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Newmarkettown authorized in 1801 to be est. in Orange County at or near Woody's Ferry on Haw River. It was a project of the Deep and Haw River Company designed to improve river navigation, but apparently the town was never laid out.
Newporttown in W Carteret County on Newport River. Inc. 1866. Alt. 20 ft. First known as Bells Corners, but Quakers from Rhode Island settled there and changed the name to Newport for the city in their native state.
Newportchartered 1789 to be county seat of Tyrrell County. On SW side of Scuppernong River at Back Landing. The town was never built.
Newport Marshesa marshy island in Newport River about 1 mi. NE of Morehead City between the channel of the Intracoastal Waterway and Crab Point Thorofare in central Carteret County. Formerly Haystack Marshes.
Newport News PointSE Tyrrell County, extends from the mainland into Alligator River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Nupernuse Point.
Newport Riverrises in W Carteret County and flows about 23 mi. E and SE into the central part of the county, where it enters Bogue Sound. Appears as Coranine River on the Lawson map, 1709, but as Newport River on the Moseley map, 1733.
Newport Townshipon Newport River and Broad Creek in NE Carteret County. For a time called township no. 3.
Newsomcommunity in S Davidson County on Yadkin River. Alt. 558. Named for the family from whom land was acquired for the railroad station.
Newsomecommunity in E Wayne County between Walnut Creek and West Bear Creek.
Newsome Storecommunity in SE Hertford County.