| LC control no. | n 88295065 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Newport (Wash.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Washington (State)--Newport |
| Variant(s) | City of Newport (Wash.) |
| Geographic class no. | 4284 N3 |
| Beginning date | 1890 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Washington (State) |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Eastern Wash. State Hist. Soc. Lib. for Wolf, F.L. Papers, 1921-1957 (Newport, Wash.) Rand McNally comm'l atlas, 1984 (Newport; Pend Oreille [county]) Wikipedia, July 3, 2019 (Newport, Washington; Newport is a city in, and the county seat of, Pend Oreille County, Washington; given its name in 1890 because it was selected as a landing site for the first steamboat on the Pend Oreille River; officially incorporated on April 16, 1903; 48°10ʹ50ʺN 117°2ʹ51ʺW (48.180634, -117.047407)) Washington place names, via WWW, July 3, 2019 Newport is a community on the west bank of the Pend Oreille River north of Spokane in southeastern Pend Oreille County. West of the Idaho state line part of the town is in Idaho and is known as Old Town. In the 1860s, the place was a miners' camp and became a real town on the Idaho side in the 1880s. The post office was moved from Idaho in 1901 to Newport, Washington, bringing the name with the post office. It was incorporated April 16, 1903.) GNIS, July 3, 2019 (Newport, populated place, incorporated place, Pend Oreille County, Washington, county seat, 48.1796277° -117.0432583° 48°10ʹ47ʺN 117°02ʹ36ʺW; also lists City of Newport, civil, Pend Oreille County, 48.1790848° -117.0548245° 48°10ʹ45ʺN 117°03ʹ17ʺW; also lists Newport, populated location within an incorporated place, King County, Washington [i.e., neighborhood within Bellevue, Washington]) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-wa |
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