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Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.The population was 17,871 at the 2020 U.S. census.Portsmouth is the second-oldest municipality in Rhode Island, after Providence; it was one of the four colonies which merged to form the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the others being Providence, Newport, and Warwick.
Portsmouth: Longest bridge in New England for over 40 years 8: Oak Glen: Oak Glen: March 29, 1978 : 745 Union St. Portsmouth: 9: Pine Hill Archeological Site, RI-655: November 3, 1983 : Address Restricted: Portsmouth: 10
January 29, 1964 (Newport: Newport: Includes the Naval War College Museum, built in the 1820s as Newport's poorhouse and later donated to the Navy as the first building of the Naval War College, and Luce Hall, the college's first purpose-built building.
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.
Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse: Portsmouth 1699–1700 Quaker Meeting House and original site of Moses Brown School; Likely the oldest church building in RI used continuously as a church. Samuel E. Perry House South Kingstown
HGTV names this RI town as one of the top places to visit for holiday season. See why. Gannett. Katie Landeck, Providence Journal. December 22, 2023 at 5:27 AM.
This list of museums in Rhode Island encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Municipalities in Rhode Island can incorporate as a town or city by a special act of the state legislature and there is no minimum population requirement. [4] Eight municipalities were re-incorporated as cities operating under a charter, while the other 31 remain as towns which perform similar services. [ 4 ]