Neighborhoods in Providence, Rhode Island

The city of Providence, Rhode Island has 25 official neighborhoods.


 * Blackstone
 * Charles
 * College Hill
 * Downtown
 * Elmhurst
 * Elmwood
 * Federal Hill
 * Fox Point
 * Hartford
 * Hope (Summit)
 * Lower South Providence
 * Manton
 * Mount Hope
 * Mount Pleasant
 * Olneyville
 * Reservoir
 * Silver Lake
 * Smith Hill
 * South Elmwood
 * Upper South Providence
 * Valley
 * Wanskuck
 * Washington Park
 * Wayland
 * West End

Regions
Many of these neighborhoods are often grouped together referred to collectively:

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 Hospital District, a non-residential area within Upper South Providence is similarly unrecognized.
 * East Side – Blackstone, Hope, Mount Hope, College Hill, Wayland, and Fox Point.
 * North End – Charles, Wanskuck, Smith Hill, Elmhurst, and Mount Pleasant.
 * South Side or South Providence – Elmwood, Lower South Providence, Upper South Providence, West End, and Washington Park.

The oldest, highest density neighborhoods are either those close to Downtown or proximate to the Woonasquatucket River, 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.