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2. Newport, Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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   Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Providence, 20 miles (32 km) south of Fall River, Massachusetts, 74 miles (119 km) south of Boston, and 180 miles (290 km) northeast of New York City.

3. Newport Historic District (Rhode Island) - Wikipedia

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   The Newport Historic District is a historic district that covers 250 acres (100 ha) in the center of Newport in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It was designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1968 due to its extensive and well-preserved assortment of intact colonial buildings dating from the early and mid-18th century.

4. Newport, Rhode Island - Simple English Wikipedia, the free...

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   Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. It is located 23 miles (37 km) south of Providence, and 61 miles (98 km) south of Boston. The city is the county seat of Newport County.

5. Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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   Newport Free Library and Reading Room established, first public library in Rhode Island. Young Men's Christian Organization formed with the goal to gather books for a library. Newport Light Infantry formed.

6. Newport County, Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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   Newport County is one of five counties located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, the population was 85,643. [1] It is also one of the seven regions of Rhode Island. The county was created in 1703. [2]

7. The Breakers - Wikipedia

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   The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion located at 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, US. It was built between 1893 and 1895 as a summer residence for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family.

8. Newport, Rhode Island National Historic District

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   Image by Daniel Case, Wikipedia. Newport is located at the southern end of Aquidneck Island, the largest island in Narragansett Bay, and sits at the entrance to the bay. It is located approximately 33 miles southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and 20 miles south of Fall River, Massachusetts.

9. Washington Square (Newport, Rhode Island) - Wikipedia

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   Washington Square is the geographical and historical heart of Newport Rhode Island. More trapezoid than square, it exists at the intersection of several major streets and what was the colonial long wharf, projecting into the harbor off Aquidneck Island and into Narragansett Bay.

10. Newport (Rhode Island) – Travel guide at Wikivoyage

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    Newport is a beautiful seaside city in Rhode Island that is famous for its genteel mansions and a rich history of yachting, golf, and tennis. With a population of only 25,000 (2020), this scenic resort town punches well above its weight and was known as the "Summer White House" throughout the 1950s and 60s.

11. A Brief History of Newport - Newport Historical Society

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    Because the city was such a well-known hot-bed of revolutionary fervor, and because of its long history of disdain for royal and parliamentary efforts to control its trade, the British occupied Newport from 1776 to 1779, and over half of the town’s population fled.