Aquidneck Island, officially known as Rhode Island, is an island in Narragansett Bay in the state of Rhode Island. The total land area is 37.8 sq mi (98 km2), which makes it the largest island in the bay. The 2020 United States Census reported its population as 60,109. The state of Rhode Island is named after the island; the United States Board on Geographic Names recognizes Rhode Island as the name for the island, although it is widely referred to as Aquidneck Island in the state and by the island's residents.
Aquidneck Island is home to three towns: from north to south, Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport.
AquidneckIsland, officially known as Rhode Island, is an island in Narragansett Bay in the state of Rhode Island. The total land area is 37.8 sq mi (98 km2)...
Rhode Island, which is situated on AquidneckIsland, but they had finally abandoned their siege and were withdrawing to the northern part of the island. The...
Matinicus Island, Monhegan Island, Mount Desert Island, Isles of Shoals, Boston Harbor Islands, Prudence Island, Conanicut Island, AquidneckIsland, Elizabeth...
colony. The settlements of Rhode Island (Newport and Portsmouth) were on Rhode Island, also known as AquidneckIsland. Providence Plantations referred...
among the earliest settlers of AquidneckIsland in the Narragansett Bay; the island was officially named Rhode Island by 1644, from which the entire colony...
settled on AquidneckIsland, which was called Rhode Island at the time. They established a settlement called Pocasset at the northern end of the island. The...
Narragansett Bay Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates on AquidneckIsland, Rhode Island. It was formed in 2014-15 from the merger of the for-profit...
on AquidneckIsland. Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore in the U.S., came on line in 2016. There were numerous windmills in Rhode Island. Several...
second-largest in the Bay, it is connected on the east to Newport on AquidneckIsland by the Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Bridge...
There are more than 30 islands in the bay; the three largest ones are AquidneckIsland, Conanicut Island, and Prudence Island. Bodies of water that are...
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Long Island, but Roger Williams convinced them to settle in the area of his Providence Plantations settlement. Coddington purchased AquidneckIsland (later...
for vessels entering the East Passage, between Conanicut Island and AquidneckIsland. The lighthouse has become a symbol of Newport, and a frequent site...
Centre, Hong Kong Miramar (mansion), a historic home on AquidneckIsland at Newport, Rhode Island, US Miramar Entertainment Park, Taipei, Taiwan Jiannan...
the city of Newport on AquidneckIsland and the Town of Jamestown on Conanicut Island, and is named for longtime Rhode Island U.S. senator Claiborne Pell...
Rhode Island buildings have been tested yet using dendrochronology (less than a dozen houses as of 2019), and most buildings outside of AquidneckIsland were...
by Anne Hutchinson, settled on the northern part of AquidneckIsland (then known as Rhode Island). This was following her trial and banishment during...
Narragansett Bay in the East Passage between Conanicut Island and Newport, Rhode Island on AquidneckIsland. Other lighthouses are visible from Beavertail Lighthouse...
Around Rhode Island, 16th – 21st Centuries berkeley.edu website This is the largest island in Narragansett Bay, called AquidneckIsland today. Charter...
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