Newport, Arkansas Newport, Arkansas Former Jackson County Courthouse in Newport Former Jackson County Courthouse in Newport Location in Jackson County and the state of Arkansas Location in Jackson County and the state of Arkansas State Arkansas Newport is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Jackson County, Arkansas, United States, positioned on the White River 84 miles (135 km) northeast of Little Rock.
Newport is home to a ground of the Arkansas State University system, with particular focus on training in transit careers.
Newport is known as the town in which Sam Walton owned a Ben Franklin store before to starting Wal-Mart.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.7 square miles (35.5 km2), of which 13.4 square miles (34.8 km2) is territory and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), or 1.92%, is water. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Newport has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Newport's Missouri Pacific Depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places About 23.6% of families and 28.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 40.6% of those under age 18 and 17.5% of those age 65 or over.
The Grimes Unit and the Mc - Pherson Unit, prisons of the Arkansas Department of Correction, are positioned in Newport, off Arkansas Highway 384, 4 miles (6 km) east of central Newport. The prison homes the state's death row for women. The United States Postal Service operates the Newport Post Office. Newport is supported with enhance education from the Newport School District, including Newport High School.
The chief campus of the two-year improve college, Arkansas State University-Newport is positioned here.
Mike Beebe, former Governor of Arkansas Les Eaves, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from White County; businessman in Newport Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., appointed to succeed John Mc - Clellan as United States Senator upon Mc - Clellan's death in 1977 Martha Shoffner, Treasurer of the State of Arkansas from 2007 to 2013 Dwight Tosh, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Jonesboro; former Newport resident and former state police officer Jim Wood, Arkansas State Auditor from 2003 to 2011 Jackson County Courthouse (Arkansas) "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Newport city, Arkansas".
Climate Summary for Newport, Arkansas "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
The Newport Independent, the city's journal presented since 1901 Newport Area Chamber of Commerce Arkansas State University-Newport History of Newport's Jewish improve (from the Institute of Southern Jewish Life) Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, Arkansas, United States County seat: Newport Cities in Jackson County, Arkansas - Cities in Arkansas - County seats in Arkansas
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