public Schools Website: http://www.lincolnps.org/