Newport County Places

Bristol
The largest town in Rhode Island's somewhat overlooked but quite enticing East Bay region, Bristol lies about midway between Newport and Providence. Once a center of boat-building, this dapper town that... (more)
Jamestown
The 9-mi-long, 1-mi-wide landmass that goes by the names Jamestown and Conanicut Island is encompassed by the east and west passages of Narragansett Bay. Valuable as a military outpost in days gone by... (more)
Little Compton
The rolling estates, lovely homes, farmlands, woods, and gentle western shoreline make Little Compton one of the Ocean State's prettiest areas, although the community lacks for restaurants and accommodations... (more)
Newport
The island city of Newport preserves Colonial industry and gilded-age splendor like no other place in the country. Settled in 1639 by a small band of religious dissenters from Massachusetts, Newport earned... (more)
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is now mainly a bedroom community for professionals who work in other parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Its founder was Anne Hutchinson, a religious dissident and one of the country's... (more)

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