Newport
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town in New Hampshire, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Hampshire
- County
- Sullivan
- Villages
- Newport Guild Kelleyville North Newport
- Total
- 43.64 sq mi (113.04 km )
- Land
- 43.57 sq mi (112.85 km )
- Water
- 0.073 sq mi (0.19 km ) 0.16%
- Elevation
- 965 ft (294 m)
- Density
- 145/sq mi (55.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 03773 (Newport), 03754 ( Guild )
- Fips code
- 33-52580
- Website
- www .newportnh .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Newport is a town in and the county seat of Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. It is 43 miles (69 km) west-northwest of Concord, the state capital. The population of Newport was 6,299 at the 2020 census. A covered bridge is in the northwest. The area is noted for maple sugar and apple orchards. Prior to county division in 1827, Newport was in Cheshire County. The central part of town, where 4,735 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Newport census-designated place (CDP) and is located next to the Sugar River at the junction of New Hampshire routes 10 and 11. The town also includes the villages of Kelleyville, Guild, and North Newport.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newport” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.