Hopkinton is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.

Hopkinton is named after Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence who was governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations when the town was partitioned from Westerly and incorporated in 1757.

[1][2] Hopkinton once featured a number of industrial villages, such as Locustville, Moscow, Centerville, and Wood River Iron Works, each being named after the mill which they surrounded.

Today only Hope Valley, Rockville, Ashaway, and Bradford are recognized with a post office.

As of 2017, the largest self-identified ancestry groups or ethnic groups in Hopkinton were:[5] [6] Hopkinton is located in the 34th Senate District, represented by Republican Elaine J. Morgan,[7] and in the 38th District in the Rhode Island House of Representatives by Democrat Brian Patrick Kennedy.

[8] At the Federal level, Hopkinton is located in Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District, which is currently represented by James Langevin (D).