Newport, IN

Newport is a town in Vermillion Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 census counted 416 residents. The town is the county seat of Vermillion County. A post office has been in operation at Newport since 1820. Each fall, specifically the first weekend in October, Newport is host to the Newport Antique Auto Hill Climb, a racing event in which antique vehicles ascend the town's 1800-foot-long, 140-foot-tall hill. The popular event also features a car show, parade, and pageant. Newport is in the North Vermillion Community School Corporation.

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A newcomer can read Newport through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Newport comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Newport was platted in 1828. Newport is located at the confluence of the Little Vermilion and Wabash rivers along Indiana State Road 63, about halfway between the county's north and south borders. Newport hosts to the Newport Antique Auto Hill Climb.