List of cities and towns in Rhode Island

Map of cities and towns

The U.S. state of Rhode Island is divided into 8 cities and 31 towns. Each city or town is a municipality with its own government. Everywhere in Rhode Island is within a city or town.

Cities and towns

† State capital and largest city

Name Type[1] County Form of government[1] Population
(2020)[2]		 Land area
(2020)[3]		 Population density Year established
[1]		 Year incorporated
[a][1][4]
sq mi km2
BarringtonTownBristolCouncil–manager17,1538.2221.32,086.7/sq mi (805.7/km2)16531770
BristolTownBristolCouncil–manager22,4939.8225.42,290.5/sq mi (884.4/km2)16801746
BurrillvilleTownProvidenceCouncil–manager16,15855.03142.5293.6/sq mi (113.4/km2)17301806
Central FallsCityProvidenceMayor–council22,5831.203.118,819.2/sq mi (7,266.1/km2)17301895
CharlestownTownWashingtonCouncil–manager7,99736.4594.4219.4/sq mi (84.7/km2)16691738
CoventryTownKentCouncil–manager35,68859.05152.9604.4/sq mi (233.3/km2)16391743[b]
CranstonCityProvidenceMayor–council82,93428.3473.42,926.4/sq mi (1,129.9/km2)17541910
CumberlandTownProvidenceMayor–council36,40526.4568.51,376.4/sq mi (531.4/km2)17461746
East GreenwichTownKentCouncil–manager14,31216.3942.4873.2/sq mi (337.2/km2)16771677[c]
East ProvidenceCityProvidenceMayor–council47,13913.2434.33,560.3/sq mi (1,374.7/km2)18121958
ExeterTownWashingtonTown meeting6,46057.47148.8112.4/sq mi (43.4/km2)16411641[d]
FosterTownProvidenceTown meeting4,46950.80131.688.0/sq mi (34.0/km2)16361781
GlocesterTownProvidenceTown meeting9,97454.18140.3184.1/sq mi (71.1/km2)16391730–1731
HopkintonTownWashingtonTown meeting8,39842.95111.2195.5/sq mi (75.5/km2)16391757
JamestownTownNewportCouncil–manager5,5599.4524.5588.3/sq mi (227.1/km2)16391678
JohnstonTownProvidenceMayor–council29,56823.4360.71,262.0/sq mi (487.3/km2)16361759
LincolnTownProvidenceCouncil–manager22,52918.1246.91,243.3/sq mi (480.0/km2)16501871
Little ComptonTownNewportTown meeting3,61620.5253.1176.2/sq mi (68.0/km2)16821746
MiddletownTownNewportCouncil–manager17,07512.7232.91,342.4/sq mi (518.3/km2)16391743
NarragansettTownWashingtonCouncil–manager14,53213.8936.01,046.2/sq mi (403.9/km2)18881901
NewportCityNewportCouncil–manager25,1637.6719.93,280.7/sq mi (1,266.7/km2)16391784[e]
New ShorehamTownWashingtonCouncil–manager1,4109.0823.5155.3/sq mi (60.0/km2)16641672
North KingstownTownWashingtonCouncil–manager27,73243.14111.7642.8/sq mi (248.2/km2)16411674
North ProvidenceTownProvidenceMayor–council34,1145.6214.66,070.1/sq mi (2,343.7/km2)16361765
North SmithfieldTownProvidenceCouncil–manager12,58823.8061.6528.9/sq mi (204.2/km2)17301871
PawtucketCityProvidenceMayor–council75,6048.6822.58,710.1/sq mi (3,363.0/km2)16711954
PortsmouthTownNewportCouncil–manager17,87122.9859.5777.7/sq mi (300.3/km2)16381640[f]
Providence†CityProvidenceMayor–council190,93418.4047.710,376.8/sq mi (4,006.5/km2)16361832
RichmondTownWashingtonTown meeting8,02040.29104.4199.1/sq mi (76.9/km2)16361730
ScituateTownProvidenceTown meeting10,38448.16124.7215.6/sq mi (83.2/km2)16361730
SmithfieldTownProvidenceCouncil–manager22,11826.3168.1840.7/sq mi (324.6/km2)16361730
South KingstownTownWashingtonCouncil–manager31,93156.45146.2565.7/sq mi (218.4/km2)16571723[g]
TivertonTownNewportTown meeting16,35929.0575.2563.1/sq mi (217.4/km2)16941746
WarrenTownBristolCouncil–manager11,1476.1215.91,821.4/sq mi (703.2/km2)16201747
WarwickCityKentMayor–council82,82335.0490.82,363.7/sq mi (912.6/km2)16421931
WesterlyTownWashingtonCouncil–manager23,35929.5276.5791.3/sq mi (305.5/km2)16611669
West GreenwichTownKentTown meeting6,52850.26130.2129.9/sq mi (50.1/km2)16391741
West WarwickTownKentCouncil–manager31,0127.7920.23,981.0/sq mi (1,537.1/km2)16481913
WoonsocketCityProvidenceMayor–council43,2407.7420.05,586.6/sq mi (2,157.0/km2)18671888
Total — — — 1,097,379 1,033.82 2,677.6 1,061.48/sq mi (409.84/km2) — —

Notes

  1. ↑ Refers to the date of incorporation of the current municipal status.
  2. ↑ There is a discrepancy in dates from the two provided sources, with the Snow (1865) source listing the incorporation date as 1741.
  3. ↑ This date is only found in the Snow (1865) source and is absent in the Government of Rhode Island source.
  4. ↑ There is a discrepancy in dates from the two provided sources, with the Snow (1865) source listing the incorporation date as 1742–1743.
  5. ↑ This date is only found in the Government of Rhode Island source and is absent in the Snow (1865) source.
  6. ↑ This date is only found in the Snow (1865) source and is absent in the Government of Rhode Island source.
  7. ↑ There is a discrepancy in dates from the two provided sources, with the Snow (1865) source listing the incorporation date as 1722.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rhode Island Cities & Towns". Rhode Island Government. Rhode Island Interactive. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Explore Census Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ "GCT-PH1 – Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State — Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ Snow, Edwin M. (1865). Report Upon the Census of Rhode Island, 1865: With the Statistics of the Population, Agriculture, Fisheries and Manufactures of the State. Rhode Island Census Board. University of Michigan. p. xxvii.
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