Town Hall Address:
343 Highland Road
Tiverton, RI 02878-4499
Phone: 401-625-6710
Fax: 401-625-6777

Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Established: 1638

Website: Tiverton

Town council typically meets on the 2nd & 4th Monday of each month

Census info:
Area: 36.3 square miles
Population: 15,260 (2000 U.S. Census)
Density: 520 people per mile
Housing units: 6,474
Median Age: 40.8
Median income per household: $49,977
Percent of population under 18 years old: 22.1%
Residential real estate tax rate: $10.26 per $1000

Police Department:
20 Industrial Way
Phone: 401-624-6454 or 401-625-6717

Fire:
85 Main Road
Phone: 401-625-6707
Fax: 401-625-6753

Harbormaster:
Phone: 401-625-6722

Building Inspector:
Phone: 401-625-6715
Fax: 401-625-6754

Department of Water:
Phone: 401-625-6701

School Department:

100 North Brayton Road
Tiverton, RI 02878
Phone: 401-624-8475 x 76
Fax: 401-624-4086

Website: http://www.tivertonschools.org/index2.htm

Schools:

Tiverton High School
100 North Brayton Road
Phone: 401-624-8494
Fax: 401-624-8495

Tiverton Middle School
10 Quintal Dr.
Phone: 401-624-6668
Fax: 401-624-6669

Fort Barton Elementary School
117 Neck Road
Phone: 401-624-6114
Fax: 401-624-6115

Pocasset Elementary School
1185 Stafford Rd.
Phone: 401 624-6654
Fax: 401-624-6655

Walter E. Ranger Elementary School
278 North Brayton Road
Phone: 401-624-8467
Fax: 401-624-8468

Parks / Recreation:

CHASE-CORY HOUSE
3908 Main Rd. at Tiverton Four Corners. Historic District
About: This gambrel-roofed building is now owned by the Tiverton Historical Society. Special exhibits throughout the season.
Hours:
May-Sep: Sun: 2:00-4:30 p.m. and by appt.
Phone: 401-624-4013 or 401-624-8881

FORT BARTON
Highland Road
About: Original redoubt built during the American Revolution. It was the troop staging area for the invasion of Aquidneck Island and Newport and the eventual Battle of Rhode Island. Observation tower and 3 miles of trail walks.
Hours:
Year-round, sunrise to sunset.

RUECKER WILDLIFE REFUGE
Seapowet Avenue
About: Audubon Society of Rhode Island sanctuary. 48 acres, with 1.5-mile trails winding through woodland, meadow, salt marsh, and open water. Feeding herons, egrets, and osprey. Variety of plant life. Gift of Miss Emilie Ruecker.
Hours:
Daily, dawn to dark
Phone: 401-949-5454.

Library:
Essex Public Library
238 Highland Road
Tiverton, RI 02878
Phone: 401-625-6796
Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 10 am - 8 pm
Friday: 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 4 pm

Union Public Library
3832 Main Road
Tiverton, RI 02878
Phone: 401-625-6799
Hours:
Tuesday: 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am -1 pm

Website: http://tivertonlibrary.org/

Senior services department:
Tiverton Senior Center
207 Canonicus Street
Tiverton, RI 02878
Phone: 625-6790
Fax: 401-625-6793

Public Works
Dept. of Public Works
50 Industrial Way

Special garbage and recycling information:
Website: http://www.tiverton.ri.gov/government/dpwdept.html

RI Resource Recovery Corporation:
Phone: 942-1430 Ext. 24
Call to dispose of household hazardous waste

Animal Control:
Phone: 401-625-6722

Website: http://www.tiverton.ri.gov/government/animalofficer.html