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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Historic districts in Newport County, Rhode Island, Landforms of Newport County, Rhode Island, Populated places in Newport County, Rhode Island, Newport, Rhode Island, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Middletown, Rhode Island, Jamestown, Rhode Island, Little Compton, Rhode Island, Newport Historic District, Narragansett Bay, Tiverton, Rhode Island, Bellevue Avenue Historic District, Naval War College, Aquidneck Island, Goat Island, Prudence Island, Dutch Island, Easton's Point, Ocean Drive Historic District, Southeastern New England AVA, Conanicut Island, Battle of Rhode Island Site, Bailey's Beach, Southern Thames Historic District, Fort Hamilton Historic District, Rose Island, Little Compton Common Historic District, Hog Island, Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Newport Cliff Walk, Hope Island, Windmill Hill Historic District, Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Tiverton Four Corners Historic District, Dyer Island, Osborn-Bennett Historic District, Coaster's Harbor Island, Bellevue Avenue/Casino Historic District, Ochre Point-Cliffs Historic District, Jamestown Archeological District, Kay Street-Catherine Street-Old Beach Road Historic District, Despair Island, Rhode Island Sound, Lime Rock, Smith-Gardiner-Norman Farm Historic District, Gooseberry Beach. Excerpt: Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and a major United States Navy training center. A major 18th century port city, Newport now contains among the highest number of surviving colonial buildings of any city in the United St...