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Welcome to Newton ...The city of Newton is located in Harvey County<1> and is the County Seat for Harvey County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Newton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871. The origin (or the toponymy) of Newton: Named after Newton, Massachusetts (MA). When the people of Newton refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Newtonian<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Newton has a population of 18,874 people<3> (see below for details). Newton is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Newton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Newton: (316) The ZIP code for Newton: 67114<5> Websites for Newton ...Official Website: www.newtonkansas.com/ Chamber of Commerce: www.infonewtonks.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Newton had an population of 18,874 people. This is a decrease of 1.35% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 9.8% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Newton had a population of 19,132 people (or 55.16% of the total population of Harvey County). This makes Newton the county's most populous community. The population of Newton represents 0.67% of the population of Kansas (which has 2,853,118 people), making it the state's 23rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 19,132 people, the population of Newton increased 11.3% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 17,190 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Newton. Communities Also Named Newton ...While we believe that this Newton is located in Harvey County, we know of another 2 Kansas communities named Newton. Those communities are located in the following counties: Chautauqua and Sedgwick County. Beyond Kansas, there are 50 communities that are also named Newton - they are located in Alabama (2), Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana (2), Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah (2), Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Newton. Communities near Newton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Newton.
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 Newton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Newton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Newton. 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 Newton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Newton. Our list includes 45 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Newton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Newton ...Looking for more information about Newton? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Newton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Newton. Adding Newton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Newton 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 Newton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Newton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Newton. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Newton: www.newtonkansas.com/ The official website for Harvey County: www.harveycounty.com/ The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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