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Created from part of Providence County. County of Kent, England 171,278: 168 sq mi (435 km 2) Newport County: 005: Newport: 1703: Formed as Rhode Island County in 1703. Renamed Newport County in 1729: Town of Newport, Essex, England 83,832: 102 sq mi (264 km 2) Providence County: 007: Providence: 1703: Formed in 1703 as Providence Plantations ...
The Alfred Drowne Road Historic District of Barrington, Rhode Island, encompasses a suburban area developed between about 1860 and 1910, a period of significant suburban growth in Barrington spurred by the connection of the town by rail to Providence in 1855. This 27-acre (11 ha) residential area was before that time farmland owned by Alfred ...
Barrington is a suburban, residential town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States, approximately 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Providence. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 17,153. Barrington was founded by Congregationalist separatists from Swansea, Massachusetts, and incorporated in 1717. [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]
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.
United States historic place Barrington Civic Center U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district Barrington Town Hall in 2008 Show map of Rhode Island Show map of the United States Location Barrington, Rhode Island Built 1717 Architect Stone, Carpenter & Willson ; Martin & Hall ; Howe & Church ; Michael Traficante Architectural style Late Victorian, Tudor Revival NRHP ...
The U.S. State of Rhode Island currently has two statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area, which are inclusive of all five of Rhode Island's counties.
Route 103 is a numbered state highway running 11.8 miles (19.0 km) in Rhode Island, United States.It runs from Interstate 195 (I-195) in East Providence to the Massachusetts state line in the town of Warren, where the road continues as Massachusetts Route 103.