Newport, Kentucky
| Newport, Kentucky | |
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| City | |
Monmouth Street Historic District
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 Location in Campbell County and the state of Kentucky. |
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| Coordinates: 39°5′19″N 84°29′25″W / 39.08861°N 84.49028°WCoordinates: 39°5′19″N 84°29′25″W / 39.08861°N 84.49028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Campbell |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jerry Peluso (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.0 sq mi (7.7 km2) |
| • Land | 2.7 sq mi (7.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 512 ft (156 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 15,273 |
| • Density | 6,267.8/sq mi (2,420.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 41071-41072 |
| Area code(s) | 859 513 |
| FIPS code | 21-55884 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0499438 |
| Website | www |
Newport is a home rule-class city at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers in Campbell County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 15,273 at the 2010 census. Historically, it was one of four county seats of Campbell County. Newport is part of the Cincinnati Metropolitan Area, which includes over 2 million inhabitants.
Newport was settled c. 1791 by James Taylor Jr. on land purchased by his father James Sr. from George Muse, who received it as a grant. Taylor's brother, Hubbard Taylor, had been mapping the land twenty years prior. It was not named for its position on the river but for Christopher Newport, the commander of the first ship to reach Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Newport was established as a town on December 14, 1795, and incorporated as a city on February 24, 1834. In 1803, the Ft. Washington military post was moved from Cincinnati to become the Newport Barracks. A bridge first connected Newport to Covington in 1853, and the first bridge spanning the Ohio River to Cincinnati, the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge, opened in 1866. Newport experienced large German immigration in the 1880-90s.
By 1900, Newport was the third largest city in Kentucky, after Covington and Louisville, although Newport and Covington were rightly considered satellites of Cincinnati.
Prohibition under the Volstead Act of 1919 resulted in a widespread illegal sale of alcohol. Many gangsters began to smuggle alcohol into the city to supply citizens and businesses. Speakeasies, bribery, and corruption became a norm in Newport.
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