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2024 Map of Tiverton

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Tiverton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Coastal Newport County at the Sakonnet River shoreline is defined by a dense network of family burying grounds and early settlements. In Tiverton and Little Compton, the landscape is partitioned by significant water bodies such as Nannaquaket Pond and the Harold E Watson Reservoir, alongside smaller features like Quicksand Pond and Simmons Pond. This modern survey documents centuries of land use, from the agricultural fields near Pottersville to the residential growth of Portsmouth.

Genealogical value is high here, with dozens of family-named burial sites like the Benjamin Manchester Lot Cem and Deacon Gideon Lawton Lot Cem preserved alongside formal sites like Union Cem. The transition from the mainland toward the islands is marked by distinct points such as Fogland Point and Black Point, while the presence of the Wing-Over Farm Airport reflects the continued integration of historic farmsteads into the 21st-century infrastructure of the Rhode Island coast.