Author: John Chandler Version: 1996-02-03 Name and boundary changes of cities and towns. (Note: in New England, a "town" is a political subdivision of a county, not merely a populated place.) Each entry in this file has a date, two names, and a "transaction". The latter is a code for the type of event and comes in two flavors, according to which name is given first. Each event is entered twice, once with each name listed first. Some entries have remarks further explaining the locality. The entries within each county are listed alphabetically by the first name. The entries have the following patterns. New was Old (change of name, or foundation if "Old" is "---") Old became New Donor part to Donee (land transferred from one town to another) Donee part fr Donor New came fr Old (new town created from part of another) Old part as New Little joined Big (town merged into another, or to another state) Big annexed Little Little got fr State Town1 bound Town2 (exchanging land) Old gone (town abolished) R H O D E I S L A N D Bristol County - 1747 from MA Barrington came fr Warren 1770 Bristol got fr MA 1747 Warren got fr MA 1747 Warren part as Barrington 1770 Kent County - 1750 from Providence Co Coventry came fr Warwick 1741 E_Greenwich was --- 1677 (called Dedford 1686-9) E_Greenwich part as W_Greenwich 1741 Shawomet was --- 1642 Shawomet became Warwick 1648 W_Greenwich came fr E_Greenwich 1741 W_Warwick came fr Warwick 1913 Warwick was Shawomet 1648 Warwick part as Coventry 1741 Warwick part as W_Warwick 1913 Newport County - 1703 as Rhode Island Co, renamed 1729 Block_Island became New_Shoreham 1672 Conanicut was --- 1657 Conanicut became Jamestown 1678 Jamestown was Conanicut 1678 Little_Compton got fr MA 1747 Middletown came fr Newport 1743 New_Shoreham was Block_Island 1672 Newport was --- 1639 Newport bound Portsmouth 1640 Newport part as Middletown 1743 Portsmouth was --- 1638 Portsmouth bound Newport 1640 Prudence_Island was --- 1637 Tiverton got fr MA 1747 Tiverton part to Fall_River,MA 1862 Providence County - 1703 Burrillville came fr Glocester 1806 Central_Fall came fr Lincoln 1895 Cranston came fr Providence 1754 Cranston part to Providence 1868 Cranston part to Providence 1873 Cranston part to Providence 1887 Cranston part to Providence 1892 Cumberland came fr Attleborough,MA 1747 Cumberland part as Woonsocket 1867 E_Providence got fr MA 1862 (part of Seekonk) Foster came fr Scituate 1781 Glocester came fr Providence 1731 Glocester part as Burrillville 1806 Johnston came fr Providence 1759 Johnston part to Providence 1898 Johnston part to Providence 1919 Lincoln came fr Smithfield 1871 Lincoln part as Central_Fall 1895 N_Providence came fr Providence 1765 N_Providence part to Providence 1873 N_Providence part to Providence 1874 N_Providence part to Pawtucket 1874 N_Smithfield came fr Smithfield 1871 Pawtucket got fr MA 1862 Pawtucket part fr N_Providence 1874 Providence was --- 1636 Providence part as Glocester 1731 Providence part as Scituate 1731 Providence part as Smithfield 1731 Providence part as Cranston 1754 Providence part as Johnston 1759 Providence part as N_Providence 1765 Providence part fr Cranston 1868 Providence part fr Cranston 1873 Providence part fr N_Providence 1873 Providence part fr N_Providence 1874 Providence part fr Cranston 1887 Providence part fr Cranston 1892 Providence part fr Johnston 1898 Providence part fr Johnston 1919 Scituate came fr Providence 1731 Scituate part as Foster 1781 Smithfield came fr Providence 1731 Smithfield part as N_Smithfield 1871 Smithfield part as Lincoln 1871 Smithfield part to Woonsocket 1871 Woonsocket came fr Cumberland 1867 Woonsocket part fr Smithfield 1871 Washington County - 1729 as Narragansett, then Kings, renamed 1781 Charlestown came fr Westerly 1738 Charlestown part as Richmond 1747 Exeter came fr N_Kingstown 1743 Hopkinton came fr Westerly 1757 Kingstown became N_Kingstown 1723 Kingstown was --- 1674 (called Rochester 1686-9) Kingstown part as S_Kingstown 1723 N_Kingstown was Kingstown 1723 N_Kingstown part as Exeter 1743 Narragansett came fr S_Kingstown 1901 Richmond came fr Charlestown 1747 S_Kingstown came fr Kingstown 1723 S_Kingstown part as Narragansett 1901 Westerly was --- 1669 (called Haversham 1686-9) Westerly part as Charlestown 1738 Westerly part as Hopkinton 1757