Middletown Police Department OLD ACCOUNT

ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY

Just five minutes from downtown Newport, Middletown was incorporated in 1743 andis bounded by three bodies of water: Narragansett Bay to the west; the Sakonnet River to the east;and Rhode Island Sound to the south. Middletown is an ocean community with all the amenities of seaside living, yet is semi-agricultural with a diverse landscape, working farms, delicate sand dunes broken up by a partially rocky coastline, and snow white beaches giving this community a seaside flair. Being practically surrounded by water, the influence of the sea on the town is inescapable. Here you will find are extraordinary fishing, boating,surfing and swimming facilities.

Factoid: Middletown is home to Prescott Farm, featuring a historic 1812 windmill, Revolutionary War guardhouse and garden that replicates the way it would have been during Colonial times. The farm offers a unique glimpse of early rural Aquidneck Island through its buildings and landscape.