THE BARRINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Narragansett/Bristol Lowland setting.
Barrington town has 8.19 square miles of land in Bristol County. Its Census reference point is in Narragansett/Bristol Lowland, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Barrington and Bristol County
Barrington is associated with Bristol County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Barrington by land and water
The Census records 7.22 square miles of water within Barrington, or 46.9% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points higher than the 46.1% recorded for Bristol County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Barrington town has 1.3 times the land area of nearby Warren town (6.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

