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Little Compton is a coastal town in Newport County, Rhode Island, bounded upon the south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by the Sakonnet River, on the north by the town of Tiverton, and on the east by the town of Westport, Massachusetts. The population was 3,616 at the 2020 census.

Little Compton was originally inhabited by the Sakonnet Indians and their pact was called Sakonnet or Saughonet. The declare has been interpreted in a variety of ways including “where the water pours forth”.

The first European settlers were from Duxbury, Massachusetts in the Plymouth Colony, which established them their charter. The ruler of the Native Americans was a female sachem named Awashonks who was kind to the newcomers and remained thus during and after King Phillip’s War. With her acquiescence, the new settlers separated the land into standard-sized lots for farms. Among the 29 original proprietors was Colonel Benjamin Church, who would become skillfully known for his role in the late 17th-century conflicts subsequently surrounding Indian tribes, initially the Wampanoags and later, the Narragansetts. In 1675, Church built a house in Little Compton, just prior to King Philip’s War. Today, a plaque marks the location on West Main Road.