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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Attleboro Gore					Cumberland

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Barrington	1717	Warren	Bristol	MA, 1747	Warren (’til 1770)	Bristol County, Rhode Island, Divorces, 1819–1893 Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Block Island					New Shoreham
Bristol	1681	Mt. Hope	Bristol	MA, 1747		Bristol County, Rhode Island, Divorces, 1819–1893 Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Burrillville	1806	Harrisville	Providence	Glocester		Index to Providence, Rhode Island, Probate, 1646-1899 Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Central Falls	1895		Providence	Lincoln
Charlestown	1738		Washington	Westerly		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Conanicut					Jamestown
Coventry	1741		Kent	Warwick		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Cranston	1754		Providence	Providence		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Cumberland	1747		Providence	MA, 1747	Attleboro Gore	Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Dedford					E. Greenwich

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
E. Greenwich	1677		Kent		Dedford (1686-9)	Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
E. Providence	1862		Providence	MA, 1861	Rehoboth and Seekonk	Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Exeter	1742		Washington	N. Kingstown		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Feversham					Westerly
Foster	1781		Scituate		Providence	Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Glocester	1731	Chepachet	Providence	Providence		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Haversham					Westerly
Hopkinton	1757		Washington	Westerly		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Jamestown	1678		Newport		Conanicut	Vital Records of Jamestown, Rhode Island, 1671–1800 Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Johnston	1759		Providence	Providence		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Lincoln	1871	Central Falls	Providence	Smithfield
Little Compton	1682		Newport	MA, 1747		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Middletown	1743		Newport	Newport		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Mt. Hope					Bristol

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Narragansett	1901		Washington	S. Kingstown		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Newport	1639		Newport			Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850 Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
New Shoreham	1661	Block Island	Washington		Block Island (1664-72)	Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
N. Kingstown	1641	Wickford	Washington		Kingstown from 1641 ’til 1723 when name was changed to N. Kingstown. Rochester (1686-9)	Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
N. Providence	1765	Centredale	Providence	Providence	Pawtucket	Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
N. Smithfield	1871	Slatersville	Providence	Smithfield	Slater (1871)

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Pawtucket	1828		Providence	MA, 1747	part of N. Providence (1847)	Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Pocasset					Portsmouth
Portsmouth	1638		Newport		Pocasset (’til 1639)	Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Providence	1636		Providence			Alphabetical Index of the Births, Marriages and Deaths Recorded in Providence, Rhode Island Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Rehoboth					E. Providence
Richmond	1747	Wyoming	Washington	Charlestown		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Rochester					N. Kingstown

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Scituate	1731	N. Scituate	Providence	Providence		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Seekonk					E. Providence
Smithfield	1731	Georgiaville, early records in Central Falls	Providence	Providence	Georgiaville	Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Slater					N. Smithfield
S. Kingstown	1723	Wakefield	Washington	Kingstown		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Tiverton	1694		Newport	MA, 1747		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850

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Name	Established	Town Hall	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Warren	1747		Bristol	MA, 1747	Barrington, Swansea, and Rehoboth, MA; part of Bristol (1873)	Bristol County, Rhode Island, Divorces, 1819–1893 Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Warwick	1643	Apponaug	Kent		Shawomet (’til 1648)	Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
Westerly	1669		Washington		Misquamicut (1669), Feversham or Haversham (1686-9)	Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
W. Greenwich	1741		Kent	E. Greenwich		Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850
W. Warwick	1913		Kent	Warwick
Woonsocket	1867		Providence	Cumberland and Smithfield		Heads of Families, Woonsocket, Rhode Island - 1842