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Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,871 at the 2020 U.S. census. Portsmouth is the second-oldest municipality in Rhode Island, after Providence; it was one of the four colonies which merged to form the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the others being Providence, Newport, and Warwick.
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- Population: 17,756.
- Founded: 1638.
- Area: 59.3 sq km.
- Elevation: 43 m.
- Timezone: America/New_York.