| 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 |
1862 |
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 |
