Newton, Illinois

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wade Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62448. The Survey maps it on the Newton quadrangle. 2,777 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 525 feet above sea level.

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Newton within Jasper County

On record in Newton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Embarras River Bridgelisted 1998

Population over time

2 figures

Newton fell from 2,849 to 2,777 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	2,849
2020	2,777	-72 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1941 USGS Newton quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Newton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Newton quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Newton: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Jasper Cty Hwy Dept Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone	Past Producer
	Mc Leansboro Shale Exposure	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

59 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newton in 59 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 33 thunderstorm wind, 21 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$500,000	Trees and power lines were blown down in Newton. There were several reports of roof damage.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$110,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Newton. One large tree fell onto a house.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$70,000	Roof damage reported to several homes and outbuildings in Newton. In addition, trailers flipped at a local dealership and numerous trees blown down. Machine shed destroyed and grain bins damaged near Ste. Marie.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$50,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down on the southwest side of Newton.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$50,000	Local law enforcement reported several trees blown down across Jasper County. Around 200 Norris Electric customers lost power.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$25,000	Numerous trees were blown down in Newton.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$25,000	Numerous tree branches and power lines were blown down in Newton.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$15,000	A tree was blown down, damaging part of a trailer home.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$15,000	Numerous power poles and lines were downed around town.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$15,000	Numerous tree limbs and a power pole were blown down in Newton.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$12,000	A horse barn was blown down and skirting was torn off a nearby mobile home. In addition, a few tree limbs were blown down.
December 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$10,000	Minor damage to the roof of a house and a carport occurred on Davis Street in Newton.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$10,000	Several tree branches were blown down in Newton.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$10,000	A few small trees were blown down.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$5,000	A few trees were blown down between Newton and Yale.
February 2026	Funnel Cloud	Newton	-	A storm chaser reported a funnel cloud west of Newton.
November 2025	Hail	Newton	-	A photo indicated the hailstones were spiky and oblong-shaped.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Several tree limbs were blown down northeast of Newton.
February 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Several trailers had roof damage and trees were broken or blown over on the southwest side of Newton.
August 2022	Flash Flood	Newton	-	State Route 130 from Newton to West Liberty was closed due to flooding. Several vehicles were swept off the road into ditches.
September 2018	Flash Flood	Newton	-	Several bands of rain associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon impacted Jasper County from September 7th through the 8th. The ground was saturated with nearly 3.00 to 5.00 inches of rain when a particularly heavy band of rain moved into southeast Illinois during the afternoon of September 8th. An additional 1.00 to 1.50 of rain in less than three hours produced flash flooding in southern and eastern Jasper county in the early afternoon. Water covered many roads, including IL State highway 130 south of Newton and IL State highway 33 east of newton.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Several buildings were damaged on the south side of Newton.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Storage building was damaged at the fairgrounds and part of the roof was torn off a nearby home. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
January 2005	Flash Flood	Newton	-	Water was flowing across Illinois Route 33 in town.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	A few trees and power lines blown down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Power lines blown down.
November 2005	Tornado (F1)	Newton	-	A tornado touched down 7 miles southwest of Newton. The tornado downed numerous trees and power lines. The majority of the structure damage impacted outbuildings, barns and grain bins. 11 outbuildings were severely damaged or destroyed. Three homes sustained minor damage. One attached garage was destroyed, with the debris carried 150 yards downwind. The tornado lifted about 3.5 miles northeast of Newton.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew over a semi on IL Route 130 north of Newton. The driver was uninjured. In Ste. Marie a cable tower was blown over onto some power lines.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	A power pole was snapped off near the high school.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in Newton.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Several trees and large tree limbs were blown down in the Newton area. Also, a couple of roofs sustained minor damage due to the fallen trees and tree limbs.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Trees and power lines were blown down across the town.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in Newton.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Several power lines were blown down.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	A large tree was blown down in town.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Eight to ten power poles were blown down and some sheet metal was blown off of a barn. Near Route 130 and the St. Marie Spur, a barn and silo were damaged.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew some construction culverts onto Route 33 near Newton. Also, several trees were blown down between Newton and Willow Hill.
March 2026	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
March 2023	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
January 2012	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
March 2005	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
March 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
November 2002	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jasper County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Falmouth	4.5 miles	13
Boos	5.0 miles	10
Lis	5.6 miles	11
Brookville	6.1 miles	13
Bogota	6.5 miles	10
Shamrock	7.0 miles	10
Willow Hill	7.4 miles	10
Rose Hill	7.8 miles	13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Newton	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q575554	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 414496. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.