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Newport News city, Virginia

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—digitized titles
38historic places
—earliest paper
1902formed
186,247pop. 2020
4cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 38 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Newport News (Independent City), Newport News.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Newport News city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

12 of 38 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

38 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Basic Construction Company Headquarters BuildingNewport NewsBuilding2019
Boldrup Plantation Archeological SiteNewport News (Independent City)Site1982
Causey's MillNewport News (Independent City)Building2008
Daily Press BuildingNewport NewsBuilding2025
Dam No. One Battlefield SiteNewport News (Independent City)Site1995
Denbigh Plantation SiteNewport News (Independent City)Site1970
Endview PlantationNewport News (Independent City)Building2008
Fields, James A., HouseNewport News (Independent City)Building2002
First Baptist Church-Newport NewsNewport News (Independent City)Building2000
First Denbigh Parish Church Archeological SiteNewport News (Independent City)Site1982
Fort CraffordNewport News (Independent City)Building1974
Greenlawn CemeteryNewport News (Independent City)Site1999
Hilton VillageNewport News (Independent City)District1969
Hotel WarwickNewport News (Independent City)Building1984
Jones, Matthew, HouseNewport News (Independent City)Building1969
Lee HallNewport News (Independent City)Building1972
Lee Hall DepotNewport NewsBuilding2010
Lee's Mill EarthworksNewport NewsSite2003
Medical Arts BuildingNewport News (Independent City)Building2002
Newport News Downtown Historic DistrictNewport NewsDistrict2023
Newport News Middle Ground Light StationNewport News (Independent City)Structure2002
Newport News Public LibraryNewport News (Independent City)Building2005
Newsome, J. Thomas, HouseNewport News (Independent City)Building1990
Noland Company BuildingNewport News (Independent City)Building2010
North End Historic DistrictNewport News (Independent City)District1986
Queen Hith Plantation Complex SiteNewport News (Independent City)Site1983
Richneck Plantation SiteNewport News (Independent City)Site1977
Riverside ApartmentsNewport News (Independent City)Building1983
Simon Reid Curtis HouseNewport NewsBuilding2009
Skiffes Creek Sand Spit SiteNewport News (Independent City)Site1983
Smith's PharmacyNewport NewsBuilding2002
Southern Terminal RedoubtNewport News (Independent City)Site1983
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic ChurchNewport NewsBuilding2005
Stuart Gardens ApartmentsNewport NewsDistrict2025
Temple SinaiNewport News (Independent City)Building2015
Walker-Wilkins-Bloxom Warehouse Historic DistrictNewport NewsDistrict2020
Warwick County CourthousesNewport News (Independent City)Building1988
Whittaker Memorial HospitalNewport NewsBuilding2009

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Newport News (Ic) was formed in 1902 (1902-07-10) from unknown / original county.

Newport News made an independent city from WARWICK (extinct).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Newport News city population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

186k103k20k19001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
19,63535,59637,06742,358113,662144,903180,150186,247

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Colonial National Historical ParkNational Historical Park19.2 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

4 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 4 of 4 listed
NameLatLon
Maney Cemetery37.03999-76.45293
Morrison Cemetery37.06875-76.48836
Peninsula Memorial Park Cemetery37.09405-76.49917
Warwick River Mennonite Cemetery37.10696-76.54539

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Big Bethel8868.7 kmVA003
Suffolk / Hill'S Point62532.6 kmVA031

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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