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Newport, Vermont (city)

Newport is a city and the county seat[4] of Orleans County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 4,455. The city contains the second-largest population of any municipality in the county (only neighboring Derby is larger), and has the smallest geographic area. It is the second-smallest city by population in Vermont. Newport is also the name of a neighboring town in Orleans County.

Newport, Vermont
Newport from Lake Memphremagog
Location in Vermont
Newport, Vermont
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 44°56′39″N 72°12′16″W / 44.94417°N 72.20444°W / 44.94417; -72.20444Coordinates: 44°56′39″N 72°12′16″W / 44.94417°N 72.20444°W / 44.94417; -72.20444
CountryUnited States
StateVermont
CountyOrleans
Organized1918
Government
 • MayorPaul Monette (I)
 • City ManagerLaura Dolgin (R)
Area
 • Total7.63 sq mi (19.76 km2)
 • Land5.83 sq mi (15.09 km2)
 • Water1.80 sq mi (4.67 km2)  20.87%
Elevation
722 ft (208 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total4,455
 • Density580/sq mi (230/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
05855
Area code802
FIPS code50-48850[2]
GNIS feature ID1461773[3]
Websitewww.newportvermont.org

Newport was founded by European Americans as a settlement in 1793 and was first called Pickeral Point. It was the place where Rogers' Rangers retreated to in 1759, during the French and Indian War (or Seven Years War between the French and British).

In the 19th century, the village was stimulated by construction of the railroad here in 1863, during the American Civil War. The lumbering firm Prouty & Miller operated here from 1865. Long after the post-war Reconstruction era, the village was the site for a Reunion Society of Vermont Officers in 1891. Newport has two public schools, one private school and a branch of the Community College of Vermont. As of the 2010 census there were 4,589 people.

History

Early

In 1753, during the French and Indian War, an Abenaki band took English captive John Stark by canoe down Lake Memphremagog and came ashore at the site where the city of Newport later developed. Allies of the French during this war, they had captured Stark in a raid. They held him until his family and community raised a ransom. They then returned him to his home in New Hampshire. Given the warfare on the border with Canada, both sides took captives for ransom beginning in the late 17th century. Business was brisk at the time of Queen Anne and other English rulers.

Newport as a settlement was founded in 1793, after the American Revolutionary War.[5] The village was first called Pickeral Point, but later renamed as Lake Bridge for its location at the head of Lake Memphremagog.[6]

In 1816, part of the former town of Salem was annexed to the Town of Newport; it was absorbed into what was then a village.[7]

The railroad was constructed to Newport in 1863.[8] In 1868, the Lake Bridge settlement was incorporated as the Village of Newport. It became a busy lumber town. The lumbering firm of Prouty & Miller was started in 1865.[9]

In 1932, during the Great Depression, the city operated a poor farm for the indigent, who worked for their board.[10]

Transportation

The Lady of the Lake steam excursion/ferry boat started operating in 1867. It stopped operations in 1917. This steamboat is used as Newport's logo.

In 1868, a livery stable started operating behind a hotel, several blocks from the railway station, which opened in 1863. At its peak, its owner kept 100 horses there.[11]

By the late 19th century, the Boston & Maine and Central Vermont railroads were routed through Lake Bridge. The small village expanded because of increased connections to outside markets and ease of transportation; it attracted more residents. By the late 20th century, railroad passenger traffic had declined because people relied on individual vehicles; the last passenger train left Newport in 1965.[12]

In 1917, the city paved Main Street. By the summer of 1930, traffic on the street had increased to 4,000 motor vehicles a day.[13]

The city sold its airport to the state of Vermont in the 1970s.[14]

Military

Rogers' Rangers, a Vermont militia, were forced to retreat through the county following their attack on Saint-Francis, Quebec in 1759, during the French and Indian War. To confound their pursuers, they split up on the east shore of Lake Memphremagog. One group followed the Clyde River east. Another followed the Barton River south.[15]

In the early 19th century, the women of pioneer Calvin Arnold's household refused to continue to live there. It was located near what is now Clyde Pond, and subject to raids by Indians.[16]

During the American Civil War, the city had a scare when they received news of the St. Albans Raid. They thought these raids might repeat throughout the state, particularly at the south end of the lake. The militia was turned out. The ferry from Magog was met with determined-looking armed men, much to the captain's surprise, who had heard nothing about the raid. Armed Norwich University students were shipped in by train. Nothing happened and everyone was sent home after a few days.[8]

In 1891, the American Civil War Reunion Society of Vermont Officers held its annual reunion in Newport.[17]

In August 1942, a single-engine Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) training plane crashed into the lake near the west shore and the city, killing the pilot, the only occupant.[18]

Architecture

 
Railroad station and steamboat Lady of the Lake in 1908

In 1873, the Bellevue Hotel was built to accommodate 75; later it expanded to hold 100 guests. It was renamed as the Newport House by 1891. It was demolished in 1973.[19] The Memphremagog Hotel burned in 1907.[12]

The Newport Wharf Light was a tower built on Lake Memphremagog in 1879. It has since been demolished.[20]

The current county courthouse was built in 1886.[13] That was the year that the legislature moved the shire town here.[21] In 1879, the Field Opera House and Clock Tower was constructed. In 1896, it was destroyed by fire. The municipal building was later constructed at this site.[22]

Lane's Opera House was constructed in 1892. It burned in 1923.[23]

 
A postcard image of Newport and Lake Memphremagog around 1910

The Goodrich Memorial Library was built in 1899.[24] The parochial Sacred Heart School was opened in 1904 as part of the Burlington Roman Catholic Diocese School District.[25] It closed in the fall of 2007 because of falling enrollment.

 
Main Street in 1908

In 1917, the city of Newport was formed from portions of the towns of Newport (former village of Newport) and Derby (former village of West Derby). It was organized on March 5, 1918. The four elementary schools were named after the section of the city they were in: East, West, and South schools. Newport High was across from the West School. There were 60 businesses downtown; east, west and south had an additional 40 businesses.[26]

The current federal courthouse was built in 1904. At the time, it included the United States post office, which has since relocated to a more modern facility.[13]

The city was once divided into at least five neighborhoods: Chief-O, Stove-Pipe City, Skunk Hollow, French Village, and Batesville. Most of these names are not used in the 21st century. Batesville was the section around Prouty Bay. Skunk Hollow was in the valley west of Western Avenue.[27]

Business

 
St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church, completed 1877.

The lumbering firm Prouty & Miller, started in 1865. It operated for more than 100 years, closing in the 1980s.[9]

The Frost Veneer Mill, located on Prouty Bay, was once a primary employer in the Batesville neighborhood.[27]

Between 1936 and 1953, the International Club in Newport had the largest dance floor in New England. 220 by 60 feet (67 by 18 m).[28] It could hold 2,000 dancers. Notable national performers entertained here while en route between the larger cities of Boston and Montreal, traveling on the Boston & Maine trains. They included: Louis Armstrong, Charlie Barnet, Les Brown, Cab Calloway, Rosemary Clooney, the Dorsey Brothers, Jimmy and Tommy; Stan Kenton, Kay Kyser, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller, Tony Pastor, and Louis Prima.[29][30]

In 2003, the Newport-headquartered Citizens Utility was sold. Its assets and operations were divided between Great Bay Hydro and Vermont Electric Cooperative.[16] The Vermont Teddy Bear Company once had a plant within the city.[31] A Columbia Forest Products plant employed about 100 workers.[32] A local subsidiary of an international ski clothing manufacturer once employed 30 workers.[33] It closed in 2011.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.6 square miles (20 square kilometres), of which 6.0 square miles (16 km2) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) (20.87%) is water. The city surrounds the southern shore of Lake Memphremagog. Three of the four major rivers in the county empty into the lake here: the Clyde, Barton, and the Black.

Newport borders the towns of Coventry to the south, Newport to the west, and Derby to the north and east.

Climate

Climate data for Newport, Vermont (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1930–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 64
(18)
68
(20)
83
(28)
87
(31)
94
(34)
95
(35)
98
(37)
95
(35)
96
(36)
84
(29)
75
(24)
66
(19)
98
(37)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 46.8
(8.2)
50.4
(10.2)
59.2
(15.1)
76.1
(24.5)
84.7
(29.3)
89.1
(31.7)
89.5
(31.9)
88.4
(31.3)
84.9
(29.4)
75.1
(23.9)
63.7
(17.6)
51.1
(10.6)
90.0
(32.2)
Average high °F (°C) 23.4
(−4.8)
27.1
(−2.7)
36.6
(2.6)
50.8
(10.4)
64.8
(18.2)
73.1
(22.8)
77.7
(25.4)
76.2
(24.6)
68.9
(20.5)
54.8
(12.7)
41.1
(5.1)
29.2
(−1.6)
52.0
(11.1)
Daily mean °F (°C) 13.7
(−10.2)
16.0
(−8.9)
25.8
(−3.4)
40.0
(4.4)
53.3
(11.8)
62.3
(16.8)
67.2
(19.6)
65.3
(18.5)
57.8
(14.3)
45.2
(7.3)
33.2
(0.7)
21.3
(−5.9)
41.8
(5.4)
Average low °F (°C) 3.9
(−15.6)
5.0
(−15.0)
14.9
(−9.5)
29.2
(−1.6)
41.9
(5.5)
51.6
(10.9)
56.6
(13.7)
54.5
(12.5)
46.8
(8.2)
35.6
(2.0)
25.3
(−3.7)
13.5
(−10.3)
31.6
(−0.2)
Mean minimum °F (°C) −19.6
(−28.7)
−15.1
(−26.2)
−8.7
(−22.6)
16.1
(−8.8)
28.8
(−1.8)
38.7
(3.7)
46.2
(7.9)
43.0
(6.1)
32.3
(0.2)
23.3
(−4.8)
8.3
(−13.2)
−9.0
(−22.8)
−21.9
(−29.9)
Record low °F (°C) −38
(−39)
−38
(−39)
−32
(−36)
−2
(−19)
20
(−7)
28
(−2)
36
(2)
32
(0)
23
(−5)
11
(−12)
−7
(−22)
−40
(−40)
−40
(−40)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 2.83
(72)
2.44
(62)
2.83
(72)
3.34
(85)
3.94
(100)
4.52
(115)
4.54
(115)
4.42
(112)
3.93
(100)
4.29
(109)
3.35
(85)
3.40
(86)
43.83
(1,113)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 21.5
(55)
20.2
(51)
18.4
(47)
4.5
(11)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.8
(2.0)
7.0
(18)
25.2
(64)
98.6
(250)
Average extreme snow depth inches (mm) 15.7
(40)
20.7
(53)
20.9
(53)
9.0
(23)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.6
(1.5)
5.0
(13)
11.4
(29)
24.6
(62)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 17.9 13.2 13.7 13.2 14.4 15.0 14.5 13.3 11.8 14.9 15.2 17.0 174.1
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 14.3 10.8 8.6 2.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 4.9 11.7 53.4
Source: NOAA[34][35]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1880920
18901,73088.0%
19002,78761.1%
19103,65731.2%
19204,97636.1%
19305,0942.4%
19404,902−3.8%
19505,2176.4%
19605,019−3.8%
19704,664−7.1%
19804,7562.0%
19904,434−6.8%
20005,00512.9%
20104,589−8.3%
20204,455−2.9%
U.S. Decennial Census

From its founding, Newport's population plateaued around 5,000 people until 1950 when it started dropping. It reached bottom in 1990 at 4,434. In 2010 the population dropped from the 2000 census, and it still had not reached its 1950 high which was 5,217. As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 4,589 people, 2,086 households, and 1,191 families residing in the city. The population density was 830.0 people per square mile (320.5/km2). There were 2,342 housing units at an average density of 388.4 per square mile (150.0/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 96.14% White, 0.76% Black or African American, 0.62% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 1.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.28% of the population. Thirty-three percent were of French Canadian and French ancestry, 16% English, and 14% Irish.

There were 2,086 households, out of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.9% were non-families. 35.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the city, the population was distributed by age with 22.2% under 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males.

In 2013, about 31% of adults in the area were obese. This was the highest in the state.[36]

Economy

Personal income

In 2017, the median income for a household in the city was $34,000. The median income for the state was $53,700.[37] The median income for a family was $34,922. Males had a median income of $33,810 versus $19,787 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,054. About 13.0% of families and 18.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.4% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

The per capita income is the highest in Orleans County. The income ranks it 108 out of 282 census areas in Vermont.

Industry

Poulin Grain ships farm feed products to customers in New England and upstate New York.[38] It employs about 50 workers. The plant produces feed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.[39]

A Columbia Forest Products plant employs about 100 workers.[32]

A call center employs 120 people.[40][41]

MSA manufactures military combat helmets.[42]

Health industry

North Country Hospital is the city's largest employer, employing 605 people.[43]

Orleans-Essex Visiting Nurses Association and Hospice employs 100 people locally.

Northeast Kingdom Human Services serves people with mental health needs.

Social services are provided in part by the Northeast Kingdom Community Action, located here and in other Northeast Kingdom sites.

Tourism

A commercial ice fishing derby has been held in February since 2004. In 2010, there were 920 participants.[44]

The only Soap Box Derby in Vermont is held in the city annually. The winner represents the state in the nationals.[45]

The local Rotary has held an annual music festival involving county high schools since 1947.[46]

Non-local government

 
Orleans County courthouse in Newport

The Northern State Correctional Facility, Newport Court, Reparative Services, and Vermont Correctional Industries are located in the city.

City government

Municipal offices are located in the former National Guard Armory, 222 Main Street, Newport.

Elected government consists of four aldermen with staggered two-year terms and a mayor.[47]

The city has a paid staff for tax assessment/zoning administrator, public works department, police, fire, recreation and parks, city attorney, and harbor master.

There are decision-making boards which are filled by unpaid appointees: planning commission (5 people, three-year terms), harbor commission (5 people, two-year terms), development review board (nine people, three-year terms), and a recreation committee.

There are normal officers for Vermont cities and sometimes towns, except they are appointed for cities: Delinquent tax collector, town service officer, animal control, health officer, tree warden, weigher of coal, inspector of wood and shingles, representative to NVDA (Northeastern Vermont Development Association) board, representative to EDC board (Vermont Economic Development Authority), and Fence Viewers.

Budget (proposed 2014–2015) – $2.99 million. About $1 million is for the police force.[48]

In 2017, the Grand List (total of taxable property) was $399 million.[49] About 25% of this is non-taxable, belonging to government and religious entities.[50]

Officials

The city is governed under the mayor-council system. In 2020, its mayor is Paul Monette. The council is composed of Dan Ross, Melissa Pettersson, Kevin Charbonneau and John Wilson.[51] The city clerk/treasurer is James D. Johnson,[52] and the city manager is Laura Dolgin.[53]

Former mayors

Elections

Fifty-four percent of those registered voted in the 2008 general election. This was the lowest turnout in the county.[54]

Education

Newport has two public schools: an elementary school, Newport City Elementary, and a high school, North Country Union High School. There is one private school, the United Christian Academy. In 1996 United Christian Academy was formed uniting Roman Catholic and Protestant churches in offering quality high school education. Elementary was later added following the closing of Sacred Heart School.

School districts

The city has a school board that governs the operation of Newport Elementary.

School Board directors include Leo Willey (chair), Corinna Lancaster (vice chair), Marcy Miller, Patrick Haugwitz, and Phil Laramie.

The budget for the Newport City Elementary School was $4,435,765 in 2007.

In addition, the city belongs to North Country Supervisory Union with members from nearby towns. They operate the North Country Union High School and the North Country Union Junior High School. The supervisor hired by this union board supervises the town school, as well as the union schools.

  • Member, North Country Union High School Board – Tim DelaBruere (2010), Richard Cartee (2008) and James Privee (2009)[55]

Higher education

Newport is home to a branch of the Community College of Vermont which enrolls nearly 300 students.[56] It awards an Associate's Degree for these undergraduate studies.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Major routes

 
U.S. Route 5 in Newport at the junction of Vermont Route 191 heading toward Interstate 91.
  •   U.S. Route 5 – connects the city with the town of Coventry to the south, and the town of Derby to the north and east
  •   VT Route 14 – connects the city with Coventry
  •   VT Route 100 – connects the city with the Town of Newport
  •   VT Route 105 – connects the city with the Town of Newport (concurrent with route 100), and the town of Derby (concurrent with route 5)
  •   VT Route 191 – "Access Road", connects I-91, Exit 27, to the city of Newport

U.S. Route 5 and VT Route 105 are concurrent through much of their routes through the city.

Interstate 91 is the nearest interstate highway, and runs through the neighboring town of Derby. Two exits (for VT Route 191 and for US 5/VT 105) provide access to Newport.

The city has six stoplights, which is most of the stoplights in the county. Five are on Route 5.

Major bridges

There are three major bridges over the South Bay of Lake Memphremagog, two of which connect two parts of the city, the former village of Newport with the former village of West Derby. Those two are the bridge on Route 5, and the "Long Bridge" connecting Route 5 to Mt. Vernon Street. Plans are underway to replace this latter bridge starting in 2012. It will cost about $5.26 million. The state will pay 90%; the city, the remainder.[57]

The final bridge is the trestle for the railway.

Local community public and private transportation

RCT (Rural Community Transportation), a non-profit organization, runs out of Saint Johnsbury and services Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans counties.[55] For general use, there are four buses north and south during the week from west Newport city to Derby, and two buses each way on Saturday. The fare is 25 cents.[58]

Railroads

The city was once a junction for the Boston & Maine Railroad's Alouette and Red Wing trains splitting northwest to Montreal on the Canadian Pacific Railway and other Red Wing sections joining the New Haven Railroad's Connecticut Yankee and going directly north on Quebec Central Railway tracks to Sherbrooke, Quebec and Quebec City. Trains went south on Boston and Maine tracks towards New York City and on B&M tracks also towards Boston via Concord, New Hampshire. The Connecticut Yankee was the last strictly north–south international train, and it stopped going north across the border in the mid-1950s.

Washington County Railroad (known by the reporting mark WACR) – In 2007 WACR was awarded a 30-year contract by the State of Vermont to operate the rail line between White River Junction and Newport. Today the only regular service on this line is freight traffic.

Central Maine and Quebec Railway (known by the reporting mark CMQ) – The CMQ operates the line running northwest through North Troy and eventually on to Farnham, Quebec. It interchanges freight traffic with the WACR at Newport yard, just south of town.

The Massawippi Valley Railway line, which was part of the Quebec Central Railway, once ran east of Lake Memphremagog up to Lennoxville, Quebec, but it has been abandoned and the right-of-way has been converted into a mixed-use bicycle and walking path.

Airport

The city is served by the Northeast Kingdom International Airport.[59] It contains two runways of 4,000 feet (1,200 m) each 05–23, and 18–36.

Sewage

The city discharged an average of 908,917 US gallons (3,440,630 l; 756,832 imp gal) of treated wastewater daily into the Clyde River in 2003–2004.[60]

Media

  • The Newport Daily Express – published daily except Saturdays and Sundays in Newport. Owned by Horizon Publications out of Marion, Illinois. Printed in Canada.
  • Newport Dispatch – online-only news updated daily.[61]

Notable people

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Further reading

External links

  • City of Newport, Vermont – Official website
  • "Newport. A village and the county-seat of Orleans County, Vt." . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

newport, vermont, city, eponymous, adjacent, england, town, newport, vermont, town, newport, city, county, seat, orleans, county, vermont, united, states, 2020, census, population, city, contains, second, largest, population, municipality, county, only, neighb. For the eponymous adjacent New England town see Newport Vermont town Newport is a city and the county seat 4 of Orleans County Vermont United States As of the 2020 Census the population was 4 455 The city contains the second largest population of any municipality in the county only neighboring Derby is larger and has the smallest geographic area It is the second smallest city by population in Vermont Newport is also the name of a neighboring town in Orleans County Newport VermontCityNewport from Lake MemphremagogSealLocation in VermontNewport VermontLocation in the United StatesCoordinates 44 56 39 N 72 12 16 W 44 94417 N 72 20444 W 44 94417 72 20444 Coordinates 44 56 39 N 72 12 16 W 44 94417 N 72 20444 W 44 94417 72 20444CountryUnited StatesStateVermontCountyOrleansOrganized1918Government MayorPaul Monette I City ManagerLaura Dolgin R Area 1 Total7 63 sq mi 19 76 km2 Land5 83 sq mi 15 09 km2 Water1 80 sq mi 4 67 km2 20 87 Elevation722 ft 208 m Population 2020 Total4 455 Density580 sq mi 230 km2 Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP code05855Area code802FIPS code50 48850 2 GNIS feature ID1461773 3 Websitewww newportvermont orgNewport was founded by European Americans as a settlement in 1793 and was first called Pickeral Point It was the place where Rogers Rangers retreated to in 1759 during the French and Indian War or Seven Years War between the French and British In the 19th century the village was stimulated by construction of the railroad here in 1863 during the American Civil War The lumbering firm Prouty amp Miller operated here from 1865 Long after the post war Reconstruction era the village was the site for a Reunion Society of Vermont Officers in 1891 Newport has two public schools one private school and a branch of the Community College of Vermont As of the 2010 census there were 4 589 people Contents 1 History 1 1 Early 1 2 Transportation 1 3 Military 1 4 Architecture 1 5 Business 2 Geography 2 1 Climate 3 Demographics 4 Economy 4 1 Personal income 4 2 Industry 4 3 Health industry 4 4 Tourism 4 5 Non local government 5 City government 5 1 Officials 5 2 Former mayors 5 3 Elections 6 Education 6 1 School districts 6 2 Higher education 7 Infrastructure 7 1 Transportation 7 1 1 Major routes 7 1 2 Major bridges 7 1 3 Local community public and private transportation 7 1 4 Railroads 7 1 5 Airport 7 2 Sewage 7 3 Media 8 Notable people 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksHistory EditEarly Edit In 1753 during the French and Indian War an Abenaki band took English captive John Stark by canoe down Lake Memphremagog and came ashore at the site where the city of Newport later developed Allies of the French during this war they had captured Stark in a raid They held him until his family and community raised a ransom They then returned him to his home in New Hampshire Given the warfare on the border with Canada both sides took captives for ransom beginning in the late 17th century Business was brisk at the time of Queen Anne and other English rulers Newport as a settlement was founded in 1793 after the American Revolutionary War 5 The village was first called Pickeral Point but later renamed as Lake Bridge for its location at the head of Lake Memphremagog 6 In 1816 part of the former town of Salem was annexed to the Town of Newport it was absorbed into what was then a village 7 The railroad was constructed to Newport in 1863 8 In 1868 the Lake Bridge settlement was incorporated as the Village of Newport It became a busy lumber town The lumbering firm of Prouty amp Miller was started in 1865 9 In 1932 during the Great Depression the city operated a poor farm for the indigent who worked for their board 10 Transportation Edit The Lady of the Lake steam excursion ferry boat started operating in 1867 It stopped operations in 1917 This steamboat is used as Newport s logo In 1868 a livery stable started operating behind a hotel several blocks from the railway station which opened in 1863 At its peak its owner kept 100 horses there 11 By the late 19th century the Boston amp Maine and Central Vermont railroads were routed through Lake Bridge The small village expanded because of increased connections to outside markets and ease of transportation it attracted more residents By the late 20th century railroad passenger traffic had declined because people relied on individual vehicles the last passenger train left Newport in 1965 12 In 1917 the city paved Main Street By the summer of 1930 traffic on the street had increased to 4 000 motor vehicles a day 13 The city sold its airport to the state of Vermont in the 1970s 14 Military Edit Rogers Rangers a Vermont militia were forced to retreat through the county following their attack on Saint Francis Quebec in 1759 during the French and Indian War To confound their pursuers they split up on the east shore of Lake Memphremagog One group followed the Clyde River east Another followed the Barton River south 15 In the early 19th century the women of pioneer Calvin Arnold s household refused to continue to live there It was located near what is now Clyde Pond and subject to raids by Indians 16 During the American Civil War the city had a scare when they received news of the St Albans Raid They thought these raids might repeat throughout the state particularly at the south end of the lake The militia was turned out The ferry from Magog was met with determined looking armed men much to the captain s surprise who had heard nothing about the raid Armed Norwich University students were shipped in by train Nothing happened and everyone was sent home after a few days 8 In 1891 the American Civil War Reunion Society of Vermont Officers held its annual reunion in Newport 17 In August 1942 a single engine Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF training plane crashed into the lake near the west shore and the city killing the pilot the only occupant 18 Architecture Edit Railroad station and steamboat Lady of the Lake in 1908 In 1873 the Bellevue Hotel was built to accommodate 75 later it expanded to hold 100 guests It was renamed as the Newport House by 1891 It was demolished in 1973 19 The Memphremagog Hotel burned in 1907 12 The Newport Wharf Light was a tower built on Lake Memphremagog in 1879 It has since been demolished 20 The current county courthouse was built in 1886 13 That was the year that the legislature moved the shire town here 21 In 1879 the Field Opera House and Clock Tower was constructed In 1896 it was destroyed by fire The municipal building was later constructed at this site 22 Lane s Opera House was constructed in 1892 It burned in 1923 23 A postcard image of Newport and Lake Memphremagog around 1910The Goodrich Memorial Library was built in 1899 24 The parochial Sacred Heart School was opened in 1904 as part of the Burlington Roman Catholic Diocese School District 25 It closed in the fall of 2007 because of falling enrollment Main Street in 1908 In 1917 the city of Newport was formed from portions of the towns of Newport former village of Newport and Derby former village of West Derby It was organized on March 5 1918 The four elementary schools were named after the section of the city they were in East West and South schools Newport High was across from the West School There were 60 businesses downtown east west and south had an additional 40 businesses 26 The current federal courthouse was built in 1904 At the time it included the United States post office which has since relocated to a more modern facility 13 The city was once divided into at least five neighborhoods Chief O Stove Pipe City Skunk Hollow French Village and Batesville Most of these names are not used in the 21st century Batesville was the section around Prouty Bay Skunk Hollow was in the valley west of Western Avenue 27 Business Edit St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church completed 1877 The lumbering firm Prouty amp Miller started in 1865 It operated for more than 100 years closing in the 1980s 9 The Frost Veneer Mill located on Prouty Bay was once a primary employer in the Batesville neighborhood 27 Between 1936 and 1953 the International Club in Newport had the largest dance floor in New England 220 by 60 feet 67 by 18 m 28 It could hold 2 000 dancers Notable national performers entertained here while en route between the larger cities of Boston and Montreal traveling on the Boston amp Maine trains They included Louis Armstrong Charlie Barnet Les Brown Cab Calloway Rosemary Clooney the Dorsey Brothers Jimmy and Tommy Stan Kenton Kay Kyser Gene Krupa Glenn Miller Tony Pastor and Louis Prima 29 30 In 2003 the Newport headquartered Citizens Utility was sold Its assets and operations were divided between Great Bay Hydro and Vermont Electric Cooperative 16 The Vermont Teddy Bear Company once had a plant within the city 31 A Columbia Forest Products plant employed about 100 workers 32 A local subsidiary of an international ski clothing manufacturer once employed 30 workers 33 It closed in 2011 Geography EditAccording to the United States Census Bureau the city has a total area of 7 6 square miles 20 square kilometres of which 6 0 square miles 16 km2 is land and 1 6 square miles 4 1 km2 20 87 is water The city surrounds the southern shore of Lake Memphremagog Three of the four major rivers in the county empty into the lake here the Clyde Barton and the Black Newport borders the towns of Coventry to the south Newport to the west and Derby to the north and east Climate Edit Climate data for Newport Vermont 1991 2020 normals extremes 1930 present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high F C 64 18 68 20 83 28 87 31 94 34 95 35 98 37 95 35 96 36 84 29 75 24 66 19 98 37 Mean maximum F C 46 8 8 2 50 4 10 2 59 2 15 1 76 1 24 5 84 7 29 3 89 1 31 7 89 5 31 9 88 4 31 3 84 9 29 4 75 1 23 9 63 7 17 6 51 1 10 6 90 0 32 2 Average high F C 23 4 4 8 27 1 2 7 36 6 2 6 50 8 10 4 64 8 18 2 73 1 22 8 77 7 25 4 76 2 24 6 68 9 20 5 54 8 12 7 41 1 5 1 29 2 1 6 52 0 11 1 Daily mean F C 13 7 10 2 16 0 8 9 25 8 3 4 40 0 4 4 53 3 11 8 62 3 16 8 67 2 19 6 65 3 18 5 57 8 14 3 45 2 7 3 33 2 0 7 21 3 5 9 41 8 5 4 Average low F C 3 9 15 6 5 0 15 0 14 9 9 5 29 2 1 6 41 9 5 5 51 6 10 9 56 6 13 7 54 5 12 5 46 8 8 2 35 6 2 0 25 3 3 7 13 5 10 3 31 6 0 2 Mean minimum F C 19 6 28 7 15 1 26 2 8 7 22 6 16 1 8 8 28 8 1 8 38 7 3 7 46 2 7 9 43 0 6 1 32 3 0 2 23 3 4 8 8 3 13 2 9 0 22 8 21 9 29 9 Record low F C 38 39 38 39 32 36 2 19 20 7 28 2 36 2 32 0 23 5 11 12 7 22 40 40 40 40 Average precipitation inches mm 2 83 72 2 44 62 2 83 72 3 34 85 3 94 100 4 52 115 4 54 115 4 42 112 3 93 100 4 29 109 3 35 85 3 40 86 43 83 1 113 Average snowfall inches cm 21 5 55 20 2 51 18 4 47 4 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 7 0 18 25 2 64 98 6 250 Average extreme snow depth inches mm 15 7 40 20 7 53 20 9 53 9 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 5 0 13 11 4 29 24 6 62 Average precipitation days 0 01 in 17 9 13 2 13 7 13 2 14 4 15 0 14 5 13 3 11 8 14 9 15 2 17 0 174 1Average snowy days 0 1 in 14 3 10 8 8 6 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 9 11 7 53 4Source NOAA 34 35 Demographics EditHistorical populationCensus Pop 1880920 18901 73088 0 19002 78761 1 19103 65731 2 19204 97636 1 19305 0942 4 19404 902 3 8 19505 2176 4 19605 019 3 8 19704 664 7 1 19804 7562 0 19904 434 6 8 20005 00512 9 20104 589 8 3 20204 455 2 9 U S Decennial CensusFrom its founding Newport s population plateaued around 5 000 people until 1950 when it started dropping It reached bottom in 1990 at 4 434 In 2010 the population dropped from the 2000 census and it still had not reached its 1950 high which was 5 217 As of the census 2 of 2010 there were 4 589 people 2 086 households and 1 191 families residing in the city The population density was 830 0 people per square mile 320 5 km2 There were 2 342 housing units at an average density of 388 4 per square mile 150 0 km2 The racial makeup of the city was 96 14 White 0 76 Black or African American 0 62 Native American 0 62 Asian 0 22 from other races and 1 64 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1 28 of the population Thirty three percent were of French Canadian and French ancestry 16 English and 14 Irish There were 2 086 households out of which 26 6 had children under the age of 18 living with them 41 0 were married couples living together 12 6 had a female householder with no husband present and 42 9 were non families 35 5 of all households were made up of individuals and 16 0 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 20 and the average family size was 2 84 In the city the population was distributed by age with 22 2 under 18 8 3 from 18 to 24 27 1 from 25 to 44 23 1 from 45 to 64 and 19 3 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 40 years For every 100 females there were 97 4 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93 7 males In 2013 about 31 of adults in the area were obese This was the highest in the state 36 Economy EditPersonal income Edit In 2017 the median income for a household in the city was 34 000 The median income for the state was 53 700 37 The median income for a family was 34 922 Males had a median income of 33 810 versus 19 787 for females The per capita income for the city was 20 054 About 13 0 of families and 18 2 of the population were below the poverty line including 25 4 of those under age 18 and 5 4 of those age 65 or over The per capita income is the highest in Orleans County The income ranks it 108 out of 282 census areas in Vermont Industry Edit Poulin Grain ships farm feed products to customers in New England and upstate New York 38 It employs about 50 workers The plant produces feed 24 hours a day seven days a week 39 A Columbia Forest Products plant employs about 100 workers 32 A call center employs 120 people 40 41 MSA manufactures military combat helmets 42 Health industry Edit North Country Hospital is the city s largest employer employing 605 people 43 Orleans Essex Visiting Nurses Association and Hospice employs 100 people locally Northeast Kingdom Human Services serves people with mental health needs Social services are provided in part by the Northeast Kingdom Community Action located here and in other Northeast Kingdom sites Tourism Edit A commercial ice fishing derby has been held in February since 2004 In 2010 there were 920 participants 44 The only Soap Box Derby in Vermont is held in the city annually The winner represents the state in the nationals 45 The local Rotary has held an annual music festival involving county high schools since 1947 46 Non local government Edit Orleans County courthouse in Newport The Northern State Correctional Facility Newport Court Reparative Services and Vermont Correctional Industries are located in the city City government EditMunicipal offices are located in the former National Guard Armory 222 Main Street Newport Elected government consists of four aldermen with staggered two year terms and a mayor 47 The city has a paid staff for tax assessment zoning administrator public works department police fire recreation and parks city attorney and harbor master There are decision making boards which are filled by unpaid appointees planning commission 5 people three year terms harbor commission 5 people two year terms development review board nine people three year terms and a recreation committee There are normal officers for Vermont cities and sometimes towns except they are appointed for cities Delinquent tax collector town service officer animal control health officer tree warden weigher of coal inspector of wood and shingles representative to NVDA Northeastern Vermont Development Association board representative to EDC board Vermont Economic Development Authority and Fence Viewers Budget proposed 2014 2015 2 99 million About 1 million is for the police force 48 In 2017 the Grand List total of taxable property was 399 million 49 About 25 of this is non taxable belonging to government and religious entities 50 Officials Edit The city is governed under the mayor council system In 2020 its mayor is Paul Monette The council is composed of Dan Ross Melissa Pettersson Kevin Charbonneau and John Wilson 51 The city clerk treasurer is James D Johnson 52 and the city manager is Laura Dolgin 53 Former mayors Edit Mayors of Newport VermontCurtis S Emery 1918 1919 James T Gardner 1919 1921 Ernest W Savage 1921 1922 William C Lindsay 1922 1925 Tom C Camp 1925 1926 J E McCarten 1926 1931 F D Burns 1931 1932 R W H Davis 1932 1933 H W Fairbrother 1933 1934 John M Bradley 1934 1938 Winston L Prouty 1938 1941 O S Searles 1941 1945 R E Blake 1945 1947 L H McIver 1947 P J Moore 1947 1949 F B Crawford 1949 1952 R E Blake 1952 1953 F L Jenne 1953 1955 J W Natole 1955 1960 F P Davis 1960 1962 E W Logan 1962 1965 M H Carter 1965 1967 K M Frawley 1967 1968 Paul Bouffard 1968 1969 C G Schuman Jr 1969 1971 F H Spates 1971 1974 Augustus Parsons 1974 1976 William V Caputo 1976 1980 Kenneth W Magoon 1980 1982 Betty Jane Durkee 1982 1985 the first woman mayor Michael Bresette 1985 1987 Charles Pronto 1987 1991 Douglas B Spates 1991 1993 Karin Zisselsberger 1993 1999 Reynold R Choiniere 1999 2003 Richard M Baraw 2003 2005 Elwood Woody Guyette 2005 2009 Paul Monette 2009 presentElections Edit Fifty four percent of those registered voted in the 2008 general election This was the lowest turnout in the county 54 Education EditNewport has two public schools an elementary school Newport City Elementary and a high school North Country Union High School There is one private school the United Christian Academy In 1996 United Christian Academy was formed uniting Roman Catholic and Protestant churches in offering quality high school education Elementary was later added following the closing of Sacred Heart School School districts Edit The city has a school board that governs the operation of Newport Elementary School Board directors include Leo Willey chair Corinna Lancaster vice chair Marcy Miller Patrick Haugwitz and Phil Laramie The budget for the Newport City Elementary School was 4 435 765 in 2007 In addition the city belongs to North Country Supervisory Union with members from nearby towns They operate the North Country Union High School and the North Country Union Junior High School The supervisor hired by this union board supervises the town school as well as the union schools Member North Country Union High School Board Tim DelaBruere 2010 Richard Cartee 2008 and James Privee 2009 55 Higher education Edit Newport is home to a branch of the Community College of Vermont which enrolls nearly 300 students 56 It awards an Associate s Degree for these undergraduate studies Infrastructure EditTransportation Edit Major routes Edit U S Route 5 in Newport at the junction of Vermont Route 191 heading toward Interstate 91 U S Route 5 connects the city with the town of Coventry to the south and the town of Derby to the north and east VT Route 14 connects the city with Coventry VT Route 100 connects the city with the Town of Newport VT Route 105 connects the city with the Town of Newport concurrent with route 100 and the town of Derby concurrent with route 5 VT Route 191 Access Road connects I 91 Exit 27 to the city of NewportU S Route 5 and VT Route 105 are concurrent through much of their routes through the city Interstate 91 is the nearest interstate highway and runs through the neighboring town of Derby Two exits for VT Route 191 and for US 5 VT 105 provide access to Newport The city has six stoplights which is most of the stoplights in the county Five are on Route 5 Major bridges Edit There are three major bridges over the South Bay of Lake Memphremagog two of which connect two parts of the city the former village of Newport with the former village of West Derby Those two are the bridge on Route 5 and the Long Bridge connecting Route 5 to Mt Vernon Street Plans are underway to replace this latter bridge starting in 2012 It will cost about 5 26 million The state will pay 90 the city the remainder 57 The final bridge is the trestle for the railway Local community public and private transportation Edit RCT Rural Community Transportation a non profit organization runs out of Saint Johnsbury and services Caledonia Essex and Orleans counties 55 For general use there are four buses north and south during the week from west Newport city to Derby and two buses each way on Saturday The fare is 25 cents 58 Railroads Edit The city was once a junction for the Boston amp Maine Railroad s Alouette and Red Wing trains splitting northwest to Montreal on the Canadian Pacific Railway and other Red Wing sections joining the New Haven Railroad s Connecticut Yankee and going directly north on Quebec Central Railway tracks to Sherbrooke Quebec and Quebec City Trains went south on Boston and Maine tracks towards New York City and on B amp M tracks also towards Boston via Concord New Hampshire The Connecticut Yankee was the last strictly north south international train and it stopped going north across the border in the mid 1950s Washington County Railroad known by the reporting mark WACR In 2007 WACR was awarded a 30 year contract by the State of Vermont to operate the rail line between White River Junction and Newport Today the only regular service on this line is freight traffic Central Maine and Quebec Railway known by the reporting mark CMQ The CMQ operates the line running northwest through North Troy and eventually on to Farnham Quebec It interchanges freight traffic with the WACR at Newport yard just south of town The Massawippi Valley Railway line which was part of the Quebec Central Railway once ran east of Lake Memphremagog up to Lennoxville Quebec but it has been abandoned and the right of way has been converted into a mixed use bicycle and walking path Airport Edit The city is served by the Northeast Kingdom International Airport 59 It contains two runways of 4 000 feet 1 200 m each 05 23 and 18 36 Sewage Edit The city discharged an average of 908 917 US gallons 3 440 630 l 756 832 imp gal of treated wastewater daily into the Clyde River in 2003 2004 60 Media Edit The Newport Daily Express published daily except Saturdays and Sundays in Newport Owned by Horizon Publications out of Marion Illinois Printed in Canada Newport Dispatch online only news updated daily 61 Notable people EditCharles Francis Adams first owner of the Boston Bruins Harry A Black Secretary of State of Vermont 62 Reginald W Buzzell U S Army brigadier general resided in Newport 63 David M Camp Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 1836 1841 Walter H Cleary Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court 64 Rudolph J Daley Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court 65 Lane Dwinell 69th Governor of New Hampshire Duane Graveline astronaut Aaron H Grout son of Josiah Grout and Vermont Secretary of State Josiah Grout 46th Governor of Vermont George H Prouty 52nd Governor of Vermont Winston L Prouty United States Senator William Weston politician who served in the Vermont Senate lived and worked in Newport 66 References Edit 2019 U S Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau Retrieved August 7 2020 a b U S Census website United States Census Bureau Retrieved 2008 01 31 US Board on Geographic Names United States Geological Survey 2007 10 25 Retrieved 2008 01 31 Title 24 Part I Chapter 1 11 Vermont Statutes Accessed 2021 11 01 Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer New York Columbia University Press 1952 p 1314 Austin J Coolidge amp John B Mansfield A History and Description of New England Boston Massachusetts 1859 Derby Vermont New England USA Virtualvermont com 2013 05 25 Archived from the original on 2013 01 05 Retrieved 2014 01 19 a b Robinson C D June 2010 The Memphremagog House and ST Albans Raid Newport Express and Standard 1929 Newport Vermont Northland Journal p 10 a b Vermont Almanac accessed March 2 2008 Wheeler Scott May 2012 Life Down on the Community Poor Farm Part 2 Derby Vermont Northland Journal p 27 Gibson 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now 2 dead link North Country Hospital information Archived 2011 04 26 at the Wayback Machine Creaser Richard February 2 2011 Northeast Kingdom s lakes ripe for ice fishing The Chronicle Barton Vermont p 12 The Chronicle July 1 2009 page 21 Mosholder takes top spot in derby Dr Turcotte Rotary holds sixty ninth annual music festival the Chronicle Barton Vermont April 10 2013 p 3 Newport Vermont Archived 2007 07 07 at the Wayback Machine Gresser Joseph January 15 2014 Aldermen reluctantly approve budget The Chronicle Barton Vermont pp 1A 25A Gresser Joseph June 21 2017 Reappraisal could lead to drop in tax rate The Chronicle Barton Vermont pp 1A Retrieved July 12 2017 Gresser Joseph September 13 2017 Tax rate set water issues discussed The Chronicle Barton Vermont pp 12A 13A Newport City Council Archived 2009 07 18 at the Wayback Machine Newport 2015 Accessed 2015 04 25 City Clerk Treasurer Archived 2009 07 18 at the Wayback Machine Newport 2008 Accessed 2015 4 25 City Manager Archived 2009 07 18 at the Wayback Machine Newport 2015 Accessed 2015 04 25 Voter turnout the Chronicle November 5 2008 a b Annual City amp School Report City of Newport Vermont Memphremagog Press Inc Newport Vermont 2007 Learn About CCV Community College of Vermont ccv edu Retrieved 17 April 2019 Gresser Joseph 21 July 2010 Long Bridge to close for long time Barton Vermont the Chronicle p 8 Rural Community Transportation Large Format Bus Schedule The Highlander Newport Derby Derby Line 2008 Newport Vermont State Airport EFK Vimeo Retrieved 17 April 2019 Basin 17 Lake Memphremagog Watershed Assessment Report Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation Water Quality Division March 2006 p 34 Archived from the original PDF on 2007 08 29 Newport Dispatch Archived from the original on 2019 03 30 Retrieved 2020 02 02 Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society Montpelier VT Vermont Historical Society 1923 p 270 Gen Buzzell Dead at 64 Bennington Evening Banner Bennington VT January 23 1959 p 1 via Newspapers com Romig Walter 1947 The American Catholic Who s Who Vol 7 Grosse Point MI Walter Romig p 65 Obituary Rudolph J Daley Burlington Free Press Burlington VT September 27 1990 pp 2B 9B via Newspapers com Hon William Weston The Express and Standard Newport VT March 30 1875 p 3 via Newspapers com Further reading Edit Northern Vermont PDF The New York Times July 26 1872 Retrieved 2015 01 20 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newport Vermont City of Newport Vermont Official website Newport A village and the county seat of Orleans County Vt New International Encyclopedia 1905 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Newport Vermont city amp oldid 1124202559, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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