Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 located at 30°51′1″N 93°45′15″W (30.850397, –93.754149). [6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5 square miles (14 km 2), of which 5.5 square miles (14 km 2) is land and 0.18% is water.
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.
File:Map of Texas highlighting Newton County.svg. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 631 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 253 × 240 pixels | 505 × 480 pixels | 808 × 768 pixels | 1,077 × 1,024 pixels | 2,155 × 2,048 pixels | 12,473 × 11,855 pixels. This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page ...
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
Area code. 409. FIPS code. 48-20212 [1] GNIS feature ID. 1334321 [2] Deweyville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Newton County, on the central eastern border of Texas, United States. The population was 571 at the 2020 census, down from 1,023 at the 2010 census.
N. National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton County, Texas. Category: Texas counties. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
UTC-5 (CDT) 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]