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Newport is a
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in
Perry County, Pennsylvania Perry County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,842. The county seat is New Bloomfield. The county was created on March 22, 1820, and was named for Oliver Hazard Perry, a hero of the ...
, United States. The population was 1,487 at the 2020 census. It is part of the
Harrisburg Harrisburg is the capital city of the Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the List of c ...
Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...
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.


History

Newport was originally known as Ryder's Ferry, as it was the site of an early ferry on the Juniata River. It was later renamed Newport after the canal came through. left, Two churchesNewport was the eastern end of the Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad. There was a freight yard where railcars and cargo could be transferred to standard gauge for the
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. Newport once had a large tannery that operated from the second half of the 19th century until the early part of the 20th. The town playground and youth baseball fields now occupy the site. The
Bridge in Newport Borough The Bridge in Newport Borough is a historic bridge located at Newport in Perry County, Pennsylvania. It is an multi-span stone arch bridge. It was built in 1929 and crosses Little Buffalo Creek. It was listed on the National Register of Histori ...
and Newport Historic District are listed on the
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.


Geography

Newport is located at (40.478260, -77.133997). According to the
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, the borough has a total area of , 90% of it land.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 1,506 people, 666 households, and 402 families residing in the borough. The population density was 4,604.8 people per square mile (1,762.0/km2). There were 743 housing units at an average density of 2,271.8 per square mile (869.3/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.54%
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, 0.13%
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, 0.33% Native American, 0.07%
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, 0.27% from
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, and 0.66% from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 0.66% of the population. Of the 666 households, 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.6% were non-families. 35.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.91. In the borough the age distribution of the population shows 25.0% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.0 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $31,594, and the median income for a family was $39,545. Males had a median income of $31,413 versus $22,344 for females. The
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for the borough was $16,818. About 6.8% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the
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, including 10.1% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over.


High school

The high school which serves the borough as well as several surrounding townships is located at the northwest corner of town, and was remodeled in 2007. Their nickname is the Buffaloes, and their field is named after George Katchmer, who coached the school to their only undefeated campaign in 1953. The field is dual purpose and is used for football and baseball....


Notable people

*
Billy Cox William Cox (born October 18, 1941) is an American bassist, best known for performing with Jimi Hendrix. Cox is the only surviving musician to have regularly played with Hendrix: first with the experimental group that backed Hendrix at Woodstoc ...
, Major League Baseball infielder. The baseball field is named after him. He played third base for the
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,
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and
Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...
in the 1940s and 1950s. * John W. Hetrick, Engineer who invented the airbag *
Thomas Markle Thomas Wayne Markle (born July 18, 1944) is an American retired television lighting director and director of photography. He received a Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award for work on the television program ''Made in Chicago'' in 1975 and was a co-re ...
, Lighting director and father of
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References


External links


Newport PA Borough Website

Newport Revitalization & Preservation Society



Newport School District site
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