As an unincorporated community, Newport has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own but does have its own post office with the 48166 ZIP Code.

[4] Other nearby communities include the village of Estral Beach to the east, South Rockwood to the northeast, and Carleton to the northwest.

The unincorporated community of Oldport is located to the east along Swan Creek Road at the intersection with North Dixie Highway.

Swan Creek runs though the center of the community and flows for about 5 miles (8.0 km) to the east into Lake Erie.

[9] Newport was first settled in the Michigan Territory as early as 1830 by the French, who named it Rivière aux Signes (Swan Creek).

[21] The original station was moved and restored, and it is currently used as educational building for the nearby Newport Community Church.