title: Pawtuxet
text: # Pawtuxet
  
  Pawtuxet is the name of a river in Rhode Island, United States. A number of things have been named after the river.
  
  ## Places
  
  * Pawtuxet River, a river in Rhode Island, USA
  * Cranston, Rhode Island, a city originally named Pawtuxet
  * Pawtuxet Village, a village in the city of Cranston
  
  ## Ships
  
  * USS Pawtuxet, a gunboat built during the American Civil War
  * USRC Pawtuxet, a revenue cutter built during the American Civil War
  * Pawtuxet-class cutter, a class of revenue cutters built during the American Civil War
  
  ## Other
  
  * Rhodes-on-the Pawtuxet, an historic building in Cranston, Rhode Island
  * Pawtuxet Valley Dyeing Company, a manufacturing facility in Coventry, Rhode Island
  