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Many Italian-Americans in Cranston are descended from immigrants of [[Itri|Itri, Italy]] who settled mainly in the Knightsville section of Cranston during the early 1900s.<ref name="FuocoLothrop1998">{{cite book|last1=Fuoco|first1=Joe|last2=Lothrop|first2=A. J.|title=Knightsville and Silver Lake|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TxyUErwVsYC|year=1998|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7524-1229-0}}</ref> Cranston is known for the St. Mary's Feast, inspired by the Feast of the Madonna della Civita celebrated in Itri. Since 1905, the St. Mary's Feast has been a week-long festival celebrated in July in Cranston with vendors, a carnival, fireworks, and a religious procession from St. Mary's Church on Sunday.<ref name=cranstonheraldstmaryfeast>{{Cite news|url=http://cranstononline.com/stories/set-for-110th-year-st-marys-feast-renews-focus-on-religious-roots,104068|title=Set for 110th year, St. Mary's Feast renews focus on religious roots|last=Kittredge|first=Daniel|work=Cranston Herald|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref> In 2000, Cranston and Itri became sister cities.<ref name=cranstonheralditri>{{Cite news|url=http://cranstononline.com/stories/mayor-of-itri-greeted-warmly-given-key-to-cranston,138614|title=Mayor of Itri greeted warmly, now he has the city key|last=Schiff|first=Pam|work=Cranston Herald|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>
For many years Cranston was the third-largest city in Rhode Island, after [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] and [[Warwick, Rhode Island|Warwick]], both of which it borders. However, in 2017 it surpassed Warwick to take second place. Though Cranston's overall population density was already much greater than the geographically larger Warwick,<ref>{{cite web |title=Rhode Island Population Density City Rank |url=http://www.usa.com/rank/rhode-island-state--population-density--city-rank.htm |website=USA.com |access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref>
===Flood of 2010===
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