Tiverton at a Glance:

The town of Tiverton is located in Newport County, Rhode Island. Tiverton is located on the eastern shore of Narragansett Bay, across the Sakonnet River from Aquidneck Island. Together with the adjacent town of Little Compton, the area is disconnected from the rest of the state of Rhode Island. The northern portion of the town is located on Mount Hope Bay.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Tiverton has a total area of 36.3 square miles, of which 7.0 sq mi is water. The northern portion of greater Tiverton is North Tiverton, Rhode Island.
Tiverton was originally incorporated in 1694, as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1746, in the final settlement of a long colonial boundary dispute between Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Tiverton was annexed to Rhode Island by Royal Decree (together with its fellow towns along the eastern shore of Narragansett Bay, Barrington, Bristol and Little Compton, and the town of Cumberland, to the north of Providence). Tiverton was then incorporated as a town of Rhode Island in 1747. Until that same year, Tiverton controlled the area of East Freetown, Massachusetts, as an outpost.
Tiverton's governmental structure is composed of a seven-member Town Council and a Town Administrator.