Neighborhoods in Providence, Rhode Island

Providence neighborhoods with major highways shown
The Providence Skyline viewed from College Hill

The city of Providence, Rhode Island has 25 official neighborhoods.[1]

Many of these neighborhoods are often grouped together referred to collectively:

The oldest, highest density neighborhoods are either those close to downtown or proximate to the Woonasquatucket River, which provided a power source for early industrialization in Manton, Hartford, and Olneyville. More distant neighborhoods developed later, mostly as transportation as public horse car and streetcar lines were added.

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