US Gazetteer > Rhode Island Gazetteer > Rhode Island ZIP Codes > Portsmouth, RI 02871

City/Town Names Most Popular Resources Current Weather & 7-Day Forecast 
Preferred Name, USPS
Portsmouth, RI 02871

Portsmouth RI MLS real estate listings Search the MLS in Portsmouth, RI

Property & neighborhood reports Property & Neighborhood Reports

Apartments in/near Portsmouth RI Apartments | Job Search

background checks Instant Background Checks
Weather forecast ZIP Code 02871

The 02871 ZIP Code is centered1 in Newport County at latitude 41.578 and longitude -71.266 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Newport County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 02871 was 17,149 with 7,386 housing units; a land area land area of 23.09 sq. miles; a water area of 0.5 sq. miles; and a population density of 742.68 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

Portsmouth, RI 02871 Map (Marker is ZIP Code Centroid)

Local Search, 02871 ZIP Code| Distance & Driving Directions

Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Melville, RI (1.4 miles NW)
Portsmouth, RI (1.9 miles NNE)
Lawtons, RI (2.4 miles SW)
South Portsmouth, RI (2.4 miles S)
Middletown, RI (2.7 miles SSW)
Portsmouth Park, RI (3.1 miles NNE)
Bristol Ferry, RI (3.9 miles N)
Prudence Park, RI (3.9 miles WNW)
Homestead, RI (3.9 miles NW)
Island Park, RI (3.9 miles NNE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Pocasset Heights, RI (3.6 miles NNE)
Grayville, RI (3.9 miles E)
Tiverton Four Corners, RI (4.1 miles E)
The Hummocks, RI (4.7 miles NNE)
Common Fence Point, RI (5.1 miles NNE)
Paradise Mobile Home Park, RI (5.3 miles S)
Nag Creek, RI (6 miles NNW)
Narragansett Terrace, RI (6.3 miles WSW)
Purgatory, RI (6.6 miles S)
Bristol Township, RI (7.4 miles N)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.