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English: This is a locator map showing Newport County in Rhode Island. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006:
English: Map showing the location of Newport (red) and Newport County (pink) within the state of Rhode Island, USA. This file was derived from: Municipalities of Rhode Island.svg Date
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.
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]
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States. It is located in Narragansett Bay , approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Providence , 20 miles (32 km) south of Fall River, Massachusetts , 74 miles (119 km) south of Boston , and 180 miles (290 km) northeast of New York City .
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It is divided into 39 municipalities, including 8 cities and 31 towns, grouped into 5 historical counties that have no municipal functions as the state has no county level of government. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The entire area of the state is incorporated; all Rhode Island residents live within the borders of a city or town [ 4 ] though some communities ...