Middletown, Rhode Island Middletown, Rhode Island George's School, Middletown, Rhode Island George's School, Middletown, Rhode Island Location of Middletown in Newport County, Rhode Island Location of Middletown in Newport County, Rhode Island State Rhode Island Middletown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.
It lies to the south of Portsmouth and to the north of Newport on Aquidneck Island, hence the name "Middletown".
8 Historic sites in Middletown During the 1980s, large sections of East Main Road and West Main Road running through Middletown began to be commercialized, and by the late 1990s, the region had turn into Aquidneck Island's central company district.
View of First Beach in Middletown, Rhode Island View of Second Beach in Middletown, Rhode Island According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 14.9 square miles (38.7 km ), of which 13.0 square miles (33.6 km ) is territory and 2.0 square miles (5.1 km ; 13.18%) is water.
Middletown was known as the "farming community" of Aquidneck Island.
Middletown forms part of Rhode Island's 1st congressional district, represented by Democrat David Cicilline.
At the state level, Middletown is part of one state senate and three state home districts.
The 12th Rhode Island Senate district, which also includes parts of Newport, Little Compton and Tiverton, is held by Democrat Louis P.
In the Rhode Island House of Representatives, Middletown forms part of the 72nd, 73rd, and 74th districts.
The 74th, shared between Middletown and Jamestown, is represented by Democrat Deb Ruggiero.
Newport State Airport, a public-use general aviation airport and the only airport on Aquidneck Island, is positioned in Middletown.
West Main Road (RI-114) and East Main Road (RI-138) are the chief roads running north south through Middletown.
Middletown is home to St Columba's Cricket Club, which hosts an annual cricket tournament for squads throughout the New England area.
The Newport National Golf Club is positioned in Middletown.
The town is also home to the Middletown Islanders hockey, football, baseball, volleyball, and lacrosse teams.
More known as a middle school football league, Pop Warner hosts from very young ages and separates them by age.
As of September 2009, the Middletown Public School District will consist of four schools serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.
They are Aquidneck Elementary School (grades pre-K to 3), Forest Avenue Elementary School (grades K 3), Joseph H.
Gaudet Middle School (grades 4 8) and Middletown High School (grades 9 12).
Middletown is also home to private schools, including All Saints Academy (grades K 8) and St.
Bishop Berkeley), 18th century Anglo-Irish philosopher; known for his doctrine of immaterialism; lived in Middletown Nicolas Cage, actor, once lived in Middletown Obadiah Holmes, colonial Baptist minister; ancestor of President Abraham Lincoln; lived and is buried in a section of Newport took in by Middletown Portions of the 2012 romantic drama Celeste and Jesse Forever were filmed in a several locations throughout the state, prominently on Middletown's Sachuest Bay shoreline off Tuckerman Avenue. "Historic and Architectural Resources of Middletown, Rhode Island: A Preliminary Report" (PDF).
Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission.
Report upon the Enumeration of Rhode Island 1865.
Rhode Island portal Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Middletown, Rhode Island.
Town of Middletown official website Middletown Historical Society Middletown Public School District Municipalities and communities of Newport County, Rhode Island, United States State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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