Middletown

Middletown lies south of Portsmouth and north of Newport, Rhode Island. This geographical location is what gave this town its name. Middletown was founded in 1743 when unjust taxation and a growing population caused freeholders in Newport to petition for independence.
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  • Type: Town with 16,400 residents
  • Description: town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
  • Also known as: Middletown, Rhode Island” and “Middletown, RI
  • Postal code: 02842

Places of Interest

Highlights include Newport State Airport.

Aerodrome
is a state-owned public-use in , United States. It serves the city of and is located 2 nmi northeast of its central business district.

Middletown

Latitude
41.5457° or 41° 32′ 44″ north
Longitude
-71.2914° or 71° 17′ 29″ west
Population
16,400
Elevation
180 feet (55 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US YMT
Open location code
87HCGPW5+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158846593
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5223358
Wiki­data ID
Q1013038
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Middletown” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ميدلتاون
  • Asturian: Middletown (Rhode Island)
  • Asturian: Middletown
  • Basque: Middletown
  • Catalan: Middletown
  • Cebuano: Middletown
  • Chechen: Миддлтаун
  • Chinese: 米德尔敦
  • Chinese: 米德爾敦
  • Chinese: 米德爾鎮
  • Chinese: 罗德岛
  • Chinese: 羅德島
  • Czech: Middletown
  • Danish: Middletown
  • Dutch: Middletown
  • French: Middletown
  • German: Middletown
  • Greek: Μιντλτάουν
  • Haitian: Middletown, Rhode
  • Haitian: Middletown
  • Hebrew: מידלטאון
  • Hungarian: Middletown
  • Italian: Middletown
  • Japanese: ミドルタウン
  • Korean: 미들타운
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Middletown
  • Polish: Middletown
  • Portuguese: Middletown
  • Slovak: Middletown
  • Spanish: Middletown (Rhode Island)
  • Spanish: Middletown
  • Swedish: Middletown, Rhode Island
  • Swedish: Middletown
  • Tatar: Миддлтаун
  • Thai: มิดเดิลทาวน์
  • Turkish: Middletown, Rhode Island
  • Turkish: Middletown
  • Ukrainian: Міддлтаун
  • Urdu: مڈل ٹاؤن، رہوڈ آئی لینڈ
  • Urdu: مڈل ٹاؤن
  • Volapük: Middletown, Rhode Island
  • Volapük: Middletown
  • Waray (Philippines): Middletown, Rhode Island
  • Waray (Philippines): Middletown
  • Welsh: Middletown, Rhode Island
  • Welsh: Middletown

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Middletown”. Photo: susteph, CC BY 2.0.