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906
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$68,355
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America/New_York
19804
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Newport, DE - History
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Welcome to the Newport Home page. The Newport Home page provides as much information as possible on Newport. Knowing Newport’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Newport’s Home page, you will also find Newport’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Newport has a population of 906. 54.7% of Newport’s inhabitants are Male, and 45.3 are female. 37.4% of Newport is married and 32.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $217,384, and the average rent is $1,059. Household median income in Newport is $68,355, and the individual median income is $31,875. Newport’s Ethnic is the following: White(67.7%), Black(25.5%), Hispanic(19.1%), Other(3.6%), Multiple(2.1%), Asian(1.1%).
Prior to European settlement, the Minquas (or Susquehannock) peoples lived in and around modern-day Newport. This heritage is reflected in the name of the Minquas Fire Company, Newport's volunteer fire company. The first land grant for the area were awarded to the Duke of York in 1641. In 1735, longtime area resident and businessman John Justis purchased 100 acres (0.40 km2) and several years later the streets of a town called Newport-Ayre were laid out.
According to Newport histories, Justis saw the area's potential as a commercial crossroads and a port. George Washington passed through during the Revolutionary War during preparations for the Battle of the Brandywine in 1777. The town dropped "Ayre" from its name by the time what would become the U.S.
Postal Service opened a branch office there in 1793. Newport became a center of commerce in the early 19th century, as Conestoga wagons transported farm products from as far away as Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Newport's docks on the Christina River, where the supplies were loaded on ships bound for Boston, New York and Philadelphia.
The town's important role in trade ebbed as new roads favored the larger town of Wilmington and the railroad reached the area in 1837. Newport incorporated in 1873 and became a manufacturing center, boasting chemical works, glue factory and iron works in 1900. Henrik J. Krebs, founder of Krebs Pigments and Chemical Company, built a plant in town in 1908.
The facility was purchased by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in 1929 and later sold to it to Ciba-Geigy in 1984.The Armstrong Lodge No. 26, A.F. & A.M., Collison House, Galloway-Walker House, Killgore Hall, Joseph Killgore House, Newport National Bank, Newport Railroad Station, Joseph Tatnall House, Lewis Weldin House, and Woman's Club of Newport are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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