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Scituate is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 10,324 at the 2000 census. The town was home to the Lapham Institute in the nineteenth century and named after Scituate, Massachusetts.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 141.9 km (54.8 mi). 126.1 km (48.7 mi) of it is land and 15.8 km (6.1 mi) of it (11.15%) is water.

One of the most prominent features of the town is the Scituate Resevoir. The large resevoir spans across a large portion of Scituate and has forever changed the face of the town. During construction of the resevoir, numerous villages were flooded along the former banks of the Pawtuxet River. Some foundations of the old structures are still visible today during times of drought. The resevoir, and a large portion of land surrounding it is owned and maintained by the Providence Water Supply Board.