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History · Newport Center

Newport Center’s post office opened in 1862, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1920 on.

1862first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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How Newport Center began

When was Newport Center founded?

1862

The Newport Center post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 231164 years
Founding year: the first Newport Center post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Newport Center’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Newport Center are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19203 editions of the USGS map, 1920 to 1986. Watch Newport Center change.Old housesHalf of Newport Center’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newport Center’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Newport Center on the map, 1920 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Newport Center. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Newport Center on the 1920 USGS mapNewport Center on the 1953 USGS mapNewport Center on the 1986 USGS map1920Irasburg sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Newport Center.

The story so far

Newport Center, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Newport Center yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Newport Center is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Newport, Orleans County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 231, out of 1,526 in the town of Newport.

Its first post office opened in 1862. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 274 to 231 (-16%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Newport Center

Nobody well known was born in Newport Center itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Theodore RobinsonAmerican artist · b. 1852
E. Mason HopperFilm director · b. 1885
Horace TaborAmerican politician · b. 1830
Charles Kendall AdamsAmerican educator and historian · b. 1835
Carroll S. PageAmerican politician · b. 1843
Eugene FossAmerican politician · b. 1858

Questions about Newport Center’s history

What year was Newport Center founded?

The Newport Center post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.