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2. Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   51-56000 [3] GNIS feature ID. 1497043 [4] Website. www.nnva.gov. Newport News ( / ˌnuːpɔːrt -, - pərt -/) [6] is an independent city in Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [5] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United ...

3. History of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   This property comprises all of the land in Newport News along the James River from Newport News Point to the Mariner's Museum. 1881–1896: tiny farming village becomes a new city. Newport News was merely an area of farm lands and a fishing village until the coming of the railroad and the subsequent establishment of the great shipyard.

4. Timeline of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. 1862 – Naval Battle of Hampton Roads fought near Newport News village during the American Civil War. 1880 – Old Dominion Land Company created by Collis Potter Huntington "to secure railway right-of-ways" on the Virginia Peninsula. [1] 1882 – Chesapeake and Ohio Railway begins operating. [2] 1883 – Hotel Warwick in business.

5. List of mayors of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   "Mayors, City of Newport News," provided by Newport News Office of Intergovernmental and Community Relations, 2005 ^ "Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones advocates for housing, transportation funding during White House visit" .

6. Newport News Public Schools - Wikipedia

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   Newport News Public Schools (NNPS) is a division of Newport News, Virginia that operates the city's system of public schools. As of 2021-2022 [update] , NNPS had an enrollment of 26,648. [1] NNPS employed about 2,738, including approximately 1,714 teachers.

7. Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport - Wikipedia

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   The airport currently covers 1,800 acres (7.3 km 2), most of it in the city of Newport News and nearly half of the airfield with runways 20 and 25 in York County. When the United States Congress deregulated the airlines in 1978, many airlines serving Patrick Henry Airport consolidated their southeast Virginia services at other airports, and ...