Kent County
Kent County is in central Rhode Island. It extends from the western border with Connecticut to Narragansett Bay. The County was established in 1750. It spans 188 square miles and has a population of nearly 170,000 people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Warwick and East Greenwich.
Warwick
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Warwick is a city in Rhode Island just south of Providence. It is the third largest city in the state, with 83,000 people. It was founded in 1642 by Samuel Gorton, and played an important role in the Revolutionary War.
East Greenwich
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East Greenwich is centrally located in the state of Rhode Island on the western shore of the Narragansett Bay. With numerous historical landmarks, East Greenwich continues to be proud of its history.
Coventry
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Coventry is the largest town in Kent County and the state of Rhode Island, with a population of approximately 34,660 as of 2007 and a total area of 62.3 sq mi.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as West Warwick and West Greenwich.
West Warwick
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West Warwick is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 31,012 at the 2020 census. West Warwick was incorporated in 1913, making it the youngest town in the state.
West Greenwich
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West Greenwich is a town in Rhode Island. It is located in Kent County, and is bordered by Coventry, East Greenwich, Exeter, and Connecticut. It spreads across 51 square miles and is mostly rural.
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Kent County
- Type: County with 166,000 residents
- Description: county in Rhode Island, United States
- Also known as: “Kent”, “Kent County, Rhode Island”, and “Kent County, RI”
- Neighbors: Bristol County, Newport County, Providence County, and South County
- Categories: county of Rhode Island and locality
- Location: Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
41.6723° or 41° 40′ 20″ northLongitude of center
-71.6028° or 71° 36′ 10″ westPopulation
166,000Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)OpenStreetMap ID
node 316987973OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Kent County” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kent County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة كينت”
- Armenian: “Քենտ շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Kent”
- Basque: “Kent konderria”
- Bavarian: “Kent County, Rhode Island”
- Bavarian: “Kent County”
- Bishnupriya: “কেন্ট কাউন্টি, রোড আইল্যান্ড”
- Bishnupriya: “কেন্ট কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Кент”
- Catalan: “comtat de Kent”
- Cebuano: “Kent County”
- Chechen: “Кент (гуо, Род-Айленд)”
- Chechen: “Кент”
- Chinese: “Kent Kūn”
- Chinese: “肯特县”
- Czech: “Kent County”
- Dutch: “Kent County”
- Esperanto: “kantono Kent”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Kent”
- Esperanto: “Kent County”
- Estonian: “Kenti maakond”
- Finnish: “Kentin piirikunta”
- French: “comté de Kent”
- French: “Comté de Kent”
- French: “Kent County”
- Georgian: “კენტის ოლქი”
- German: “Kent County”
- Gilaki: “کنت ٚ شأرستان (رؤد آیلند)”
- Gilaki: “کنت ٚ شأرستان”
- Greek: “κομητεία Κεντ”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Κεντ”
- Hebrew: “מחוז קנט”
- Hungarian: “Kent megye”
- Indonesian: “County Kent, Rhode Island”
- Irish: “Contae Kent, Oileán Rhode”
- Irish: “Contae Kent”
- Italian: “contea di Kent”
- Italian: “Contea di Kent”
- Italian: “Kent County”
- Japanese: “ケント郡”
- Korean: “켄트군”
- Lithuanian: “Kento apygarda”
- Low German: “Kent County”
- Mazanderani: “کنت شهرستان (رودایلند)”
- Mazanderani: “کنت شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Kent Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kent Kūn”
- Northern Frisian: “Kent County”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kent County”
- Norwegian: “Kent County”
- Ossetian: “Кент (зылд, Род-Айленд)”
- Ossetian: “Кент”
- Persian: “شهرستان کنت، رود آیلند”
- Persian: “شهرستان کنت”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Kent”
- Portuguese: “condado de Kent”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Kent”
- Portuguese: “Kent County”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Kent, Rhode Island”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Kent”
- Russian: “Кент”
- Sardinian: “contea de Kent”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Kent County”
- Serbian: “Kent County”
- Serbian: “Округ Кент”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kent County, Rhode Island”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kent County”
- Slovenian: “Kent County”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Kent”
- Spanish: “condado de Kent”
- Spanish: “Condado de Kent”
- Spanish: “Kent County”
- Swedish: “Kent County, Rhode Island”
- Swedish: “Kent County”
- Tatar: “Кент (округ, Род-Айленд)”
- Tatar: “Кент”
- Turkish: “Kent County, R.I.”
- Turkish: “Kent County, Rhode Island”
- Turkish: “Kent County, RI”
- Turkish: “Kent County”
- Turkish: “Kent ilçesi, R.I.”
- Turkish: “Kent ilçesi, Rhode Island”
- Turkish: “Kent ilçesi, RI”
- Turkish: “Kent ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Кент”
- Urdu: “کینٹ کاؤنٹی، روڈ آئلینڈ”
- Urdu: “کینٹ کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Kent”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Kent, Đảo Rhode”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Kent, Rhode Island”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Kent”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Kent, Rhode Island”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Kent”
- Welsh: “Kent County, Rhode Island”
- Welsh: “Kent County”
- Western Panjabi: “کینٹ کاؤنٹی”
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