Newport is a village in Rock County, Nebraska, home to about 46 people across 0.3 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 68759.
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| Nearest major airport | Eppley Airfield (OMA)198 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field (LBF)123 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Lincoln, NE185 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL598 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Newport; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Newport had 68 residents in the 2020 census, down 31% since 2000.
It’s the 513th largest of 580 towns in Nebraska by population.
Rock County grew from 2,809 residents in 1900 to 1,262 in 2020.
Rock County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 85°F in summer, and winter lows average 11°F. About 27.3 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 42 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Newport, NE weather station (about a mile away).
350 jobs at 47 businesses in Rock County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Newport.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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