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Newport, Kentucky

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Newport-Fort Thomas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41071. The Survey maps it on the Newport quadrangle. 14,150 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 512 feet above sea level.

Newport within Campbell County

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 of 19 shown

Every listing in Campbell County

Surveyed buildings and structures 11 records

Population over time

2 figures

Newport fell from 15,273 to 14,150 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.

YearPeople Change
201015,273
202014,150-1,123 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Photographs

8 of 10 photographs shown, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

The Newport, Kentucky, World Peace Bell was, for a period of six years from 2000 to 2006, the largest swinging bell in the world
The Newport, Kentucky, World Peace Bell was, for a period of six years from 2000 to 2006, the largest swinging bell in the world
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The Campbell County Courthouse in the Ohio River city of Newport, Kentucky, was completed in 1884
The Campbell County Courthouse in the Ohio River city of Newport, Kentucky, was completed in 1884
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
U.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Newport, Campbell County, KY
U.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Newport, Campbell County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, #7A Bottling Shop, Sixth & Columbia Streets, Newport, Campbell County, KY
George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, #7A Bottling Shop, Sixth & Columbia Streets, Newport, Campbell County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, Boiler Room, Sixth & Columbia Streets, Newport, Campbell County, KY
George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, Boiler Room, Sixth & Columbia Streets, Newport, Campbell County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, Brew House, Sixth & Columbia Streets, Newport, Campbell County, KY
George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, Brew House, Sixth & Columbia Streets, Newport, Campbell County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, Case Warehouse, Sixth & Columbia Streets, Newport, Campbell County, KY
George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, Case Warehouse, Sixth & Columbia Streets, Newport, Campbell County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, Racking & Wash House, Sixth & Columbia Streets, Newport, Campbell County, KY
George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, Racking & Wash House, Sixth & Columbia Streets, Newport, Campbell County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Campbell County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Newport: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tin, Lead, Antimony, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Avril Co/ Cincinnati, OhioTin, Lead, AntimonyUnknown
N L Industries/ Cincinnati, OhioZirconiumUnknown

Every working recorded in Campbell County

Storms near this place

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newport in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 5 hail, 3 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Flash FloodNewport$50,000State Route 9 was closed due to a landslide near the Wilder/Newport border.
July 2016Flash FloodNewport$50,000Over 20 homes were flooded, with up to 6 feet of water in more than a dozen of the homes.
July 2013FloodNewport$50,000Several basements of homes on Riddle Place in Newport were flooded due to heavy rainfall.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindNewport$20,000Roof and fascia damage occurred to a shopping plaza due to thunderstorm winds.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindNewport$20,000Strong winds caused a roof to be blown off a structure.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindNewport$10,000A large tree was downed onto a residence.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindNewport$10,000Several trees and power lines were downed in the Newport area, including on 4th Avenue, in the 100 block of Covert Run Pike and near the intersection of Waterworks Road and Taylor Avenue.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindNewport$5,000Several trees were reported knocked down on cars.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNewport$5,000A large tree fell onto a car on 4th Street in Newport.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindNewport$5,000Numerous trees were knocked down across the northern part of the county.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindNewport$4,000Several trees were downed in the Newport area.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNewport$3,000A few trees were downed in Dayton.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindNewport$3,000Several trees and power lines were downed.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindNewport$2,000Two trees were downed along Isabella Street in Newport, between 7th and 8th Streets.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindNewport$2,000Trees were reported down in the Newport area due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindNewport$1,000A tree was reported knocked down in the 800 block of Lincoln Road.
July 2013Flash FloodNewport$1,000Roads were closed from 11th Street and Monmouth Street to 18th Street and Monmouth Street due to heavy rainfall.
July 2010Flash FloodNewport$1,000Roads were impassible due to heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding.
May 2009HailNewport$1,000no account filed
April 2024FloodNewport-High water was reported on Moock Road at Woodland Hills Drive.
July 2019FloodNewport-High water was reported on several streets in Newport.
August 2016Flash FloodNewport-Several streets were flooded by over one foot of water.
April 2014Heavy RainNewport-High water due to poor drainage was reported on Highway 27 in Newport.
August 2003Flash FloodNewport-Numerous roads were flooded and closed across the southern Cincinnati suburbs. Several homes had flooded basements.
May 2018HailNewport-no account filed
September 2018HailNewport-no account filed
June 2005HailNewport-no account filed
June 1995HailNewport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Campbell County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
The Estates At Wiedemann Mansion0.7 miles19
Clifton0.8 miles19
Cote Brilliant1.0 miles19
Woodlawn1.1 miles19
Bellevue1.4 miles19
Southgate1.8 miles19
Dayton1.9 miles19
Rossford2.4 miles19

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 NewportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1762809The 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 499438. 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.

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.