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Newport News was incorporated in 1896, the new incorporated town. In 1958, by mutual consent by referendum, Newport News was consolidated with Warwick , rejoining the two localities to approximately their pre-1896 geographic size under the more widely-known name of Newport News.
In 1619, the area of Newport News was included in one of four huge corporations of the Virginia Company of London, and became known as Elizabeth Cittie, which extended west all the way to Skiffe's Creek (currently the border between Newport News and James City County.
Key Dates: 1886: Newport News is founded by Collis P. Huntington. 1893: Company is awarded its first U.S. Navy contract. 1951: New president, William Blewett, Jr., steers company into nuclear power. 1968: Tenneco Inc. acquires Newport News. 1982: Newport News is awarded $3.1 billion U.S. Navy contract. 1994: Company reenters commercial market.
Newport News was also an important supply and embarkation port in both world wars. In 1952 the city was made independent of Warwick county, in which it was located. That same year Warwick county was incorporated as the city of Warwick, and in 1958 Newport News and Warwick merged as the city of Newport News.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Newport News, Virginia, United States. 19th century. 1862 – Naval Battle of Hampton Roads fought near Newport News village during the American Civil War. 1880 – Old Dominion Land Company created by Collis Potter Huntington "to secure railway right-of-ways" on the Virginia Peninsula. [1]
In 1952, Hampton, Phoebus and Elizabeth City incorporated as a city, proclaiming their independence from Newport News. Likewise, in an effort to stave off amalgamation with Newport News, Warwick also became a city that year.
Newport News was incorporated as a city within Warwick county in 1896. In 1952 the city was made independent, while the remainder of the county was incorporated as the independent city of Warwick. In 1958 the cities of Warwick and Newport News merged as the city of Newport News.
