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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Newport

 
Clickable Map of Monroe County, Michigan and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Monroe County, MI (233) Lenawee County, MI (172) Washtenaw County, MI (342) Wayne County, MI (598) Lucas County, OH (533)  MonroeCounty(233) Monroe County (233)  LenaweeCounty(172) Lenawee County (172)  WashtenawCounty(342) Washtenaw County (342)  WayneCounty(598) Wayne County (598)  LucasCountyOhio(533) Lucas County (533)
Monroe is the county seat for Monroe County
Carleton is in Monroe County
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Essex County, Ontario (91)  ►
 
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1 ► Michigan, Monroe County, Carleton, Newport — Bicentennial Tree —
On Newport Road at Telegraph Road (U.S. 24), on the right when traveling east on Newport Road.
The International Society of Arboriculture and the National Arborist Association jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here during the American Revolutionary Period 1776 · 1976 — — Map (db m227458) HM
2 ► Michigan, Monroe County, Newport — Estral Beach Veterans Memorial —
On Lakeview Boulevard at Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Lakeview Boulevard.
Veterans of All Wars — — Map (db m171137) WM
3 ► Michigan, Monroe County, Newport — Old Hull Road —
On US Turnpike Road 0.3 miles north of Strong Road, on the right when traveling north.
General Hull's army hewed out of the wilderness the first Michigan road when it advanced from the River Raisin to Detroit at the beginning of the War of 1812. In Monroe the original crossing of the river by Hull's Army was at a ford near the . . . — — Map (db m164706) HM
4 ► Michigan, Monroe County, Newport — Prohibition in Berlin Township / "A Bootleggers Paradise" —
On North Dixie Highway at Allore Road, on the right when traveling north on North Dixie Highway.
Prohibition in Berlin Township 1918-1933 Berlin Township was a major rum-running crossroad during the Prohibition years, when alcohol was prohibited from production and consumption, in an effort to battle its social effects. Just as . . . — — Map (db m169467) HM
5 ► Michigan, Monroe County, Newport — St. Charles Church — 1882 —
On North Dixie Highway south of Swan Creek Road, on the right when traveling south.
French-Canadian families settled on the banks of the "Riviere aux Cygnes" in 1816, declaring their faith by celebrating mass in their homes when visited by missionary Redemptorist Fathers. This Swan Creek Mission became a mission of St. Francis . . . — — Map (db m171157) HM
 
 
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026