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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 ). The shipyard is a major employer, not only for the lower Virginia Peninsula, but ...
1497043 [4] Website. www.nnva.gov. Newport News ( / ˌnuːpɔːrt -, - pərt -/) [6] is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [5] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United States.
April 3, 1968. Country. United States. State (s) Virginia. Location (s) Newport News. Thomas Brooks III (born August 8, 1948) is a convicted American murderer and fugitive who is wanted by the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC). On April 3, 1968, Brooks and three other teenagers participated in the robbery and murder of a man in Newport ...
1881–1896: tiny farming village becomes a new city. Newport News was merely an area of farm lands and a fishing village until the coming of the railroad and the subsequent establishment of the great shipyard. As a 16-year-old in 1837, Collis P. Huntington had visited the rural village known as Newport News Point.
Hilton Village. / 37.02944°N 76.46083°W / 37.02944; -76.46083. Hilton Village is a planned English-village-style neighborhood in Newport News, Virginia. Recognized as a pioneering development in urban planning, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The neighborhood was built between 1918 and 1921 in response to the ...
Collis P. Huntington High School, commonly referred to as just Huntington High School (opened in 1927) was a black high school located in the East End section of Newport News, Virginia, US, during the era of racial segregation. After desegregation, it became an integrated intermediate school (eighth and ninth grades), and in 1981 was converted ...
January 7, 1857. Kingston, New York, U.S. Died. February 12, 1912. Walter A. Post (January 7, 1857 - February 12, 1912) was the first mayor of Newport News, Virginia. [1] He was born in Kingston, New York, on 7 January 1857, and studied as a civil engineer. [2]
Robert B. Smith (Virginia mayor) Robert B. "Bob" Smith was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from September 1, 1956 to June 30, 1958. Prior to serving as mayor, Smith had served as the head of the news operation for the city's Daily Press and Times-Herald newspapers. [1] In 1946, he served as an officer for the city's Golden Anniversary ...