| Town |
Founded |
Parent
Town & Historical Information |
|
Barrington |
1717 |
part of Mass.; separated as part of Warren 1747;
re-est. as Barrington 1770 |
|
Bristol |
1681 |
original town; part of Mass. until separated 1747; called Mount Hope 1679 |
|
Burrillville |
1806 |
from Glocester |
|
Central Falls |
1895 |
from Lincoln |
|
Charlestown |
1738 |
from Westerly |
|
Coventry |
1741 |
from Warwick |
|
Cranston |
1754 |
from Providence |
|
Cumberland |
1747 |
from Attleboro Mass.; called Attleboro Gore |
|
East Greenwich |
1677 |
orignial town; called Dedford 1686-1689 |
|
East Providence |
1862 |
from Rehoboth (later Seekonk) Mass. |
|
Exeter |
1743 |
from North Kingstown |
|
Foster |
1781 |
from Scituate |
|
Glocester |
1731 |
from Providence |
|
Hopkinton |
1757 |
from Westerly |
|
Jamestown |
1678 |
original town; Indian name Conanicut |
|
Johnston |
1759 |
from Providence |
|
Lincoln |
1871 |
from Smithfield |
|
Little Compton |
1682 |
part of Mass. until separated 1747 |
|
Middletown |
1743 |
from Newport |
|
Narragansett |
1901 |
from South Kingstown |
|
Newport |
1639 |
original town |
|
New Shoreham |
1661 |
admitted to Colony 1664 as Block Island; incorporated & name changed 1672 |
|
North Kingstown |
1641 |
original town; incorporated as Kingstown 1674; called Rochester 1686-1689; called North Kingstown after 1723 |
|
North Providence |
1765 |
from Providence |
|
North Smithfield |
1871 |
from Smithfield; called Slater for 16 days in 1871 |
|
Pawtucket |
1828 |
part of Mass. until separated from Attleboro 1862; part from N. Providence 1874 |
|
Portsmouth |
1638 |
original town; called Pocasset until 1639 |
|
Providence |
1636 |
original town |
|
Richmond |
1747 |
from Charlestown |
|
Scituate |
1731 |
from Providence |
|
Smithfield |
1731 |
from Providence |
|
South Kingstown |
1723 |
from Kingstown when divided into North & South |
|
Tiverton |
1694 |
part of Mass. until separated 1747 |
|
Warren |
1747 |
part of Mass. towns of
Barrington, Swansea & Rehoboth until separated 1747; part from Bristol 1873 |
|
Warwick |
1643 |
original town; called Shawomet until 1648 |
|
Westerly |
1669 |
original town; called Haversham 1686-1689 |
|
West Greenwich |
1741 |
from East Greenwich |
|
West Warwick |
1913 |
from Warwick |
|
Woonsocket |
1867 |
part from Cumberland 1867; part from Smithfield 1871 |
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