Is Rhode Island an actual island?

It is an island. Note that "Rhode Island" is not a description. It is a name. read more

Rhode Island (/ ˌ r oʊ d-/ ( listen)), officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest in area, the 7th least populous, and the 2nd most densely populated of the 50 states—but its official name is the longest. read more

Rhode Island includes a series of islands nestled between Massachusetts (on the north and east) and Connecticut (on the west). The most secluded of these islands is Block Island, about 14 miles east of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, and 13 miles south from mainland Rhode Island. read more