Town

Founded

Separated from Original Names; Notes; etc.

Barrington

1717

From Massachusetts as part of the new town of Warren in 1747, re-established as Barrington in 1770

Bristol

1681

From Massachusetts in 1747; called Mt. Hope in 1697

Burrillville

1806

From Glocester

Central Falls

1895

From Lincoln

Charlestown

1738

From Westerly

Coventry

1741

From Warwick

Cranston

1754

From Providence

Cumberland

1747

From Massachusetts; formerly called Attleboro Gore

East Greenwich

1677

Called Dedford 1686-1689

East Providence

1862

From Massachusetts; originally Rehoboth then Seekonk

Exeter

1743

From North Kingstown

Foster

1781

From Scituate

Glocester

1731

From Providence

Hopkinton

1757

From Westerly

Jamestown

1678

Indian name Conanicut

Johnston

1759

From Providence

Lincoln

1871

From Smithfield

Little Compton

1682

From Massachusetts in 1747

Middletown

1743

From Newport

Narragansett

1901

From South Kingstown

Newport

1639

Original Town

New Shoreham

1661

Admitted to Colony in 1664 as Block Island; Incorporated and name changed in 1672

North Kingstown

1641

Incorporated as Kingstown in 1674; called Rochester 1686-1689; called North Kingstown after 1723

North Providence

1765

From Providence

North Smithfield

1871

From Smithfield; called Slater for 16 days in 1871

Pawtucket

1628

Part from Massachusetts in 1862; Part from North Providence in 1874

Portsmouth

1638

Original town called Pocasset until 1639

Providence

1636

Original town

Richmond

1747

From Charlestown

Scituate

1731

From Providence

Smithfield

1731

From Providence

South Kingston

1723

From Kingstown when divided into North and South

Tiverton

1694

From Massachusetts in 1747

Warren

1747

From Massachusetts towns of Barrington, Swansea and Rehoboth; part from Bristol in 1873

Warwick

1643

Original town; called Shawmet until 1648

Westerly

1669

Called Haversham 1685-1689

West Greenwich

1741

From East Greenwich

West Warwick

1913

From Warwick

Woonsocket

1867

From Cumberland in 1867; Part from Smithfield in 1871