Madison County History and Genealogy

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Newport


From Atlas of Madison County by J.A. Caldwell, Condit, Ohio (1875)

Newport, Walnut Run P.O., is located in the north-east part of Paint Township, four miles south from London, on the London and Midway turnpike, and surrounded by a fine farming and stock-growing country. it was laid out by Ephraim Freshour and William coberly. There are two churches — one Methodist Episcopal, the other Methodist; two blacksmith shops, a wagon shop, two shoe shops, two groceries, and a saw-mill. The population is about 100.

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