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Newport News is seen in the upper-left quadrant. Newport News is located at 37°4′15″N 76°29′4″W (37.071046, −76.484557). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 120 square miles (310 km 2 ), of which 69 square miles (180 km 2) is land and 51 square miles (130 km 2) (42.4%) is water.
Coordinates: 37°7′46.7″N 76°32′31.8″W. 1903 Map depicting Warwick County and other "lost counties" of Virginia. Warwick was originally one of the eight shires created in colonial Virginia in 1634. It was consolidated with the independent city of Newport News in 1958.
Some of the cities in the Hampton Roads area, including Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Newport News, Hampton, and Suffolk were formed from an entire county. These cities are no longer county seats, since the counties ceased to exist once the cities were completely formed but are functionally equivalent to counties.
Newport News, Virginia: Elevation AMSL: 42 ft / 13 m: Coordinates: Website: newportnewsairport.com: Maps; FAA airport diagram: Runways
Isle of Wight County, VA to Newport News, VA: Maintained by: Virginia DOT: ID number: 10364: Characteristics; Design: steel lift bridge: Total length: 7,071.4 m (23,200 ft) Width: 20.8 m (68 ft) Longest span: 126.5 m (415 ft) Clearance above: 4.87 m (16.0 ft) Clearance below: 44.1 m (145 ft) open 18.2 m (60 ft) closed: History; Opened
Originating in York County near the northern side a few miles west of Yorktown, it flows south across the Virginia Peninsula and is almost entirely located in the independent city of Newport News.
Newport News: 113,662: 138,177: 144,903 2: Hampton: 89,258: 120,779: 122,617 3: Williamsburg--9,870 4: Poquoson--8,726 5: York County, VA: 21,583: 33,203: 35,463 6: James City County, VA--22,763 7: Gloucester County, VA--20,107 Metropolitan Area total: 224,503: 292,159: 364,449
Newport News station is an Amtrak inter-city train station in Newport News, Virginia. The station is the southern terminus of two daily Northeast Regional round trips. It has a single side platform adjacent to a large CSX rail yard.
Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both naval and commercial ships. Located in the city of Newport News, Virginia, its facilities span more than 550 acres (2.2 km 2 ).
Newport News Marine Terminal. Newport News Marine Terminal is the smallest of the four facilities, with a land area of 140.64 acres (0.5691 km 2). The terminal has a forty-five-foot-deep main channel. The terminal is serviced by 42,720 feet (13,020 m) of rail track and four container cranes. Two berths handle cruise vessels and breakbulk cargo.
