Kent County, Rhode Island is an industrial, resort, and agricultural area, producing chiefly textiles and textile machinery; also fabricated metal products, chemicals, agricultural products. (dairy, poultry, corn, potatoes, fruit, mushrooms); fisheries, lumbering and many printing and publishing establishments. The County features many coast recreation sites including state forests and parks. Kent County is drained by Pawtuxet, Moosup, Flat, and Wood rivers.

The City of Warwick forms a major portion of Kent County, in the central area of the state. It is bordered by the City of Cranston to the north, the town of East Greenwich to the south, Narragansett Bay on the east, and West Warwick to the west.

Warwick is located 5 miles south of Rhode Island’s capital city, Providence. Boston is 55 miles to the north and New York City is 175 miles to the southwest via interstate route 95.

One can travel easily to many attractions throughout southern New England because Warwick sits at the mid-point between Boston, Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod, Ledyard, Hartford and Newport. The central location of Warwick in proximity to these major cities, as well as being the home of the region’s principal airport has earned it the nickname "The Crossroads of Southern New England."