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Newton County, Texas. Newton County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,217. [1] Its county seat is Newton. [2] The county is named for John Newton, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. Newton County is included in the Beaumont - Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Newton is a city in and the county seat of Newton County, Texas, United States. [4] The population was 1,633 at the 2020 census. History.
It was a two-story wooden frame structure and was abandoned when the county seat moved to Newton in 1853. It was demolished in the 1920s. [3] The third and current courthouse was built in 1902, replacing one constructed in 1853, also in Newton. It was designed and built by William Martin and Peter Moodie in the Second Empire style.
June 8, 2011 (TX 12 & LA 12 at Sabine River: Deweyville: Historic Bridges of Texas, 1866-1945 MPS, extends into Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: 4: Newton County Courthouse: Newton County Courthouse
N. National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton County, Texas. Category: Texas counties. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
The town was located on the Sabine River near the site of Deweyville, about 30 miles northeast of Beaumont in southeastern Newton County. The site was platted in 1839 on Princeton Bluff (also known as Possum Bluff). It became a ferry and boat landing site for travellers on the Sabine River. A post office briefly opened from 1880 to 1881.
GNIS feature ID. 1380524 [1] Shankleville is an unincorporated community in Newton County, Texas, United States, founded by James and Winnie Shankle and Stephen McBride. [1][2][3] It was founded as a Freedmen's town, [4] one of over 500 such "freedom colonies" [5] in Texas. [6]
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