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Greenville is a village and census-designated place (CDP) located in Smithfield in Providence County, Rhode Island. The population was 8,626 at the 2000 census.
The village is named after Revolutionary War General, Nathanael Greene, who was born in Rhode Island in 1742. Greenville was first settled in the 1600s. The village contains the Greenville Baptist Church (American Baptist Association), and there are many apple orchards in the surrounding area. The area was active in the Free Will Baptist movement in the nineteenth century, and the Smithville Seminary, a Free Baptist institution, was nearby.
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