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Newton
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city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Jasper
- Township
- Wade
- Total
- 2.09 sq mi (5.41 km )
- Land
- 2.09 sq mi (5.41 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 525 ft (160 m)
- Density
- 1,329.7/sq mi (513.39/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17–52844
- Website
- www .cityofnewtonil .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Newton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jasper County
- Population
- 2777
- Area
- 4.78039
- Elevation
- 160
- Capital of
- Jasper County
- Official website
- www.newtonillinois.com
- Image
- Jasper County Courthouse in Newton.jpg
- Households
- 1268
- Dialing code
- 618
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- postal code
- 62448
- inception
- 1835-00-00
- P8168
- Etten
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 24801
- Commons category
- Newton, Illinois
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Encyclopedic overview
Newton in 1936
Newton is a city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,777 at the 2020 census. Newton is home to a large coal-fired power plant operated by Illinois Power Generating Co and is close to Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area and Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.