================+=================+==================================== COUNTIES AND | DATE OF | FROM WHAT TAKEN, ORIGINAL TOWNS. | INCORPORATION. | NAMES, CHANGES OF BOUNDARIES, &c. ----------------+-----------------+------------------------------------ Warwick |Original town |First settled January, 1642-43. | | Named from Earl of Warwick, who | | signed the Patent of Providence | | Plantations, March 14, 1643. The | | first action of the inhabitants as | | a town was August 8, 1647. Indian | | name, Shawomet. | | NEWPORT CO. |June 22, 1703 |Originally incorporated as Rhode | | Island County, June 16, 1729, | | incorporated as Newport County, | | and included Newport, Portsmouth, | | Jamestown and New Shoreham. | | Fall River |October 6, 1856 |Taken from Tiverton. Ceded to | | Massachusetts in the settlement of | | the boundary question. March 1, | | 1862. See Pawtucket and East | | Providence. | | Jamestown |November 4, 1678 |Named in honor of King James. | | Indian name Quononoqutt | | (Conanicut). | | Little Compton |Jan'y 27, 1746-47|One of the five towns received from | | Massachusetts. Annexed to Newport | | County February 17, 1746-47. | | Indian name, Seaconnet. | | Middletown |June 16, 1743 |Town in the "middle" of the island. | | Taken from Newport. | | Newport |Original town |Settled in 1639. Line between | | Newport and Portsmouth established | | September 14, 1640. Incorporated | | as a city June 1, 1784. City | | charter given up March 27, 1787. | | City incorporated the second time | | at the May session, 1853, and the | | charter accepted May 20, 1853. | | New Shoreham |November 6, 1672 |Admitted to Colony as Block Island, | | May 4, 1664. When incorporated in