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===Establishment=== [[File:OldmapNewportTwp..jpg|thumb|left|An old map of Newport Township]] Newport was incorporated as a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in 1790. It is one of the original townships in Luzerne County. The municipality derives its name from [[Newport, Rhode Island]]. The first settlement in modern-day Newport Township was established by Major Prince Alden in 1772. A few years later, his sons (Mason and John) erected a forge on [[Nanticoke Creek]]. One of the first stores in the territory was established by Jacob Ramback; it was constructed on a road between [[Wanamie, Pennsylvania|Wanamie]] and [[Nanticoke, Pennsylvania|Nanticoke]].<ref name="Newport Township">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pagenweb.org/~luzerne/patk/newport.htm|title = Newport Township}}</ref> Due to the growing [[coal mining]] industry in the [[Wyoming Valley]] (in the 19th century), farmers were selling large tracts of land to the coal companies. Even [[sawmills]] and [[gristmills]] were replaced by coal mines. [[Alden, Pennsylvania|Alden]], [[Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania|Glen Lyon]], and Wanamie were just a few of the mining villages in the township. Mine shafts and collieries were constructed throughout the territory.<ref name="Newport Township"/>
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