Newport, Arkansas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Jonesboro. It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the northeast of Newport and has a population of 55,515 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Paragould. It is located about 49 miles [78 km] to the northeast of Newport and has a population of 22,017 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Augusta	S	24 mi [38.62 km]	2,250	15.57% decrease
	Bald Knob	SW	28 mi [45.06 km]	3,420	6.54% increase
	Batesville	NW	24 mi [38.62 km]	9,511	0.7% increase
	Brinkley	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	3,211	18.5% decrease
	Cherokee Village	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	4,778	2.8% increase
	Earle	SE	49 mi [78.9 km]	2,735	9.91% decrease
	Forrest City	SE	49 mi [78.9 km]	13,281	10.11% decrease
	Heber Springs	W	45 mi [72.4 km]	7,203	11.99% increase
	Hoxie	NE	32 mi [51.5 km]	2,647	6.03% decrease
	Marked Tree	E	45 mi [72.4 km]	2,634	5.93% decrease
	Pocahontas	N	46 mi [74 km]	6,713	2.99% increase
	Searcy	SW	38 mi [61.2 km]	22,299	17.81% increase
	Trumann	E	39 mi [62.8 km]	6,794	1.38% decrease
	Walnut Ridge	NE	35 mi [56.3 km]	4,664	5.3% decrease
	Wynne	SE	36 mi [57.9 km]	8,437	2.07% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Airport Village	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Amagon	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	86	9.47% decrease
	Beedeville	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	96	8.57% decrease
	Campbell Station	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	205	10.09% decrease
	Diaz	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]	1,156	9.97% decrease
	Grubbs	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	395	9.82% decrease
	Island Town	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Jacksonport	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	206	12.34% decrease
	Magness	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	193	1.05% increase
	Newark	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,227	0.66% increase
	Oil Trough	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	253	16.06% increase
	Swifton	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	785	9.87% decrease
	Tuckerman	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	1,644	6.43% decrease
	Tupelo	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	160	9.6% decrease
	Weldon	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	91	9% decrease

Jackson County

Newport is located in Jackson County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson: Craighead, Cross, Independence, Lawrence, Poinsett, White and Woodruff. Although it doesn't share a border with Jackson, Sharp it is close to Newport.

Below are counties that are near Newport (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Newport:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Newport
	Cleburne County	W	Almond	32 miles [51 km]
	Craighead County	NE	Chilson	14 miles [22 km]
	Cross County	SE	Pittinger	18 miles [28 km]
	Greene County	NE	Fontaine	34 miles [54 km]
	Independence County	W	Elmo	8 miles [12 km]
	Izard County	NW	Lafferty	38 miles [61 km]
	Lawrence County	NE	Alicia	20 miles [32 km]
	Poinsett County	E	Pitts	11 miles [17 km]
	Randolph County	N	Cox Ferry	38 miles [61 km]
	Saint Francis County	SE	Macedonia	38 miles [61 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Arkansas<3>

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