Welcome to Newtown ...

Newtown is located in El Dorado County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Newtown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1854.

When the people of Newtown refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Newtonian<2>

Newtown is 2,440 feet [744 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Newtown is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Newtown lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Newtown: (530)

Websites for Newtown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eldoradocounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Newtown, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Newtown ...

While we believe that this Newtown is located in El Dorado County, we know of another 4 California communities named Newtown. Those communities are located in the following counties: Mariposa, Nevada, Shasta and Solano County.

Beyond California, there are 68 communities that are also named Newtown - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland (5), Massachusetts, Missouri (2), Montana, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York (4), Newfoundland and Labrador (5), Nova Scotia (3), Ohio (5), Pennsylvania (10), South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Virginia (9), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Newtown.

Communities near Newtown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Newtown.

• Placerville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville
  • Placerville is located in El Dorado County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,077 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placerville <4>
• Plymouth
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <4>
• Tiger Lily
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
  • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
• Pollock Pines
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock Pines
  • Pollock Pines is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pollock Pines <4>
• Diamond Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
  • Diamond Springs is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond Springs <4>
• Fair Play
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
  • Fair Play is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fair Play <4>
• Fresh Pond
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fresh Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond
  • Fresh Pond is located in El Dorado County
• El Dorado
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
  • El Dorado is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Dorado <4>
• Grizzly Flatx
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly Flatx
  • Grizzly Flatx is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grizzly Flatx <4>
• Pacific
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pacific have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
  • Pacific is located in El Dorado County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Newtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Newtown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Newtown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newtown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Newtown. See our Newspapers Page for Newtown.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Newtown ...

Looking for more information about Newtown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Newtown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Newtown.

Adding Newtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Newtown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Newtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Newtown post office opened in 1854.

We also found Newtown in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Newtown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Newtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for El Dorado County: www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/