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Welcome to New Town ...

New Town is located in Hocking County<1>.

New Town is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: New Town lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for New Town: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named New Town ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named New Town: This one is located in Hocking County and the other is located in Guernsey County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 24 communities that are also named New Town - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (2), Georgia (2), Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi (2), New Jersey, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (3) and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near New Town ...

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

  • Athens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Logan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Logan is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,933 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <4>
  • Nelsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Lexington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Crooksville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Glouster
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • McConnelsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Chauncey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Chauncey is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Junction City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • New Straitsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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 New Town. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Town.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Town. 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 New Town.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Town ...

Looking for more information about New Town? 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 New Town, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for New Town.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Hocking, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Town - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the New Town area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the New Town area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.