Newport is a city in Jackson County, Arkansas, 84 miles (135 km) northeast of Little Rock, on the White River. In 1900, 2,866 people lived in Newport, Arkansas; in 1910, 3,557. The population was 7,811 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Jackson County.
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 ow...
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Newport is a city in Jackson County, Arkansas, 84 miles (135 km) northeast of Little Rock, on the White River. In 1900, 2,866 people lived in Newport, Arkansas; in 1910, 3,557. The population was 7,811 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Jackson County.
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.
Newport is located at 35°36′43″N 91°15′44″W / 35.61194°N 91.26222°W / 35.61194; -91.26222 (35.611820, -91.262158), and lies on the White River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.3 square miles (34.4 km²), of which, 13.0 square miles (33.7 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (2.03%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, the city's residents comprised 7,811 people in 2,690 households 1,702 families. The population density was 599...
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