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Bristol is a town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States, as well as the county seat. [4] The population of Bristol was 22,493 at the 2020 census. It is a deep water seaport named after Bristol, England. Major industries include boat building and related marine industries, manufacturing, and tourism.
Bristol County is a county located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census , the population was 50,793, [ 4 ] making it the least populous county in Rhode Island. In terms of land area, it is the third-smallest county in the United States , at only 25 square miles (65 km 2 ).
Providence—Fall River—Warwick, RI—MA 28 Tiverton: Town Newport County $22,866 $49,977 $58,917 15,260 6,077 Providence—Fall River—Warwick, RI—MA 29 Warren: Town Bristol County $22,448 $41,285 $52,824 11,360 4,708 Providence—Fall River—Warwick, RI—MA 30 Richmond: Town Washington County $22,351 $59,840 $64,688 7,222 2,537
Barrington is located on the east shore of Narragansett Bay, 10 miles southeast of Providence via U.S. 95 and 195. (195 connects with RI 114, which becomes County Road at the White Church in Barrington, Main Street in Warren, and Hope Street in Bristol) No point in Barrington is more than two miles from salt water.
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.
Rhode Island State Law 45-5356 establishes a goal that 10 percent of every city or town's housing stock qualify as Low- and Moderate-Income Housing. In 2022, only 0.56% of Little Compton's housing stock qualified as meeting that goal, the lowest of any municipality in Rhode Island, leaving Little Compton as the most unaffordable town in Rhode ...
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Warren was ceded to Rhode Island from Massachusetts in 1747 along with the Attleborough Gore (now Cumberland), Barrington, Bristol, Tiverton, and Little Compton, Rhode Island. [4] The town was named "Warren" after British naval hero Admiral Sir Peter Warren after a victory at Louisburg in 1745. Barrington was unified with Warren at the time ...