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Newton is a city in and the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 18,602. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Newton is located 25 miles (40 km) north of Wichita .
In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway extended a main line from Emporia to Newton. [4] In 1872, Harvey County was founded, and named in honor of the fifth Governor of Kansas James M. Harvey. [5]
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Newton Township is a township in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,950. Geography. Newton Township covers an area ...
HSUS formed after a schism surfaced in the American Humane Association over pound seizure, rodeo, and other policy issues. The incorporators of HSUS included four people—Larry Andrews, Marcia Glaser, Helen Jones, and Fred Myers—all of whom were active in the leadership of existing local and national groups, who would become its first four employees.
The Schowalter Foundation is a Kansas-based Mennonite philanthropic foundation formed in 1954 from the estate of Jacob A. Schowalter of Newton, Kansas.. Initially funded with an estate of $1,157,000, [2] the foundation's assets reached $10,298,000 in 2003 ranking among the top thirty Kansas foundations. [3]
The Mennonite Settler is a 17-foot limestone statue in Newton, Kansas, honoring Mennonite farmers and their wheat heritage. The statue was crafted in 1942 by Topeka artist Max Nixon out of native Kansas limestone. It depicts a bearded Mennonite farmer with hat in hand, in an attitude of prayer. The sculpture rests on a mosaic tile base with the ...