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Local Title:
Consolidation
Location: Northend Huntington Heights neighborhood, Warwick Blvd. Newport News VA Description:
"Near this site on July 1, 1958, Mrs. Philip W. Hiden and
Mrs. Homer L. Ferguson, assisted by Shipyard Board
Chairman J. B. Woodward, Jr., cut the ribbon marking the
consolidation of the cities of Warwick and Newport News
into the greater city of Newport News. The merged city's
65 square miles made it the largest in Virginia while its
population of 113,662 gave it third rank in the state."
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