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Welcome to Newport ...So far, we found very little information about Newport. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Newport to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Newport - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Newport, please Contact Us. Newport was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas). While we don't have the exact location of Newport , we believe that it would have been located within present day Walker County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Newport, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855. When the people of Newport referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Newporter<3> Time Zone: The area where Newport was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Newport once stood is in the (936) area code. Communities Also Named Newport ...While we believe that this Newport is located in Walker County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Newport. Those communities are located in the following counties: Clay and Harris County. Beyond Texas, there are 73 communities that are also named Newport - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California (2), Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (3), Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey (2), New York (4), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (7), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (4), Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia (4), Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Newport. Adding Newport to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Newport in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Newport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> We also found Newport in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Newport. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Walker County: www.co.walker.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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