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We found 49 communities that share the name Newton.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Newton.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 47 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 47 communities, 43 are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
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
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Newton [Pittsylvania County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Dale County
This Newton is located in Dale County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<3> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dale County community of Newton.
Houston County
This Newton is located in Houston County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Newton.
Alberta
This Newton lies 2,000 miles [3,218.7 km]<3> to the northwest.
British Columbia
This Newton lies 2,324 miles [3,740.1 km]<3> to the northwest.
Colorado
Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Newton [Arapahoe County].
Georgia
Baker County
This Newton is located in Baker County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<3> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Newton.
Illinois
Jasper County
This Newton is located in Jasper County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Newton.
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
This Newton is located in Newton County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<3> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Newton.
Wabash County
This Newton is located in Wabash County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabash County community of Newton.
Iowa
Jasper County
This Newton is located in Jasper County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Newton.
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
This Newton is located in Harvey County and lies 986 miles [1,586.8 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harvey County community of Newton.
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
This Newton is located in Calcasieu Parish and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<3> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calcasieu Parish community of Newton.
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
This Newton lies 1,308 miles [2,105 km]<3> to the northwest.
Maryland
Caroline County
This Newton is located in Caroline County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<3> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Newton.
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
This Newton is located in Middlesex County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<3> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Newton.
Michigan
Baraga 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 Michigan community of Newton [Baraga County].
Mississippi
Newton County
This Newton is located in Newton County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<3> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Newton.
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
This Newton is located in Yellowstone County and lies 1,609 miles [2,589.4 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yellowstone County community of Newton.
Nebraska
Saunders 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 Nebraska community of Newton [Saunders County].
New Hampshire
Rockingham County
This Newton is located in Rockingham County and lies 623 miles [1,002.6 km]<3> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Newton.
New Jersey
Sussex County
This Newton is located in Sussex County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<3> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Newton.
New Mexico
Colfax County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Colfax County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colfax County community of Newton.
Grant County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Newton [Grant County].
Newfoundland and Labrador
This Newton lies 1,557 miles [2,505.7 km]<3> to the northeast.
North Carolina
Catawba County
This Newton is located in Catawba County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<3> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catawba County community of Newton.
Ohio
Muskingum 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 Ohio community of Newton [Muskingum County].
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Newton.
Oregon
Washington County
This Newton is located in Washington County and lies 2,318 miles [3,730.5 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Newton.
Pennsylvania
Luzerne County
This Newton is located in Luzerne County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<3> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Newton.
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
This Newton lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<3> to the northeast.
Tennessee
Cumberland County
This Newton is located in Cumberland County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<3> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Newton.
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
This Newton is located in Newton County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<3> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Newton.
Utah
Cache County
This Newton is located in Cache County and lies 1,767 miles [2,843.7 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cache County community of Newton.
Salt Lake County
This Newton is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,771 miles [2,850.1 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Newton.
Washington
Grays Harbor County
This Newton is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,371 miles [3,815.8 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Newton.
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
This Newton is located in Roane County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<3> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Newton.
Wisconsin
Manitowoc County
This Newton is located in Manitowoc County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<3> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manitowoc County community of Newton.
Vernon County
This Newton is located in Vernon County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Newton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Newton ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Cedar Park (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Cross. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Newton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Newton and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Newton to Richmond, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 208 miles [334.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,101 miles [9,818.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,681 miles [7,533.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
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 . 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>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Newton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5618, Longitude: -79.4520 In this case, the coordinates for Newton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
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<6>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<8>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Newton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.402 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.81 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.537 degrees.