Newport was settled about 1830 in northeast Monroe County. It was a sawmill location and later located along the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Michigan Central and Detroit & Toledo Shore Line railroads which passed through here.
The D&TSL served the Lee Lumber Company and had a sugar beet loader here, as well as a reverse point crossover here. This was just south of Swan Creek. [EFI]
Photo Info: Top, a 1919 railroad valuation photo of the Newport depot. [CMUL]. 2nd photo, the Michigan Central depot at Newport. Note the display box on the front of the depot. 3rd and 4th photos: The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad depot at Newport. [Alan Loftis] 5th photo, a 1936 image of the depot with industry behind. [Berlin Twp. Historical Society]. 6th and 7th images, the Detroit, Monroe & Toledo interurban depot at Newport in 1911. [UML]
1917, The MC had an agent-operator here around-the-clock. [TRT]
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