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The city of Providence, Rhode Island has 25 official neighborhoods.
Map of Providence, RI, USA
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.
References
Neighborhoods in Providence, Rhode Island Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA