Newport Center, Vermont Explained

Official Name:Newport Center, Vermont
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Vermont#USA
Pushpin Label:Newport Center
Coordinates:44.9506°N -72.3064°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Vermont
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Orleans
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:Newport
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.03
Area Land Km2:1.02
Area Water Km2:0.01
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population:231
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation M:237
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:05857
Area Code:802
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:50-49000
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2586643

Newport Center is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Newport, Orleans County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 231,[2] out of 1,526 in the town of Newport.

The CDP is in northern Orleans County, north of the geographic center of the town. It is in the valley of Mud Creek, a northwest-flowing tributary of the Missisquoi River, which flows west to Lake Champlain.

Vermont Route 105 passes through the village center, leading northwest 6miles to North Troy next to the Canadian border and east-southeast the same distance to the city of Newport on Lake Memphremagog.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – Vermont . United States Census Bureau . October 18, 2021.
  2. Web site: Newport Center CDP, Vermont: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. October 18, 2021.