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Newport County, Rhode Island
Map
Location in the state of Rhode Island
Location of Rhode Island in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	June 16, 1729
County Seat
Courthouse

County Courthouse

Newport County Courthouse
8 Washington Square
Newport, RI 02840-7199
Phone: 401.841.835 

Formerly Rhode Island Co. Name changed to Newport 16 Jun 1729. 1746-7 eastern boundary adjusted under decree of the King of England) (City and Tpwn Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records

Family and Superior Courts have divorce records;
Probate Courth has probate records from 1784,
District Court has court records; Recorder Deeds has land records from 1780
Newport Historical Society, 82 Truro Street,
Newport, RI has early church, land and probate records)
(Five towns & one city in Newport County
Towns Organized Before 1800; Jamestown 1678,
Little Compton 1746-7, Middletown 1743, New Shoreham 1672,
Portsmouth 1638, Tiverton 1746-7

There is no county government. The government is located at town and state levels.

Quick Facts

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Newport County, Rhode Island

22 June 1703: Formed as Rhode Island County

16 June 1729: Renamed Newport County. Named for Town of Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales. (Welsh:Trefdraeth)

Parent County

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

• Lost census: 1890

Places / Localities

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Newport County, Rhode Island City Newport Towns Jamestown | Little Compton | Middletown | Portsmouth | Tiverton Villages Adamsville | Briggs Point | Bristol Ferry | Castle Hill | Cedar Island | Cedar Point | Coasters Harbor | Coddington | Common Fence | Conanicut | Corey Lane | Despair Island | Dutch Island | Dyer Island | Eagleville | Easton Point | Fogland | Fort Adams | Forty Steps | Freebody Hill | Goat Island | Gould Island | Grayville | Hog Island | Homestead | Hope Island | Hummocks | Island Park | Melville | Nannaquaket | Newport East | Melville | North Tiverton Ochre Point | Patience | Prudence | Quaker Hill | Rose Island | Sachueset | Sakonnet | Tiverton Four Corners | Tonomy | Tunipus Historical Beaver Tail | Bridgeport | Coaxet | Pocasset | South Bridge Village Neighboring Counties Bristol | Washington | Massachusetts County: Bristol

Modern towns and cities in Newport County, Rhode Island. Click map to go to each respective town page.

Resources

Archives and Libraries

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Newport County, Rhode Island census records online, see: Rhode Island Census.

Church

Court

Land

History

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies, Libraries and Museums

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

• The Newport County RIGenWeb Project, an member of The RIGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
• The USGenWeb Archives Project for Newport County.
• FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Newport County

References

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