Newport Rhode Island
| Newport, Rhode Island | |
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Newport, Rhode Island aerial view
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| Nickname(s): City by the Sea, Sailing Capital of the World, Queen of Summer Resorts, America's Society Capital | |
 Location of Newport in Newport County, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates: 41°29′17″N 71°18′45″W / 41.48806°N 71.31250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Rhode Island |
| County | Newport |
| Incorporated (city) | 1784 |
| Incorporated (town) | 1639 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Henry F. Winthrop |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.4 sq mi (29.5 km2) |
| • Land | 7.7 sq mi (19.9 km2) |
| • Water | 3.7 sq mi (9.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 30 ft (9 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 24,672 |
| • Density | 3,211/sq mi (1,239.8/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 02840-02841 |
| Area code(s) | 401 |
| FIPS code | 44-49960 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1217986 |
| Website | www |
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The City of Newport is located approximately 37 miles (60 km) southeast of Providence, 21 miles (34 km) south of Fall River, and 74 miles (119 km) south of Boston. It is known as a New England summer resort and is famous for its mansions. It is also the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport, which houses the United States Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and a major United States Navy training center. It was a major 18th-century port city and also contains a high number of surviving buildings from the colonial era of the United States.
The city is the county seat of Newport County, which has no governmental functions other than court administrative and sheriff corrections boundaries. It was known for being the city of some of the "Summer White Houses" during the administrations of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. The population was 24,027 as of 2013.
Newport was founded in 1639 on Aquidneck Island, which was called Rhode Island at the time. Its eight founders and first officers were Nicholas Easton, William Coddington, John Clarke, John Coggeshall, William Brenton, Jeremy Clark, Thomas Hazard, and Henry Bull. Many of these people had been part of the settlement at Portsmouth, along with Anne Hutchinson and her followers. They separated within a year of that settlement, however, and Coddington and others began the settlement of Newport on the southern side of the island.
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