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2. Newport County, Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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   Newport County is one of five counties located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, the population was 85,643. [1] It is also one of the seven regions of Rhode Island. The county was created in 1703. [2] Like all of the counties in Rhode Island, Newport County no longer has any governmental functions (other than as court ...

3. The Breakers - Wikipedia

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   December 8, 1972. The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion located at 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, US. It was built between 1893 and 1895 as a summer residence for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family. The 70-room mansion, with a gross area of 138,300 square feet (12,850 m 2) and 62,482 square feet ...

4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport ...

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   Castle Hill Lighthouse. More images. March 30, 1988. (#88000277) Off Ocean Ave. on Castle Hill at the western end of Newport Neck. 41°27′43″N 71°21′48″W  /  41.461944°N 71.363333°W  / 41.461944; -71.363333  (Castle Hill Lighthouse) Newport. 1890 lighthouse still in active use; part of the Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR. 19.

5. List of early settlers of Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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   The first group of 58 names appears to be settlers of Pocasset (later Portsmouth), while the second group of 42 appears to be settlers of Newport. These two lists come from Bartlett's Records of the Colony of Rhode Island, and apparently they were compiled and incorporated into the town records of Newport on November 25, 1639. The actual ...

6. Newport, Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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   Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Providence, 20 miles (32 km) south of Fall River, Massachusetts, 74 miles (119 km) south of Boston, and 180 miles (290 km) northeast of New York City. It is known as a New England summer ...

7. Newport Historic District (Rhode Island) - Wikipedia

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   Designated NHLD. November 24, 1968 [2] The Newport Historic District is a historic district that covers 250 acres (100 ha) in the center of Newport in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It was designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1968 due to its extensive and well-preserved assortment of intact colonial buildings dating from the early ...