Newport Township
Newport Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2020, the population was 4,444. Newport is located on the outskirts of Nanticoke City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 4,430 residents
- Description: township in central Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania”, “Newport Township, Pennsylvania”, and “Township of Newport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include State Correctional Institution – Retreat.
State Correctional Institution – Retreat
Prison
State Correctional Institution – Retreat is a former 350-bed Medium-Security correctional facility for males. Located on the site of the former Retreat State Hospital, the facility is located about 12 miles south of Wilkes-Barre in the northeastern part of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nanticoke and Wanamie.
Nanticoke
Town
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Nanticoke is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,628, making it the third largest city in Luzerne County. Nanticoke is situated 3 miles northeast of Newport Township.
Wanamie
Hamlet
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Wanamie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It is located in the southwestern end of the Wyoming Valley and uses the Nanticoke zip code of 18634.
Sheatown
Hamlet
Sheatown is a census-designated place in Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is adjacent to the west side of the city of Nanticoke. The population of Sheatown was 671 at the 2010 census.
Newport Township
- Category: township of Pennsylvania
- Location: Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From German to Welsh—“Newport Township” goes by many names.
- German: “Newport Township”
- Japanese: “ニューポート・タウンシップ”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Newport (condado de Luzerne, Pensilvania)”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Newport”
- Ukrainian: “Ньюпорт Тауншип”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Newport, Quận Luzerne, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Newport”
- Welsh: “Newport Township, Pennsylvania”
- Welsh: “Newport Township”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Middle Branch Newport Creek and Saint Marys Cemetery.
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