City of Newport

  • Newport hall address:

    43 Broadway
    Newport, RI 02840

    Phone: 401-846-9600
    Fax: 401-848-5750

  • Form of Government:

    Council - City Manager

  • Meetings held:

    The second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm,. The Board of License Commissioners follows the council meeting.

  • Town map (via Google™ Maps)
  • Established in: 1639
  • Incorporated in: 1784

Phone numbers

  • Police Department: 401-847-1306
  • Fire Department: 401-846-2211
  • Animal Control: 401-847-1306
  • Garbage Collection: 401-846-2474
  • Water Dept.: 401-845-2000
  • Library: 401-847-8720

Demographic Information

  • Total Population: 26475
  • Population per Sq. Mi.: 3336
  • Occupied Dwelling Units: 1156
  • Families: 5646
  • Land Area Sq. Miles: 7.9

Tax Information

  • Res. Real Estate Tax/$1000: 13.72
  • Evaluation: 100%
  • Yr. Evaluation: 2001
  • Commercial Real Estate: 16.3
  • Motor Vehicle Tax: 23.45
  • Inventory Tax: 9.48
  • Business Personal Property: 16.3
  • Notes: May exempt wholesale inventories, may exempt retail inventories.

Counties

Villages

  • Castle Hill
  • Coasters Harbor
  • Coddington Point
  • Fort Adams
  • Forty Steps
  • Goat Island
  • Ochre Point
  • Rose Island
  • Tonomy Hill