A short history of Rhode Island

by George Washington Greene

Total Population of Rhode Island,

From 1708 to 1875.

Towns and Divisions of the State	Settled or Incorpa’td.	1708.	1730.	1748.	1755.	1774.	1776.
Barrington,	1770	—	—	—	—	601	538
Bristol,	1747	—	—	1,069	1,080	1,209	1,067
Warren,	1747	—	—	680	925	979	1,005
Bristol Co.,	1747	—	—	1,749	2,005	2,789	2,610
Coventry,	1741	—	—	792	1,178	2,023	2,300
East Greenwich,	1677	240	1,223	1,044	1,167	1,663	1,664
West Greenwich,	1741	—	—	766	1,246	1,764	1,653
Warwick,	1643	480	1,178	1,782	1,911	2,438	2,376
Kent Co.,	1750	720	2,401	4,384	5,502	7,888	7,993
Fall River,	1856	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jamestown,	1678	206	321	420	517	563	322
Little Compton,	1747	—	—	1,152	1,170	1,232	1,302
Middletown,	1743	—	—	680	778	881	860
Newport,	1639	2,203	4,640	6,508	6,753	9,209	5,299
New Shoreham,	1672	208	290	300	378	575	478
Portsmouth,	1638	628	813	992	1,363	1,512	1,347
Tiverton,	1747	—	—	1,040	1,325	1,956	2,091
Newport Co.,	1703	3,245	6,064	11,092	12,284	15,928	11,699
Burrillville,	1806	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cranston,	1754	—	—	—	1,460	1,861	1,701
Cumberland,	1747	—	—	806	1,083	1,756	1,686
East Providence,	1862	—	—	—	—	—	—
Foster,	1781	—	—	—	—	—	—
Glocester,	1731	—	—	1,202	1,511	2,945	2,832
Johnston,	1759	—	—	—	—	1,031	1,022
North Providence,	1765	—	—	—	—	830	813
Pawtucket,	1862	—	—	—	—	—	—
Scituate,	1731	—	—	1,232	1,813	3,601	3,289
Smithfield,	1731	—	—	450	1,921	2,888	2,781
Towns, Prov. Co.,	1703	—	—	3,690	7,788	14,912	14,124
Providence City,	1636	1,446	3,916	3,452	3,159	4,321	4,355
Charlestown,	1738	—	—	1,002	1,130	1,821	1,835
Exeter,	1743	—	—	1,174	1,404	1,864	1,982
Hopkinton,	1757	—	—	—	—	1,808	1,845
North Kingstown,	1674	1,200	2,105	1,935	2,109	2,472	2,761
South Kingstown,	1723	—	1,523	1,978	1,913	2,835	2,779
Richmond,	1747	—	—	508	829	1,257	1,204
Westerly,	1669	570	1,926	1,809	2,291	1,812	1,824
Washington Co.,	1729	1,770	5,554	8,406	9,676	13,869	14,230
Whole State,	1636	7,181	17,935	32,773	40,414	59,707	55,011

Note.The permission to use these valuable tables I owe to Hon. J. M. Addeman, Secretary of State.

Towns and Divisions of the State	1782.	1790.	1800.	1810.	1820.	1830.
Barrington,	534	683	650	60	634	612
Bristol,	1,032	1,406	1,678	2,693	3,197	3,034
Warren,	905	1,122	1,473	1,775	1,806	1,800
Bristol Co.,	2,471	3,211	3,801	5,072	5,637	5,446
Coventry,	2,107	2,447	2,423	2,928	3,139	3,851
East Greenwich,	1,609	1,824	1,775	1,530	1,519	1,591
West Greenwich,	1,698	2,054	1,757	1,619	1,927	1,817
Warwick	2,112	2,493	2,532	3,757	3,643	5,529
Kent Co.,	7,526	8,848	8,487	9,834	10,228	12,788
Fall River,	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jamestown,	345	507	501	504	448	415
Little Compton,	1,341	1,542	1,577	1,553	1,580	1,378
Middletown,	674	840	913	976	949	915
Newport,	5,530	6,716	6,739	7,907	7,319	8,010
New Shoreham,	478	682	714	722	955	1,185
Portsmouth,	1,350	1,560	1,684	1,795	1,645	1,727
Tiverton,	1,959	2,453	2,717	2,837	2,875	2,905
Newport Co.,	11,677	14,300	14,845	16,294	15,771	16,535
Burrillville,	—	—	—	1,834	2,164	2,196
Cranston,	1,589	1,877	1,644	2,161	2,274	2,652
Cumberland,	1,548	1,964	2,056	2,210	2,653	3,675
East Providence,	—	—	—	—	—	—
Foster,	1,763	2,268	2,457	2,613	2,900	2,672
Glocester,	2,791	4,025	4,009	2,310	2,504	2,521
Johnston,	996	1,320	1,364	1,516	1,542	2,115
North Providence,	698	1,071	1,067	1,758	2,420	3,503
Pawtucket,	—	—	—	—	—	—
Scituate,	1,628	2,315	2,523	2,568	2,834	3,993
Smithfield,	2,217	3,171	3,120	3,828	4,678	6,857
Towns, Prov. Co.,	13,230	18,011	18,240	20,798	23,969	30,184
Providence City,	4,310	6,380	7,614	10,071	11,767	16,836
Charlestown,	1,523	2,022	1,454	1,174	1,160	1,284
Exeter,	2,058	2,495	2,476	2,256	2,581	2,383
Hopkinton,	1,735	2,462	2,276	1,774	1,821	1,777
North Kingstown,	2,328	2,907	2,794	2,957	3,007	3,036
South Kingstown,	2,675	4,131	3,438	3,560	3,723	3,663
Richmond,	1,094	1,760	1,368	1,330	1,423	1,363
Westerly,	1,720	2,298	2,329	1,911	1,972	1,915
Washington Co.,	13,133	18,075	16,135	14,962	15,687	15,421
Whole State,	52,347	68,825	69,122	77,031	83,059	97,210

Towns and Divisions of the State	1840.	1850.	1860.	1865.	1870.	1875.
Barrington,	549	795	1,000	1,028	1,111	1,185
Bristol,	3,490	4,616	5,271	4,649	5,302	5,829
Warren,	2,437	3,103	2,636	2,792	3,008	4,005
Bristol Co.,	6,476	8,514	8,907	8,469	9,421	11,019
Coventry,	3,433	3,620	4,247	3,995	4,349	4,580
East Greenwich,	1,509	2,358	2,882	2,400	2,660	3,120
West Greenwich,	1,415	1,350	1,258	1,228	1,133	1,034
Warwick,	6,726	7,740	8,916	7,696	10,453	11,614
Kent Co.,	13,083	15,068	17,303	15,319	18,595	20,348
Fall River,	—	—	3,337	—	—	—
Jamestown,	365	358	400	349	378	488
Little Compton,	1,327	1,462	1,304	1,197	1,166	1,156
Middletown,	891	830	1,012	1,019	971	1,074
New Shoreham,	1,069	1,262	1,320	1,308	1,113	1,147
Portsmouth,	1,706	1,833	2,048	2,153	2,003	1,893
Tiverton,	3,183	4,699	1,927	1,973	1,898	2,101
Towns, Newport Co.,	8,541	10,444	11,388	7,999	7,529	7,859
Newport City,	8,333	9,563	10,508	12,688	12,521	14,028
Burrillville,	1,982	3,538	4,140	4,861	4,674	5,249
Cranston,	2,901	4,311	7,500	9,177	4,822	5,688
Cumberland,	5,225	6,661	8,339	8,216	3,882	5,673
East Providence,	—	—	—	2,172	2,668	4,336
Foster,	2,181	1,932	1,935	1,873	1,630	1,543
Glocester,	2,304	2,872	2,427	2,286	2,385	2,098
Johnston,	2,477	2,937	3,440	3,436	4,192	4,999
Lincoln,	—	—	—	—	7,889	11,565
North Providence,	4,207	7,680	11,818	14,553	20,495	1,303
North Smithfield,	—	—	—	—	3,052	2,797
Pawtucket,	—	—	—	5,000	6,619	18,464
Scituate,	4,090	4,582	4,251	3,538	3,846	4,101
Smithfield,	9,534	11,500	13,283	12,315	2,605	2,857
Woonsocket,	—	—	—	—	11,527	13,576
Towns, Prov. Co.,	34,901	46,013	57,133	67,427	80,286	84,249
Providence City,	23,172	41,513	50,666	54,595	68,904	100,675
Charlestown,	923	994	981	1,134	1,119	1,054
Exeter,	1,776	1,634	1,741	1,498	1,462	1,355
Hopkinton,	1,726	2,477	2,738	2,512	2,682	2,760
North Kingstown,	2,909	2,971	3,104	3,166	3,568	3,505
South Kingstown,	3,717	3,807	4,717	4,513	4,493	4,240
Richmond,	1,361	1,784	1,964	1,830	2,064	1,739
Westerly,	1,912	2,763	3,470	3,815	4,709	5,408
Washington Co.,	14,324	16,430	18,715	18,468	20,097	20,061
Whole State,	108,830	147,545	174,620	184,965	217,353	258,239

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