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Newport News is seen in the upper-left quadrant. Newport News is located at 37°4′15″N 76°29′4″W (37.071046, −76.484557). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 120 square miles (310 km 2 ), of which 69 square miles (180 km 2) is land and 51 square miles (130 km 2) (42.4%) is water.
Newport News station is an Amtrak inter-city train station in Newport News, Virginia. The station is the southern terminus of two daily Northeast Regional round trips. It has a single side platform adjacent to a large CSX rail yard.
Coordinates: 37°7′46.7″N 76°32′31.8″W. 1903 Map depicting Warwick County and other "lost counties" of Virginia. Warwick was originally one of the eight shires created in colonial Virginia in 1634. It was consolidated with the independent city of Newport News in 1958.
Newport News, Virginia: Elevation AMSL: 42 ft / 13 m: Coordinates: Website: newportnewsairport.com: Maps; FAA airport diagram: Runways
Originating in York County near the northern side a few miles west of Yorktown, it flows south across the Virginia Peninsula and is almost entirely located in the independent city of Newport News.
Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both naval and commercial ships. Located in the city of Newport News, Virginia, its facilities span more than 550 acres (2.2 km 2 ).
Newport News: 113,662: 138,177: 144,903 2: Hampton: 89,258: 120,779: 122,617 3: Williamsburg--9,870 4: Poquoson--8,726 5: York County, VA: 21,583: 33,203: 35,463 6: James City County, VA--22,763 7: Gloucester County, VA--20,107 Metropolitan Area total: 224,503: 292,159: 364,449
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1] There are 36 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the city.
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.
The state highway, which mostly runs northwest–southeast, heads northeast from Newport News, serving as one highway connecting the downtown areas of Newport News and Hampton. SR 143 parallels both US 60 and Interstate 64 (I-64) extensively, and sometimes very closely, throughout its course.
