[3] According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, less than 1% of Rhode Islanders self-identify themselves most closely with the LDS Church.

Following the death of Joseph Smith in 1844, baptised members were instructed to migrate west to join the main body of the church.

[6] Other than occasional missionaries, and short-lived congregations, there were no continual presence of the church until February 1937 when Oscar E. Johnson was transferred to Providence by his employer.

[6] Providence and Newport were the only branches in Rhode Island for 30 years until a meetinghouse was built in Warwick.

[9] With exception of the Westerly Branch in southwestern Rhode Island, the state is in the Boston Massachusetts Temple District.