Do you know of Newton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Newton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Newton.
Our sources for Newton (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Newton other than they indicate that Newton would be found somewhere in Saunders County, Nebraska.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1872 and closed in 1895.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Newton ...
We found 49 communities that share the name Newton.
Within Nebraska, the name Newton is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of another 49 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 49 communities, 43 are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Newton.
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Newton.
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Baker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Newton [Baker County].
- Illinois
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Newton [Jasper County].
- Indiana
- Fountain County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Newton [Fountain County].
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Newton [Newton County].
- Wabash County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Newton [Wabash County].
- Iowa
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Newton [Jasper County].
- Kansas
- Chautauqua County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Newton [Chautauqua County].
- Harvey County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Newton [Harvey County].
- Sedgwick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Newton [Sedgwick County].
- Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Newton [Calcasieu Parish].
- Natchitoches Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Newton [Natchitoches Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Newton.
- Maryland
- Caroline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Newton [Caroline County].
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Newton [Middlesex County].
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Newton [Newton County].
- Montana
- Dawson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Newton [Dawson County].
- Yellowstone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Newton [Yellowstone County].
- New Hampshire
- Rockingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Newton [Rockingham County].
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Newton [Sussex County].
- New Mexico
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Newton.
- North Carolina
- Catawba County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Newton [Catawba County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Newton [Washington County].
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Newton [Luzerne County].
- Schuylkill County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Newton [Schuylkill County].
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Newton [Warren County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Newton.
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Newton [Cumberland County].
- Polk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Newton [Polk County].
- Texas
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Newton [Newton County].
- Utah
- Virginia
- Danville City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Newton [Danville City].
- King and Queen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Newton [King and Queen County].
- Pittsylvania County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Newton [Pittsylvania County].
- Washington
- Grays Harbor County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Newton [Grays Harbor County].
- West Virginia
- Randolph County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Newton [Randolph County].
- Roane County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Newton [Roane County].
- Wisconsin
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Newton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Newton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Newton - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Saunders County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Saunders County.
| Big Sandy | |
| Platte River | |
| Firestone | Pohocco |
| Krumel | Sand Creek |
| North Pit | Wahpco |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Newton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |