Newport County, Newport

Name: Newport County
Address: Newport, United States

#114 among attractions in Newport

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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. It is also one of the seven regions of Rhode Island. The county was created in 1703. Like all of the counties in Rhode Island, Newport County no longer has any governmental functions. All of those functions in Rhode Island are now carried out either by the state government, or by the cities and towns of Rhode Island. Newport County is included in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is in turn constitutes a portion of the greater Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area. ()

Alternative names: Area: 313.9 mi²Coordinates: 41°30'36"N, 71°15'36"W

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Newport County – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Norman Bird Sanctuary, St. Columba's Chapel, Boyd's Windmill, Whitehall Museum House.

0.9 miSE
Nature and wildlife, Museum, Park
Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown
22 min walk • Norman Bird Sanctuary is a 325-acre bird sanctuary, nature preserve, environmental education center, and museum at 583 Third Beach Road in Middletown, Rhode Island overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
1 miE
Historical place, Cemetery, Church
St. Columba's Chapel, Middletown
25 min walk • St. Columba's Chapel in Middletown, Rhode Island, is a parish church of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island of the Episcopal Church. The church is located at 55 Vaucluse Avenue, Middletown, Rhode Island. The chapel is named for the Irish-born missionary St.
0.8 miSW
Windmill
Boyd's Windmill, Middletown
21 min walk • Boyd's Windmill, also known as Boyd's Wind Grist Mill, is a historic smock mill at Paradise Valley Park on Prospect Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island.
0.7 miNW
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Whitehall Museum House, Middletown
17 min walk • The Whitehall Museum House is the farmhouse modified by Dean George Berkeley, when he lived in the northern section of Newport, Rhode Island that comprises present-day Middletown in 1729–1731, while working to open his planned St Paul's College on Bermuda.
0.7 miSW
Museum, History museum
Paradise School, Middletown
19 min walk • The Paradise School is an historic school building at Paradise Avenue and Prospect Street in Middletown, Rhode Island. It is situated on farm land which historically belonged to the Whitman family for generations, and was donated by the family to the town of Middletown.
1 miS
Archaeological site
Gardiner Pond Shell Midden, Aquidneck Island
25 min walk • The Gardiner Pond Shell Midden is a prehistoric archaeological site in Middletown, Rhode Island, named after George Gardiner who was an early settler in the area.
0.9 miNW
Greek Revival architecture
Bailey Farm, Middletown
23 min walk • The Bailey Farm is an historic farm at 373 Wyatt Road in Middletown, Rhode Island. Now reduced from more than 100 acres to about 45 acres, the farm is a well-preserved example of a 19th-century island farm.
1 miE
Neighbourhood, Gothic Revival architecture
Stonybrook Estate Historic District, Aquidneck Island
27 min walk • The Stonybrook Estate Historic District is a historic district at 501-521 Indian Ave. and 75 Vaucluse Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island.

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Nearby attractions include Whitehall Museum House, Middletown (17 min walk), Paradise School, Middletown (19 min walk), Boyd's Windmill, Middletown (21 min walk), Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown (22 min walk).