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Providence County, Rhode Island
Providence County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat:
Year Organized: 1703
Square Miles: 413 |
Court House: County does not have any form of county government.
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named by Baptists for divine providence.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Established: June 22, 1703
Former Name: Providence Plantations
Date of Name Change: June 16, 1729
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 436 square miles (1,129 kmē), of which, 413
square miles (1,070 kmē) of it is land and 23 square miles (58 kmē) of it (5.18%) is water.
The highest point in the county is Jerimoth Hill, also the highest in the state. Sea level is the lowest point.
Neighboring Counties:
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts - northeast
- Bristol County, Rhode Island - east
- Bristol County, Massachusetts - east
- Kent County, Rhode Island - south
- Windham County, Connecticut - west
- Worcester County, Massachusetts - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Burrillville |
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- Central Falls |
city |
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- Cranston |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cumberland |
town |
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- East Providence |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Foster |
town |
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- Glocester |
town |
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- Johnston |
town |
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- Lincoln |
town |
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- North Providence |
town |
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- North Smithfield |
town |
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- Pawtucket |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Providence |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Scituate |
town |
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- Smithfield |
town |
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- Woonsocket |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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Penn Foster High School
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