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Formed January 1, 1747 (4th<\/sup> county)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bristol County (50,786), Bristol* (22,493)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The white brick courthouse was built in 1816.\u00a0 It is located on Court Street at Hope Street.\u00a0 Rhode Island State Highway 114 is Hope Street.\u00a0 Russell Warren was the designer of the courthouse.\u00a0 The township building is pictured.\u00a0 Bristol County was formed on January 1, 1747 as the 4th<\/sup> county from parts of Bristol County, Massachusetts.\u00a0 The county and its county seat are named for Bristol County, Massachusetts.\u00a0 Bristol County is the birthplace of 3 Rhode Island governors, Byron Diman, Francis M. Diamond, and Thomas G. Turner.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bristol County doesn\u2019t have a unified government nor a sheriff as each township governs.\u00a0 Twenty-six Superior Court Judges and Fourteen District Court Judges serve the entire state (judicial.)\u00a0 The county is on the northeast border with Massachusetts.\u00a0 Providence, Rhode Island is northwest and New Bedford, Massachusetts is southeast of the county.\u00a0 The county center is 6.9 miles Northwest of Bristol in Barrington.\u00a0 The county is surrounded clockwise by Massachusetts and Newport, Kent, and Providence counties.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area of the county is 24 square miles.  It is 5 out of 5 in the state.  It ranks 5 out of 5 in population in the state.  It has a density of 2116.1 persons per square mile making it 1 out of 5 in the state.  <\/a>Bristol County has 0.0% of its population in its incorporated areas since there are no incorporated cities.  There are no Interstates or United States Highways in the county.  The county looks like a leaning capital letter J.  The City of Bristol is at the southern tip of the county.  Bristol is the county seat and the largest populated area although it is unincorporated.  It is 44.3% of the county population.  This county is in the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River Metropolitan Statistical Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bristol (unincorporated)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Formed January 1, 1747 (4th county) Bristol County (50,786), Bristol* (22,493) The white brick courthouse was built in 1816.\u00a0 It is located on Court Street at Hope Street.\u00a0 Rhode Island State Highway 114 is Hope Street.\u00a0 Russell Warren was the designer of the courthouse.\u00a0 The township building is pictured.\u00a0 Bristol County was formed on January … <\/p>\n

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