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Jamestown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 5,559 at the 2020 census . Jamestown is situated almost entirely on Conanicut Island , the second largest island in Narragansett Bay .
HABS No. RI-395, "George C. Carr Farm, Eldred Avenue & North Road, Jamestown, Newport County, RI", 3 photos, 11 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. RI-396, " Nicholas Carr Farm, Bounded by North, Weeden, & East Shore Roads, Jamestown, Newport County, RI ", 7 photos, 9 data pages, 1 photo caption page
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
Jamestown: Continuously operating gateway to Narragansett Bay since 1749; part of the Lighthouses of Rhode Island Thematic Resource (TR) 3: Thomas Carr Farmstead Site (Keeler Site RI-707) November 1, 1984 : Address Restricted: Jamestown: 4: Conanicut Battery: July 2, 1973 : West of Beaver Tail Rd.
Since Rhode Island has no county level of government, cities and towns provide services commonly performed by county governments in other states. [4] The state's cities and towns may adopt one of four forms of government: council–manager, mayor–council, town council–town meeting, or administrator–council. [5]
The lower portion's layout is in part determined by its hill topography, with winding roads, while the upper portion has a more rectilinear grid street pattern. The district is roughly bounded on the east by Jamestown Harbor, on the north by Emerson Road, Prudence Lane, and Whittier Road, on the west by Plymouth Road (only as far as Longfellow ...
Newport County was constituted on June 22, 1703, as one of the two original counties of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. As originally established, Newport County consisted of four towns: Portsmouth, Newport, Jamestown, and New Shoreham. In 1746–47, two towns, Little Compton and Tiverton, were acquired from Massachusetts.
Barrington is located on the east shore of Narragansett Bay, 10 miles southeast of Providence via U.S. 95 and 195. (195 connects with RI 114, which becomes County Road at the White Church in Barrington, Main Street in Warren, and Hope Street in Bristol) No point in Barrington is more than two miles from salt water.