THE NORTH KINGSTOWN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Narragansett/Bristol Lowland setting.
North Kingstown town has 43.2 square miles of land in Washington 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
North Kingstown and Washington County
North Kingstown is associated with Washington 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.
North Kingstown by land and water
The Census records 15.3 square miles of water within North Kingstown, or 26.2% of its total area. It is 15.3 percentage points lower than the 41.5% recorded for Washington County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, North Kingstown town has 2.6 times the land area of nearby East Greenwich town (16.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

