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#OTD May 16, 1639, it was agreed an ordered that "the Plantation now begun at the southwest end of the Island shall be called Newport." It was also ordered that the town be "built upon both the sides of the spring." That spring is the namesake of Spring Street in Newport.

#OTD May 16, 1639, it was agreed an ordered that "the Plantation now begun at the southwest end of the Island shall be called Newport." It was also ordered that the town be "built upon both the sides of the spring." That spring is the namesake of Spring Street in Newport.