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
Lower South Providence
Manton
[Mount Hope, Providence, Rhode Island|Hope, Providence, Rhode Island|Mount Hope]
Mount Pleasant
Olneyville
Reservoir
Silver Lake
Smith Hill
[South Elmwood, Providence, Rhode Island|Elmwood, Providence, Rhode Island|South Elmwood]
Upper South Providence
Valley
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.
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 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, 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.