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Newton
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city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Jasper
- Total
- 11.34 sq mi (29.37 km )
- Land
- 11.34 sq mi (29.37 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 950 ft (290 m)
- Rank
- 26th in Iowa
- Density
- 1,390.0/sq mi (536.69/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-56505
- Gnis feature id
- 0459514
- Website
- www .newtongov .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Newton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jasper County
- Population
- 15760
- Area
- 28.972986
- Elevation
- 290
- Capital of
- Jasper County
- Official website
- www.newtongov.org
- Image
- Downtown Newton Iowa.jpg
- Households
- 6418
- Dialing code
- 641
Show 10 more facts
- Commons category
- Newton, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Newton, Iowa
- postal code
- 50208
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Newton, Iowa
- native label
- Newton
- inception
- 1850-00-00
- P8168
- Hun
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 25917
- twinned administrative body
- Smila
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Newton is the county seat of and the most populous city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. Located 30 miles (48 km) east of Des Moines, Newton is in Central Iowa. As of the 2020 Census, the city population was 15,760. It is the home of Iowa Speedway and Maytag Dairy Farms.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.