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  2. Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    51-56000 [3] GNIS feature ID. 1497043 [4] Website. www.nnva.gov. Newport News ( / ˌnuːpɔːrt -, - pərt -/) [6] is an independent city in Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [5] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United ...

  3. History of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    This property comprises all of the land in Newport News along the James River from Newport News Point to the Mariner's Museum. 1881–1896: tiny farming village becomes a new city. Newport News was merely an area of farm lands and a fishing village until the coming of the railroad and the subsequent establishment of the great shipyard.

  4. Timeline of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of cities and counties in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    e. Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.

  6. Phillip Jones (politician) - Wikipedia

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    Years of service. 2012 - 2018 (Active), 2018 - present (Reserves) Rank. Major. Phillip Damon Jones (born September 19, 1989) is an American politician and the current mayor of Newport News, Virginia. [2] He is the 27th and youngest directly elected mayor of the Virginia city. [3] [b]

  7. List of mayors of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    "Mayors, City of Newport News," provided by Newport News Office of Intergovernmental and Community Relations, 2005 ^ "Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones advocates for housing, transportation funding during White House visit" .

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