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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
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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.