Bristol County, Rhode Island

Founding: 1747
Parent county: Bristol County, Massachusetts

Namesake: Bristol, England
Seat: Bristol (1747–)

Land area: 24 square miles

Population (2020): 50,793

Population (historic): 3,211 (1790); 6,476 (1840); 9,421 (1870); 13,144 (1900); 25,089 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1820; 1830–2000; 2010s

Subdivisions: Three towns

National Register listings: 24

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,366 (30.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 84%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 35.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,647
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,758
Number of farms (1920): 215
Average farm size (1920): 25.2 acres
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Bristol

Namesake: Bristol, England

Founding: 1680 (founding); 1681 (incorporation); 1773 (post office)

Population (2020): 22,493

Population (historic): 1,406 (1790); 3,084 (1830); 5,271 (1860); 6,901 (1900); 11,953 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1820; 1830–1880; 1890–1930; 1940–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,462 (26.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Albert Peck House (1865). 955 County Road. Barrington. Italianate.
2. *Royal Horton House (c. 1872). 1 Winsor Drive. Barrington. Second Empire.
3. *Longfield / Abbey DeWolf House (1848). 1200 Hope Street. Bristol. Gothic Revival.
4. *Church–Tobin House (c. 1750/1882). 1303 Hope Street. Bristol. Italianate.
5. *Mount Hope / Royall–Church Farm (c. 1745/1840). 250 Metacom Avenue. Bristol. Georgian.
6. *Yankee Hearths / Stephen Church House (c. 1790). 108 Poppasquash Road. Bristol. Georgian.
7. *Thomas Church House (c. 1780/1860). Poppasquash Road, north of Colt State Park. Bristol. Georgian/Italianate. Razed.