Newport News, VA how did this town name come to be? Etc why not Newport, or news, why Newport News. VA?

Answer 1

Nice link hurley!

I like the part of it that's this:

Less dramatically, the city may have derived its name from an old English word "news" meaning "new town." Yet another theory is that the original name was New Port Neuce, named for a person with the name Neuce and the town's place as a new seaport. The founder was Sir William Neuce. He was originally an English soldier and settler in Ireland where he had established Newcestown near Bandon in County Cork. After his death, his partner Daniel Gookin - another English colonist at Carrigaline in Ireland - completed the establishment of his colony in Virginia. That the name was formerly written as "Newport's News" is verified by numerous early documents and maps, and by local tradition. The change to Newport News apparently was brought about by usage, for by 1851 the Post Office Department sanctioned "New Port News" (three words as the name of the first post office, and in 1866 it approved the name as "Newport News", the current form.

That's my vote...it makes sense to me

Answer 2

They were going to call it Newport Rhode Island, but that was taken by a town in Rhode Island. Then they thought they'd name it Newport Times, but that was taken by a newspaper, so they settled on Newport News.

Answer 3

They were going to build a new port there thus the name New port. The news got to england that makes it New Port News.

Answer 4

How about making a banana cream pie. you need to apply a already made pie crust, shrink up the bananas, and get the cream section contained in the pudding aisle at your close by food market. that is a idea in case you won't be able to locate one to purchase without delay.

Answer 5

I think it has to do with all the military there

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia