number of cities and towns in rhode island
31 towns 8 cities
title: Rhode Island text: immigrated to Newport during the colonial era. Rhode Island is divided into five counties but it has no county governments. The entire state is divided into municipalities, which handle all local government affairs. There are 39 cities and towns in Rhode Island. Major population centers today result from historical factors; development took place predominantly along the Blackstone, Seekonk, and Providence Rivers with the advent of the water-powered mill. Providence is the base of a large metropolitan area. The state's 15 largest municipalities ranked by population are: Some of Rhode Island's cities and towns are further partitioned into villages, in common title: Administrative divisions of Rhode Island text: Administrative divisions of Rhode Island The administrative divisions of Rhode Island are the areas into which the U.S. state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is divided for political and administrative purposes. While Rhode Island is subdivided geographically into five counties, county government was abolished in the state in 1842. Since that time, counties in Rhode Island have had no associated governmental structures. All local government in the state is vested in its 39 municipalities. Counties are still generally used as both geographic regions and also as judicial districts. The primary political subdivisions of Rhode Island are its cities and title: Rhode Island text: within the bay; the largest is Aquidneck Island which holds the municipalities of Newport, Middletown, and Portsmouth. The second-largest island is Conanicut, and the third is Prudence. Block Island lies about off the southern coast of the mainland and separates Block Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean proper. A rare type of rock called Cumberlandite is found only in Rhode Island (specifically in the town of Cumberland) and is the state rock. There were initially two known deposits of the mineral, but it is an ore of iron and one of the deposits was extensively mined for its ferrous content. title: Historical U.S. Census Totals for Providence County, Rhode Island text: Historical U.S. Census Totals for Providence County, Rhode Island This article shows U.S. Census totals for Providence County, Rhode Island, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2010. Like most areas of New England, Providence County is (and has been at all times since well before the 20th century) entirely divided into incorporated municipalities. There is no unincorporated territory. For any census, adding up the totals for each municipality should yield the county total. There are two types of municipalities in Rhode Island, towns and cities. The tables below differentiate between towns and cities. For more information on the New title: Rhode Island text: about 14 percent of its total area. Despite its name, most of Rhode Island is located on the mainland of the United States. Its official name is "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations", which is derived from the merger of four Colonial settlements. The settlements of Newport and Portsmouth were situated on what is commonly called Aquidneck Island today, but it was called "Rhode Island" in Colonial times. "Providence Plantation" was the name of the colony founded by Roger Williams in the area now known as the city of Providence. This was adjoined by the settlement of Warwick; hence