Newton, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Newton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75966. The Survey maps it on the Newton West quadrangle. 1,633 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 194 feet above sea level.
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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
Newton County Courthouselisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresNewton fell from 2,478 to 1,633 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 | 2,478 | |
| 2020 | 1,633 | -845 (-34%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Roganville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Newton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
332 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 332 fires within 5 miles of Newton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,796 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 152 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 152 |
| Debris and open burning | 110 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 686 |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 670 |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEWTON 09:25 |
| 30 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 34 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Newton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
51 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newton in 51 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 5 tornado, 4 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Newton | 3 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Newton | $200,000 | A tornado touched down on the eastern sections of Newton, where is destroyed an abandoned house, another home lost its back porch, which flipped onto the roof and caused major damage to the roof. At least another 15-20 homes received minor damage to its trim or gutters. Numerous trees were blown down or snapped. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Newton | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Newton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Flash Flood | Newton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Newton | $20,000 | Around five inches of rain fell in less than one hour, resulting in deep water across highways north and west of Newton. Minor road damage did occur. |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Newton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Flash Flood | Newton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | The Newton County Sheriffs Department reported trees and power lines down county wide. |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | The Newton County Sheriffs Department reported trees down in Burkeville and a car blown off the road during a thunderstorm. |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| December 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down with other debris blown around the 1700 block of Court Road. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $3,000 | The Texas Department of Transportation reported numerous trees down on roadways in Newton County. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $3,000 | Multiple trees were reported down around the town of Newton during a thunderstorm. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $2,000 | Multiple trees blown down around Newton. |
| January 2024 | Hail | Newton | $2,000 | Large hail broke a few vehicle windshields in the city of Newton. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $2,000 | A tree was blown down on a power line near Newton. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $2,000 | Trees were blown down east of Newton. |
| November 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $2,000 | A tree was blown down during a severe thunderstorm. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| January 2024 | Hail | Newton | - | Multiple reports and pictures of large hail to around 4 inches in diameter was received from Newton. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Newton | - | KFDM relayed a report of penny sized hail in Newton via Facebook. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Newton | - | Heavy rain from slow moving thunderstorms caused street flooding around Newton forcing Law Enforcement to close some roads in and around the city. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Newton | - | The Newton County Sheriff Department report hail to the size of nickels with a passing storm. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Newton | - | Newton County Sheriff Office reported penny to nickel size hail near Pine Grove. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | - | Damaging winds blew trees and power lines down. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | - | Trees blown down 15 miles south of Newton. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Newton | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Newton | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Newton | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Newton | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton | - | no account filed |
| December 2001 | Hail | Newton | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Newton | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Newton | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Newton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Newton | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Newton | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Newton | - | no account filed |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quicksand | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Trotti | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Grove | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Jamestown | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Buckhorn | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Howards | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Stringtown | 8.1 miles | 9 |
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 Q979741 | 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 1363859. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.




