Newport County Rhode Island Genealogy
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Newport County Rhode Island History
Newport County was constituted on June 22, 1703, as one of the two original counties of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. As originally established, Newport County consisted of four towns: Portsmouth, Newport, Jamestown, and New Shoreham. In 1746-47, two towns, Little Compton and Tiverton, were acquired from Massachusetts. In 1856, the town of Fall River was split off from Tiverton but was ceded to Massachusetts six years later in 1862 as part of the settlement of the boundary dispute between Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In 1963, the town of New Shoreham was transferred to Washington County. County government was abolished in Rhode Island in 1842 and today remains only for the purpose of delineating judicial administrative boundaries.
Communities
City: Newport.
Towns: Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Portsmouth, Tiverton.
Census-designated places: Melville, Newport East, Tiverton.
Villages: Adamsville, Bridgeport, Briggs Point, Bristol Ferry, Castle Hill, Cedar Island, Cedar Point, Coasters Harbor, Coddington Point, Common Fence Point, Corey Lane, Despair Island, Dutch Island, Dyer Island, Eagleville, Easton Point, Fogland Point, Fort Adams, Forty Steps, Freebody Hill, Goat Island, Gould Island, Grayville, Green's End, Hog Island, Homestead, Hope Island, Hummocks, Island Park, Nannaquaket, North Tiverton, Ochre Point, Patience, Prudence, Quaker Hill, Rose Island, Sachuest, Sakonnet, Tiverton Four Corners, Tonomy Hill, Tunipus.
These villages have no separate corporate existence from the towns they are in.
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Adjacent counties
- Bristol County, Rhode Island - north
- Bristol County, Massachusetts - east
- Washington County, Rhode Island - west
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