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Newport
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city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Jackson
- Mayor
- Derrick Ratliffe
- Total
- 13.80 sq mi (35.75 km )
- Land
- 13.55 sq mi (35.10 km )
- Water
- 0.25 sq mi (0.66 km )
- Elevation
- 233 ft (71 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 8,193
- Density
- 590.7/sq mi (228.08/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−05:00 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 05-49580
- Website
- www .newportarcity .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Newport
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jackson County
- Population
- 8005
- Area
- 35.462224
- Elevation
- 68
- Capital of
- Jackson County
- Official website
- www.newportar.org
- Image
- Missouri-Pacific Depot Newport, AR.JPG
- Households
- 2434
- Dialing code
- 870
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- Commons category
- Newport, Arkansas
- postal code
- 72112
- category for people born here
- Q32350551
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Newport, Arkansas
- inception
- 1870-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.919
- P8168
- 467 BC
- water area
- 0.68051
- per capita income
- 16690
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Newport is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Arkansas, United States located on the White River, 84 miles (135 km) northeast of Little Rock. As of the 2020 census, Newport had a population of 8,005.
Newport is home to a campus of the Arkansas State University system, with particular focus on training in transportation careers. Newport is known as the town in which Sam Walton owned a Ben Franklin store prior to starting Wal-Mart.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newport” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.