page_title: Kent County, Rhode Island
section_title: Communities
hierarchical_section_title: Kent County, Rhode Island / Communities
caption_attribution_description: Map of Kent County, Rhode Island, United States with township and municipal boundaries
context_page_description: Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 166,158 making it the second-most populous county in Rhode Island. The county was formed in 1750 from the southern third of Providence County. It was named after the county of Kent, England. Kent County, like other counties in Rhode Island, no longer has governmental functions. Kent County is included in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn constitutes a portion of the greater Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area.
caption: Map of Kent County, Rhode Island showing cities, towns, and CDPs
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