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Instead, local governance is provided by the eight cities and thirty-one towns. [3] Counties in Rhode Island have had no governmental functions since 1846 other than as court administrative and sheriff corrections boundaries which are part of state government. Within Rhode Island, Washington County is colloquially referred to as South County. [4]
Since Rhode Island has no county level of government, cities and towns provide services commonly performed by county governments in other states. [4] The state's cities and towns may adopt one of four forms of government: council–manager, mayor–council, town council–town meeting, or administrator–council. [5]
Thus, Rhode Island towns have the form, if not the substance, of home rule, with powers comparable to those that a city in other states would normally have. Rhode Island state law does not distinguish between a city and a town. Cities are simply municipalities that acquired their charter through a special act of the Rhode Island General Assembly.
Rhode Island counties (clickable map) This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island. As of May 29, 2015, there are more than 750 listed sites in Rhode Island. All 5 of the counties in Rhode Island have listings on the National Register.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Villages in Rhode Island by county (4 C) N. North Scituate, Rhode Island (6 P) Pages in category "Villages in Rhode Island"
Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Rhode Island, presented chronologically. [3] All redistricting events that took place in Rhode Island between 1973 and 2013 are shown. District numbers are represented by the map fill colors.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Towns in Rhode Island by county (5 C) B. Barrington, ... Pages in category "Towns in Rhode Island"
This is a list of census-designated places in Rhode Island. The United States Census Bureau defines census-designated places as unincorporated communities lacking elected municipal officers and boundaries with legal status. [1] As of the 2020 census, Rhode Island had 28 census-designated places. [2]