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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty of Newport

Welcome To Rhode Island


 
Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United States, located in New England; bounded by Massachusetts (N and E), the Atlantic Ocean (S), and Connecticut (W). Its official name is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.


Area, 1,214 sq mi (3,144 sq km).
Pop. (2000) 1,048,319, a 4.5% increase since the 1990 census.
Capital and largest city, Providence. 
Nickname, Little Rhody.
Motto, Hope.
State bird, Rhode Island red.
State flower, violet.
State tree, red maple.
 
 
Rhode Island is the smallest of the 50 states and except for New Jersey the most densely populated. The dominant physiographic feature of the state is the Narragansett basin, a shallow lowland area of Carboniferous sediments, extending into SE Massachusetts and, in Rhode Island, partly submerged as Narragansett Bay . The bay cuts inland c.30 mi (50 km) to Providence, where it receives the Blackstone River; it contains several islands, including Rhode Island (or Aquidneck), the largest (and the site of historic Newport); Conanicut Island, with the resort of Jamestown ; and Prudence Island. 
 

  Although more than half of Rhode Island is covered with forests, it is highly urbanized. Providence is the capital and the largest city; other important cities are Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, and Newport . 

Rhode Island's coast is lined with resorts noted for their swimming and boating facilities, and windswept Block Island is a favorite vacation spot. Narragansett Bay is famous for its sailboats and yachts. The America's Cup yacht race has been held in Newport....click here to read more...

 

 

 

 

Posted by:

John Cain
Broker Associate
Keller Williams Realty

www.MarketWatchRI.com 

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