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Welcome to Little Compton ...

Little Compton is located in Newport County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Compton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

Little Compton is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Little Compton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Little Compton: 401

The ZIP code for Little Compton: 02837<3>

Communities Also Named Little Compton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Little Compton - it's located in Missouri.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Little Compton.

Websites for Little Compton ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Little Compton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Little Compton.

  • New Bedford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fall River
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Warwick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Dartmouth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dartmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth
    • Dartmouth is located in Bristol County (MA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,926 people
  • South Kingstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • North Kingstown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Kingstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown
    • North Kingstown is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
  • Newport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bristol
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Bristol is located in Bristol County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
  • Somerset
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Portsmouth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portsmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
    • Portsmouth is located in Newport County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Little Compton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little Compton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Little Compton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Compton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Compton. See our Newspapers Page for Little Compton.

Adding Little Compton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little Compton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Little Compton was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

We also found Little Compton in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Compton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of the state's counties, including Newport, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Compton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Little Compton). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Little Compton or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.