page_title: Newport County, Rhode Island
section_title: Communities
hierarchical_section_title: Newport County, Rhode Island / Communities
caption_attribution_description: Map of Newport County, Rhode Island, United States with township and municipal boundaries
context_page_description: Newport County is one of five counties located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,888. 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.
caption: Map of Newport County, Rhode Island showing cities, towns, and CDPs
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