Do you know of Newport ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Newport. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Newport.
Our sources for Newport (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Newport other than they indicate that Newport would be found somewhere in Lake County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1851 and closed in 1876.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Newport ...
We found 85 communities that share the name Newport.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Newport.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 72 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 72 communities, 68 are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Newport, we know of twelve communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Newport [Madison County].
- Madison County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colbert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Newport [Colbert County].
- Arkansas
- California
- Mendocino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Newport [Mendocino County].
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Newport [Orange County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Newport [New Castle County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Fannin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Newport [Fannin County].
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Vermillion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Newport [Vermillion County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Dickinson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Newport [Dickinson County].
- Neosho County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Newport [Neosho County].
- Kentucky
- Campbell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Newport [Campbell County].
- Louisiana
- Winn Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Newport [Winn Parish].
- Maine
- Penobscot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Newport [Penobscot County].
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Gogebic County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Newport [Gogebic County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Newport [Monroe County].
- Minnesota
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Newport [Washington County].
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Newport [Attala County].
- Chickasaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Newport [Chickasaw County].
- DeSoto County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Newport [DeSoto County].
- Missouri
- Barton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Newport [Barton County].
- Nebraska
- Rock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Newport [Rock County].
- New Hampshire
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Newport [Sullivan County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Herkimer County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Newport [Herkimer County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Newport [Monroe County].
- Onondaga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Newport [Onondaga County].
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Newport [Orange County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Newport.
- North Carolina
- Carteret County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Newport [Carteret County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Newport.
- Ohio
- Adams County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Newport [Adams County].
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Newport [Madison County].
- Mahoning County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Newport [Mahoning County].
- Portage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Newport [Portage County].
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Newport [Shelby County].
- Tuscarawas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Newport [Tuscarawas County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Newport [Washington County].
- Oklahoma
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Newport [Carter County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Newport.
- Oregon
- Benton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Newport [Benton County].
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Newport [Lincoln County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Newport [Lawrence County].
- Luzerne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Newport [Luzerne County].
- Northampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Newport [Northampton County].
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Newport [Perry County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Newport.
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Newport.
- Rhode Island
- Newport County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Newport [Newport County].
- South Carolina
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Newport [York County].
- Tennessee
- Cocke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Newport [Cocke County].
- Texas
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Newport [Clay County].
- Harris County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Newport [Harris County].
- Walker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Newport [Walker County].
- Utah
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Newport [Davis County].
- Vermont
- Orleans County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Newport [Orleans County].
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Newport [Augusta County].
- Giles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Newport [Giles County].
- Isle of Wight County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Newport [Isle of Wight County].
- Page County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Newport [Page County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Newport [Wood County].
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- - Victoria
- We haven't found the location of this Newport
- - New South Wales
- We haven't found the location of this Newport
- - Queensland
- We haven't found the location of this Newport
- Curacao
- We haven't found the location of this Newport
- England
- - East Riding of Yorkshire
- We haven't found the location of this Newport
- - Shropshire
- We haven't found the location of this Newport
- - Uttlesford
- We haven't found the location of this Newport
- - Isle of Wight
- We haven't found the location of this Newport
- Wales
- - Pembrokeshire
- We haven't found the location of this Newport
- - Newport
- We haven't found the location of this Newport
- Ireland
- - County Mayo
- We haven't found the location of this Newport
- - Tipperary
- We haven't found the location of this Newport
- Australia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Newport ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Newport:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Lake County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Lake County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Newport could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |