Welcome to Newport ...Newport is located in York County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Newport, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889. When the people of Newport refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Newporter<2> Newport is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Newport lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Newport: 803 & 839<4> Communities Also Named Newport ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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, Tennessee, Texas (3), Utah, Vermont, Virginia (4), Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Newport. Websites for Newport ...Chamber of Commerce: www.yorkcountychamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Newport, the following might be of interest: Communities near Newport ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Newport.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Newport. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Newport. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Newport. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newport. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Newport. See our Newspapers Page for Newport. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Newport ...Looking for more information about Newport? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Newport, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Newport. Adding Newport to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Newport in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections 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.<7> We also found Newport in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Newport. Footnotes ...
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