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About Newport

Newport is a city in and the county seat of Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,126 at the 2010 census. == History == Newport was given its name in 1890 due to its selection as a landing site for the first steamboat on the Pend Oreille River. Newport was officially incorporated on April 13, 1903. The first river bridge was built in 1906, and was replaced in 1926, and again in 1988.Newport began a tourism campaign in 1987 that involved planting hundreds of national, state, and city flags to transform itself into the "City of Flags". The scheme was abandoned a decade later after issues with theft and maintenance.On July 14, 2015, an explosion took place at Zodiac Aerospace. Five people were injured, and people were urged to stay at least 2000 feet from the facility. == Geography == Newport is located at an elevation of 2,160 feet (658.5 m) and according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.07 square miles (2.77 km2), all of it land.The town of Oldtown, Idaho, is just to the east of Newport, and on the Pend Oreille River. There are no natural or physical barriers between the two towns, and it is strictly a political division, separated by the straight-line state boundary. About one-half mile north of Newport, the Pend Oreille River enters Washington state and flows north to Canada.