Newport, Delaware
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Lower Christiana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19804. It stands on White Clay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington South quadrangle. 910 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 33 feet above sea level.
On record in Newport
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 records
Armstrong Lodge No. 26, A. F. & A. M.listed 1993
Collison Houselisted 1993
Galloway-Walker Houselisted 1993
Killgore Halllisted 1993
Joseph Killgore Houselisted 1993
Newport National Banklisted 1993
Newport Railroad Stationlisted 1994
Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Churchlisted 1973
Joseph Tatnall Houselisted 1993
Lewis Weldin Houselisted 1993
Woman's Club of Newportlisted 1993
Wooddale Historic Districtlisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresNewport fell from 1,055 to 910 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,055 | |
| 2020 | 910 | -145 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 33 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1904 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Newport between 2003 and 2005, burning about 12 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 August 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 April 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Newport: 6 past producers, 3 plants, 1 producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Aluminum, Chromium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Minerals/ Wilmington, De. | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| New Castle Plant C-E Minerals | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plant Dupont | Titanium | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plantozark-Mahoning | Fluorine-Fluorite | Plant | ||
| Delaware Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Delaware Brick Co. Pit and Mill | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Constructors Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Delaware Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Delaware Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wilson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newport in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down about a half dozen trees in Newport. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down dozens of trees in Newport. |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Newport | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colony Hills | 0.2 miles | 33 | |
| Newport Heights | 0.3 miles | 33 | |
| Bestfield | 0.4 miles | 33 | |
| Lyndalia | 0.5 miles | 33 | |
| Masonicville | 0.5 miles | 33 | |
| Forest Brook Glen | 0.6 miles | 33 | |
| Woodcrest | 0.6 miles | 33 | |
| Cedar Heights | 0.6 miles | 33 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Newport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q755805 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 214388. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.













