Rhode Island

Rhode Island

This page is the City map of Rhode Island, a state of the United States with streets, roads, paths and places shown across the region. Rhode Island covers about 3,144.2 square kilometres and had 1,097,379 residents in 2020, compared with 1,052,567 in 2010. The state was founded in 1790, has the telephone area code 401 and lies at an elevation of about 60 metres above sea level. Its territory is divided here into five subregions: Kent County, Newport County, Bristol County, Providence County and South County.

Kent County

Kent County is a county-level administrative area of Rhode Island with 164,801 residents. Warwick, the county seat, occupies the western shore of Narragansett Bay and includes the airport serving the Providence metropolitan area, while West Warwick and Coventry extend inland along the Pawtuxet River.

The county includes coastal communities such as East Greenwich and Greenwich Bay, as well as inland woodland and farmland around Coventry. The Pawtuxet River forms a major geographic feature near West Warwick and Warwick before reaching Narragansett Bay.

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Newport County

Newport County was established in 1703 and has 85,643 residents. It includes Newport on Aquidneck Island, Middletown and Portsmouth, together with Jamestown on Conanicut Island and other islands in Narragansett Bay.

Newport is known for the Newport Mansions along Bellevue Avenue, including The Breakers and Marble House, and for the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The county’s coastline borders Narragansett Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, with the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge connecting Aquidneck Island to Jamestown.

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Bristol County

Bristol County was established in 1747 and has 50,793 residents. The county contains the towns of Bristol, Warren and Barrington on the eastern side of Narragansett Bay, with Bristol situated on a peninsula beside Mount Hope Bay.

Bristol is known for its Fourth of July parade tradition, which dates to 1785, and for Colt State Park on the shore of Narragansett Bay. Mount Hope Bay separates Bristol County from Fall River, Massachusetts, while the Warren and Barrington waterfronts lie farther north along the bay.

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Providence County

Providence County was established in 1703 and has 660,741 residents, making it the most populous of the five listed subregions. It includes Providence, the capital of Rhode Island, as well as Pawtucket, Cranston, North Providence, Woonsocket and Central Falls.

The Woonasquatucket and Moshassuck rivers meet in downtown Providence, while the Blackstone River runs through Pawtucket and northern Providence County toward Massachusetts. Providence contains the Rhode Island State House and the historic College Hill district, and Pawtucket is associated with Slater Mill, a landmark of the American Industrial Revolution.

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South County

South County is a regional name for the southern part of Rhode Island and has 129,839 residents. The area includes communities such as Narragansett, South Kingstown, Westerly, Charlestown, North Kingstown and Richmond, with much of the region corresponding to Washington County.

Narragansett Bay borders the area to the east, while the Atlantic coastline includes Narragansett Town Beach, Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly and the coastal lagoons known as the Narrow River and Point Judith Pond. The East Coast Greenway, a long-distance route running along the eastern United States, includes a signed segment through Rhode Island.

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