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2404373 [4] Website. www.newportky.gov. Newport is a home rule-class city [6] at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 14,150 at the 2020 census. Historically, it was one of four county seats of Campbell County. [7]
Campbell County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,076. [1] Its county seats are Alexandria and Newport. [2] The county was formed on December 17, 1794, from sections of Scott, Harrison, and Mason Counties [3][4] and was named for Colonel John Campbell (1735 ...
Newport, Kentucky, United States. Casting Date: December 11, 1998. Musical note: A. World Peace Bell. The World Peace Bell is an international, commemorative bell that ceremonially opened the twenty-first century at 1 January 2000 (00:00:00 EST) with its first swing. It is a secular bell not associated with any single group, but all mankind ...
East Row Historic District is the second largest Historic District in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is located in Newport, Kentucky. The East Row was created by joining two of Newport's Historic Neighborhoods; Mansion Hill and Gateway. General James Taylor Jr. pioneered Newport in the 1790s on 1,500 acres (6.1 km 2) inherited from his father.
Newport Aquarium is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. [ 4 ] The Aquarium has 70 exhibits, 14 galleries, and consists of 1,000,000 US gal (3,800,000 L) of water, including five acrylic tunnels totaling over 200 ft (61 metres) in length. It is the first aquarium to successfully breed shark rays. [ 5 ]
The York Street Historic District in Newport, Kentucky was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1995. Most of the buildings were built in the mid and late Victorian era. The district is bounded by Seventh Street on the north and Tenth Street on the south. The York Street Historic District, while smaller than East Row ...
General James Taylor Mansion, Newport, Kentucky. Taylor was the fifth child born to James Taylor IV and his wife, Anne Hubbard Taylor in Midway, Virginia.His father, James Taylor IV, bought 2,700 acres (11 km 2) of land in Northern Kentucky from his friend George Muse, which was part of the land Muse had been awarded for his military service in the French and Indian War.
July 25, 1996. The Monmouth Street Historic District is located in Newport, Kentucky. The district was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1] The district includes Monmouth Street, the main commercial street of the city, between Third Street (near Newport on the Levee ), then south to Eleventh Street.