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Newport News

independent city in Virginia, United States
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Summary

Newport News is an independent city in the United States[1]. It draws 6,674 Wikipedia views per month (independent city in the united states category, ranking #8 of 40).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: All-America City Award[3]
  • Member of: GovAI Coalition[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Virginia[5]
  • Country: United States[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: James River[7]
  • Head of government: McKinley L. Price[8], Phillip Jones[9]
  • Instance of: big city[10], independent city in Virginia[11]
  • Shares border with: Isle of Wight County[12], Suffolk[13], Portsmouth[14], Hampton[15], York County[16], James City County[17]
  • Basic form of government: council–manager government[18]
  • Twinned administrative body: Greifswald[19]
  • Postal code: 23601[20], 23602[21], 23603[22], 23605[23], 23606[24], 23607[25], 23608[26], 23609[27], 23612[28], 23628[29]
  • Part of: Hampton Roads[30]
  • Commons category: Newport News, Virginia[31]
  • Said to be the same as: City of Newport News[32]
  • Local dialing code: 757[33]
  • Inception: 1881[34]
  • Coordinate location: 37.070833333333, -76.484444444444[35]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Virginia Peninsula[36]
  • Official website: http://www.nngov.com/[37], https://www.nnva.gov[38]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Newport News, Virginia[39]
  • Population: 180,995[40], 180,329[41], 180,781[42], 182,020[43], 182,385[44], 180,719[45], 186,247[46]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Newport News, Virginia[47]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[48], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[49], New International Encyclopedia[50], The New Student's Reference Work[51]
  • Official name: Newport News[52]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Newport News, Virginia[53]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Newport News include USS Newport News[54], a heavy cruiser[55].

Why It Matters

Newport News has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Entities named for it include USS Newport News[54], a heavy cruiser[55].

FAQs

What awards did Newport News receive?

Honors received include All-America City Award[3].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basic form of government → council–manager government
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Newport News, Virgi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Newport News, Virginia.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidentia"
  2. 7w ago · JuxtaposedJacob · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → independent city in the United States, big city, independent city in Virginia
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Instance of: independent city in Virginia, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787553646073"
  3. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → newport-news
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: newport-news, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289952466|newport news (#289952466)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  4. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → GovAI Coalition
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  5. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3828823
    Taxonomicon id → 1808178
    Said to be the same as → City of Newport News
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: City of Newport News"
  6. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people who died here → Q106150215
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Virginia
    Different from → Newport County
    Head of government → McKinley L. Price, Phillip Jones
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110626, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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