The city of

Providence, Rhode Island Providence () is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Rhode Island, most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The county seat of Providence County, Rhode Island, Providence County, it is o ...

has 25 official neighborhoods. * Blackstone *

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...

* College Hill *

Downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ( ...

* Elmhurst * Elmwood * Federal Hill * Fox Point *

Hartford Hartford is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, Connecticut, Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ce ...

Hope Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's own life, or the world at large. As a verb, Merriam-Webster defines ''hope'' as "to expect with confid ...

(Summit) * Lower South Providence * Manton * Mount Hope * Mount Pleasant *

Olneyville Olneyville is a neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island bordered by Atwells Avenue to the north, U.S. Route 6 to the south and Rhode Island Route 10 to the east. The Woonasquatucket River runs through the southern portion of the neighborhood. T ...

Reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

* Silver Lake * Smith Hill * South Elmwood * Upper South Providence *

Valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

* Wanskuck * Washington Park * Wayland * West End

Regions

Many of these neighborhoods are often grouped together referred to collectively: * East Side – Blackstone, Hope, Mount Hope, College Hill, Wayland, and Fox Point. * North End – Charles, Wanskuck, Smith Hill, Elmhurst, and Mount Pleasant.Providence Neighborhood Profiles
* South Side or South Providence – Elmwood, Lower South Providence, Upper South Providence, West End, and Washington Park. The Jewelry District occupies the southern portion of Downtown Providence. Since the area was re-united with Downtown following the relocation of Interstate 195, the city has been working to attract high-tech and research companies to this area under the rebranded name of "Knowledge District." This area is not recognized as one of Providence's 25 official neighborhoods.The Jewelry District
/ref> The Hospital District, a non-residential area within Upper South Providence is similarly unrecognized. The oldest, highest density neighborhoods are either those close to Downtown or proximate to the

Woonasquatucket River The Woonasquatucket River (pronounced , Algonquian languages, Algonquian for "where the salt water ends"), sometimes called "the Woony", is a river in the United States, U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows approximately U.S. Geological Su ...

, 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. File:George Street, on the East Side of Providence RI.jpg, College Hill, on Providence's East Side overlooks Downtown File:Holden Street Providence.jpg, Smith Hill forms one of the neighborhoods on Providence's North End File:Providence street art Elmwood Avenue.jpg, Elmwood is part of Providence's South Side

References

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Providence Providence often refers to: * Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion * Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in some religions * Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ...