Place:Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, United States

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NameNewport
TypeCity
Coordinates35.612°N 91.262°W
Located inJackson, Arkansas, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Walnut Grove Cemetery
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Newport is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Arkansas, United States located on the White River northeast of Little Rock. The population was 7,879 at the 2010 census.

Newport is home to a campus of the Arkansas State University system, with particular focus on training in transportation careers. Newport is known as the town in which Sam Walton owned a Ben Franklin store prior to starting Wal-Mart.

Newport has ten properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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