Newport’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Newport. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusNewport Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,901 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,988 to 1,901 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1980.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Newport yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Newport’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newport’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewU.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spa…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Newport, decade by decade
2000
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2 historic places in Newport
2 places in Newport are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as U.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spanning Ohio River and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.