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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Lincoln
- Mayor
- Jan Kaplan
- Total
- 11.72 sq mi (30.35 km )
- Land
- 9.98 sq mi (25.84 km )
- Water
- 1.75 sq mi (4.52 km )
- Elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Density
- 1,028.1/sq mi (396.96/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 ( PDT )
- Zip codes
- 97365-97366
- Fips code
- 41-52450
- Website
- City of Newport
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Newport, OR
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Newport
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lincoln County
- Population
- 10256
- Area
- 27.431847
- Elevation
- 134
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Capital of
- Lincoln County
- Official website
- www.newportoregon.gov
- Image
- Newport, Oregon.jpg
- Households
- 4556
- Dialing code
- 541
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Newport, Oregon
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- Category:Newport, Oregon
- Commons category
- Newport, Oregon
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- Newport, Oregon
- twinned administrative body
- Monbetsu
- inception
- 1882-00-00
- postal code
- 97365
- water as percent of area
- 14.5453
- per capita income
- 28798
- P8168
- cristobalite
- P12749
- Werner Klingler
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Encyclopedic overview
Newport is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It was incorporated in 1882 with the name dating back to the establishment of a post office in 1868. Newport was named for Newport, Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 10,256.
It is also home of the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Nye Beach, Yaquina Head Light, Yaquina Bay Light, Newport Sea Lion Docks, Pacific Maritime Heritage Center, and the former Rogue Ales. The city is the western terminus of U.S. Route 20, a cross-country highway that originates in Boston and is the longest road in the United States.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newport” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.