page_title: Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania
context_page_description: Newport Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2010, the population was 5,374. Newport is located on the outskirts of Nanticoke City.
context_section_description: According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 17.2 square miles (44.5 km²), of which 16.8 square miles (43.4 km²) is land and 0.42 square miles (1.1 km²), or 2.49%, is water. Most of the township is forested. It is drained by the Susquehanna River (which forms its northern boundary).
  The northern and southern portions are mountainous. The elevation of Penobscot Mountain reaches 1,500 to 1,629 feet (457 to 497 m) above sea level along the township's southern border with Slocum Township. Most of the people live in the basin of Newport Creek, which flows northeast from Glen Lyon to the Susquehanna River (in Nanticoke).  Newport Township consists of the communities of Alden Station, Glen Lyon, Lee, Newport Center, Sheatown, and Wanamie. The State Correctional Institute at Retreat is in a remote area of the municipality (along the Susquehanna River). The facility can only be accessed by a bridge over the river from U.S. Route 11 or by helicopter.
caption: Houses in Glen Lyon
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