Hopkinton is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island. It is part of the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River Metro Area. It has a total area of 44.1 square miles. 43.0 square miles of the area is land, and the rest is water. Ashaway and Hope Valley are villages within the town.

Construction, professional, scientific, and technical services are tourism are the major commercial activities here. Hope Valley Historic District and Hopkinton City Historic District have a number of historic structures. The closest hospital is Southampton Hospital, located about 53 miles away in Southampton, New York. The cost of living here is 27.50% higher than the country average.

This place gets about 49 inches of rain annually. The number of days with measurable precipitation is 118. Snowfall is about 31 inches annually.

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