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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.
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 ]
Prudence Island is the third-largest island in Narragansett Bay in the state of Rhode Island and part of the town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States. It is located near the geographic center of the bay. It is defined by the United States Census Bureau as Block Group 3, Census Tract 401.03 of Newport County, Rhode Island.
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The Green Animals Topiary Garden, located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is the oldest and most northern topiary garden in the United States. The 7-acre (28,000 m 2) estate overlooks the Narragansett Bay. It contains a large collection of topiaries including eighty sculptured trees.