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Newport is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,133 at the 2020 census. [2] The town's borders surround the shoreline of Sebasticook Lake.
Location Map for Newport. Population Trend 1820-2010. [NEW-port] is a town in Penobscot County, once known as Great East Pond Plantation, incorporated on June 14, 1814 from township T4 R3 NWP, as surveyed by Ephraim Ballard and Samuel Weston in 1792. Great East Pond is the former name of Sebasticook Lake.
Town History. In 1792 Ephriam Ballard and Samuel Weston surveyed 23,000 acres of what is now called Newport. At the time of the survey the area was part of Lincoln County and called East Pond Plantation. In 1795, John Hubbard of Readfield purchased what later became the entire township.
Newport, Maine, at the junction of Routes 2, which connects travelers with the Canadian Maritimes and New Hampshire and Vermont and Route 7, which starts in Belfast and ends in the Central Maine town of Dover and also is the direction that one would travel to Moosehead Lake. Newport also boasts several I-95 interchanges.
Aug 23, 2022 · Newport is a remarkable example of a thriving little town in Penobscot County, Maine. It has everything a tourist would want in a destination: a rich history, lots of local culture and businesses, and an active community.
Feb 9, 2023 · You can find a “port” in the names of more than a dozen Maine towns and cities, but nearly all of them are located along the coast. Newport isn’t even close to the ocean. The mystery was solved by reading a history of Newport which was written in 1914 for the town’s centennial celebration.
Newport is a census-designated place (CDP) consisting of the main area of settlement within the town of Newport in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,776 at the 2010 census. Geography
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