Editing Newport, North Carolina

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'''Newport''' is a town in [[Carteret County, North Carolina|Carteret County]], [[North Carolina]], United States. The population was 4,510 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3746860| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212193323/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3746860| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Newport town, North Carolina| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref>

==History==
Newport was officially chartered in 1866. Although the crossroads community on the [[Newport River]] was known by that name decades earlier, the area was also known as Bell's Corner and Shepardsville in earlier years. It was the location of the [[Newport Barracks, North Carolina|Newport Barracks]], a [[Union Army|Union]] camp during the [[American Civil War]].

It was also called Shepardsville, in the early 18th century, for Shepard, a local landowner.  The naming of "Newport" can be traced to two prevalent theories: the town was called "New Port" to distinguish it from the "Old Port " of Beaufort, N.C.; and the early influx of Quakers from Rhode Island called the town "Newport" in honor of their native Newport, R.I..

Early industry included agriculture, logging, and [[naval stores]], including [[turpentine]] production. During the town's early history, the Newport River was navigable all the way to Old Topsail Inlet, now known as Beaufort Inlet, which opens to the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The town was home to one of the earliest organized churches in Carteret County, the Newport River [[Primitive Baptist Church]], established 1778. The structure was burned near the end of the Civil War but was soon rebuilt on the corner of Haskett Street and New Bern Street and remains active today.

In 1858, the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad#North Carolina|Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad]] was completed when the final {{convert|96|mi|adj=on}} stretch of rail from [[Goldsboro, North Carolina|Goldsboro]] through Newport to [[Beaufort, North Carolina|Beaufort]] was laid. The community is also the site of numerous Civil War battlefields, forts, and strategic locations. Newport was occupied by Union forces for much of the war.

Part of the town's residential area known as the "housing project" was originally developed as housing for civil service employees and military serving at nearby [[Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point]].

==Newport today==
The town government operates as a [[council–manager government]] form with a mayor, a town manager, and a five-member town council. Members serve staggered terms.

The town is protected by a paid fire department with an active volunteer force, founded in the 1940s by Leon Mann, Jr. The department also provides emergency medical and ambulance services.

Public schools in Newport include the Carteret Pre-K Center, Newport Elementary School, and Newport Middle School. Newport Consolidated School, a first-through-12th-grade school established in 1926, was demolished in 1966 after the county completed construction of a new consolidated high school, [[West Carteret High School|West Carteret High]] in nearby Morehead City. Members of the Newport Consolidated School Alumni Association operate a small school museum in a depot warehouse owned by the North Carolina Railroad in Newport.

==Geography==

Newport is located in west-central Carteret County. [[U.S. Route 70 in North Carolina|U.S. Route 70]], a four-lane highway, passes through the town west of the center; it leads southeast {{convert|10|mi}} to [[Morehead City, North Carolina|Morehead City]] and north {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Havelock, North Carolina|Havelock]]. [[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]] is {{convert|25|mi}} to the north up US-70.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Newport has a total area of {{convert|20.0|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|19.9|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|km2|disp=flip|2}}, or 0.85%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

===Climate===
{{Weather box
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| location    = Newport, North Carolina (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1996–present)

| Jan record high F  = 78
| Feb record high F  = 81
| Mar record high F  = 85
| Apr record high F  = 88
| May record high F  = 97
| Jun record high F  = 100
| Jul record high F  = 101
| Aug record high F  = 99
| Sep record high F  = 94
| Oct record high F  = 93
| Nov record high F  = 85
| Dec record high F  = 80
| year record high F = 101

| Jan high F  = 54.3
| Feb high F  = 56.8
| Mar high F  = 63.1
| Apr high F  = 71.0
| May high F  = 78.3
| Jun high F  = 83.8
| Jul high F  = 87.1
| Aug high F  = 86.6
| Sep high F  = 82.0
| Oct high F  = 73.9
| Nov high F  = 65.4
| Dec high F  = 58.6
| year high F = 71.7

| Jan mean F  = 44.0
| Feb mean F  = 46.4
| Mar mean F  = 52.1
| Apr mean F  = 60.3
| May mean F  = 68.4
| Jun mean F  = 75.5
| Jul mean F  = 79.2
| Aug mean F  = 78.4
| Sep mean F  = 73.6
| Oct mean F  = 64.0
| Nov mean F  = 54.2
| Dec mean F  = 47.6
| year mean F = 62.0

| Jan low F  = 33.7
| Feb low F  = 35.9
| Mar low F  = 41.2
| Apr low F  = 49.6
| May low F  = 58.6
| Jun low F  = 67.2
| Jul low F  = 71.2
| Aug low F  = 70.1
| Sep low F  = 65.2
| Oct low F  = 54.2
| Nov low F  = 43.0
| Dec low F  = 36.0
| year low F = 52.2

| Jan record low F  = 8
| Feb record low F  = 10
| Mar record low F  = 15
| Apr record low F  = 24
| May record low F  = 37
| Jun record low F  = 46
| Jul record low F  = 53
| Aug record low F  = 54
| Sep record low F  = 43
| Oct record low F  = 28
| Nov record low F  = 20
| Dec record low F  = 15
| year record low F = 8

| precipitation colour    = green
| Jan precipitation inch  = 4.61
| Feb precipitation inch  = 4.14
| Mar precipitation inch  = 3.67
| Apr precipitation inch  = 3.52
| May precipitation inch  = 3.22
| Jun precipitation inch  = 5.00
| Jul precipitation inch  = 5.97
| Aug precipitation inch  = 7.75
| Sep precipitation inch  = 9.57
| Oct precipitation inch  = 4.44
| Nov precipitation inch  = 4.78
| Dec precipitation inch  = 3.97
| year precipitation inch = 60.64

| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days  = 10.8
| Feb precipitation days  = 11.6
| Mar precipitation days  = 10.8
| Apr precipitation days  = 9.8
| May precipitation days  = 9.6
| Jun precipitation days  = 11.9
| Jul precipitation days  = 11.4
| Aug precipitation days  = 14.7
| Sep precipitation days  = 12.3
| Oct precipitation days  = 8.6
| Nov precipitation days  = 10.3
| Dec precipitation days  = 11.8
| year precipitation days = 133.6

| source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=mhx
|title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = October 12, 2023}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00316096&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = October 12, 2023}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 121
|1880= 165
|1890= 218
|1900= 328
|1910= 321
|1920= 404
|1930= 481
|1940= 480
|1950= 676
|1960= 861
|1970= 1735
|1980= 1883
|1990= 2516
|2000= 3349
|2010= 4150
|2020= 4364
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Newport racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3746860&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 24, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 3,281
| 75.18%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 453
| 10.38%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 28
| 0.64%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 117
| 2.68%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 11
| 0.25%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 281
| 6.44%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 193
| 4.42%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,364 people, 1,772 households, and 1,161 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,349 people, 1,136 households, and 831 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|456.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,232 housing units at an average density of {{convert|167.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 83.13% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.94% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.63% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.28% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.43% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.55% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.70% of the population.

There were 1,136 households, out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58, and the average family size was 3.04.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,629, and the median income for a family was $43,147. Males had a median income of $30,408 versus $17,063 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $14,260. About 6.6% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.8% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{wikivoyage inline|Newport (North Carolina)|Newport, North Carolina}}
*[https://www.newportnc.gov/ Town of Newport official website]

{{Carteret County, North Carolina}}

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[[Category:Towns in Carteret County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Towns in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1778]]