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Newport, Washington seen in a real photo postcard mailed on October 7, 1913. Newport was given its name in 1890 due to its selection as a landing site for the first steamboat on the Pend Oreille River. [6] Newport was officially incorporated on April 13, 1903. [7] The first river bridge was built in 1906, and was replaced in 1926, [6] and again ...
State Route 20 (SR 20), also known as the North Cascades Highway, is a state highway that traverses the U.S. state of Washington.It is the state's longest highway, traveling 436 miles (702 km) across the northern areas of Washington, from U.S. Route 101 (US 101) at Discovery Bay on the Olympic Peninsula to US 2 near the Idaho state border in Newport.
Washington, in the Pacific Northwest, was the 42nd state admitted to the union. Thirty-one of the 50 United States are home to a Washington County. There are more than 200 Washington Townships in the United States, including five (plus one Washington Borough) in the state of New Jersey.
U.S. Route 195 (US 195) is a north–south United States Highway, of which all but 0.65 miles of its 94.02 miles (1.05 of 151.95 km) are within the state of Washington.
State Road 23 was renumbered to State Road 6 and later co-signed with US 195 from Spokane to Newport in 1926. In 1937, the primary and secondary system was created, renumbering State Road 6 to PSH 6 and creating two branch routes and two secondary routes, Secondary State Highway 6A (SSH 6A) and SSH 6B .
Pend Oreille County (/ ˌ p ɒ n d ə ˈ r eɪ / POND-ə-RAY) is a county located in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Washington, along the Canada–US border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,401. [1] The county seat and largest city is Newport. [2] The county was created out of Stevens County on March 1, 1911. [3]
Newport is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 2127 and 1288 on Texas State Highway 59, 24 mi (39 km) southeast of Henrietta in extreme southeastern Clay County and northeastern Jack County. [3]
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