Rhode Island Providence County
Cranston
A city in Providence County, Rhode Island — population 81,142 as of 2020.
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ON THE COVER: Nilton Cárdenas
Cover artist Nilton Cárdenas of Cranston refuses to stand still. “I am constantly moving, and creating art,” he says in an interview at Sharks Peruvian Cuisine on Broad Street in Central Falls. And when he’s not putting a brush to canvas, or a pencil to a sketchbook page, he’s…
Creatives & ArtsFor the cover of Motif’s Fall Guide, painter and muralist Nicholas “Niko” Tolentino of Cranston drew inspiration from his childhood days, he relates in an interview at White Electric Coffee Co-Op in Providence. Roger Williams Park in PVD was practically in his backyard. He loved…
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Cranston by the numbers
- Area
- 28.35 sq mi (73.41 km²), 1.67 sq mi water
- Median age
- 39.6
- Households
- 32,595
- Persons per household
- 2.4
- Median household income
- $90,206
- Median house value
- $378,300
- Office
- DIRECTOR OF CANVASSING
- Address
- 869 PARK AVE, CRANSTON, RI 02910