Canonchet () is a small village in the town of Hopkinton in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.Cole, J.R. History of Washington and Kent counties, Rhode Island, p. 756 (1889)House, Kirk W. Hopkinton, p. 61 (2004)A Mystery at Canonchet, Small State Big History, Retrieved May 24, 2023(January 19, 2018). Mills have gone, but the village remains, Providence Journal ("West is Canonchet, a village of Hopkinton")
The hamlet developed as a mill village in the nineteenth century, generally centered on a mile segment of Canonchet Road.Hopkinton Preliminary Report, Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission (1976) It was previously called Asheville (or Ashville).Rhode Island, A Guide to the Smallest State, p. 358 (1937) The "Canonchet Village Historic District" includes the main stretch of the community on Canonchet Road.Town of Hopkinton, 2017 Comprehensive Plan , p. 145 (2017)Canonchet Village Historic District, State of Rhode Island, Historyic Property Search, Retrieved May 24, 2023 The community is located due northeast of the center of Hopkinton and both Interstate 95 and Rhode Island Route 3 run through it. Interstate 95's Exit 2 is located in Canonchet. Canonchet is also the name of a Narragansett sachem in the area who was executed during King Philip's War.
Data from the 1920 U.S. Census listed the village's population as 124.1920 Population of the United States (1921)
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