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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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Newton within Newton 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

Population over time

2 figures

Newton 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,478
20201,633-845 (-34%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

Fires near this place

332 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism152
Debris and open burning110
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 686
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 670
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEWTON 09:25
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarism34 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

51 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1999Tornado (F3)Newton3 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 2012Tornado (EF1)Newton$200,000A 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 2004Tornado (F1)Newton$100,000no account filed
March 1999Tornado (F1)Newton$50,000no account filed
April 1999Flash FloodNewton$50,000no account filed
June 2001Flash FloodNewton$20,000Around 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 1999Tornado (F0)Newton$10,000no account filed
January 1999Flash FloodNewton$10,000no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindNewton$10,000no account filed
February 1998Thunderstorm WindNewton$10,000no account filed
February 1998Thunderstorm WindNewton$10,000no account filed
April 2015Thunderstorm WindNewton$5,000The Newton County Sheriffs Department reported trees and power lines down county wide.
March 2014Thunderstorm WindNewton$5,000The Newton County Sheriffs Department reported trees down in Burkeville and a car blown off the road during a thunderstorm.
November 2003Thunderstorm WindNewton$5,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindNewton$5,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindNewton$5,000no account filed
December 2001Thunderstorm WindNewton$5,000no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindNewton$5,000no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindNewton$5,000no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindNewton$5,000no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindNewton$5,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindNewton$5,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNewton$3,000Several trees were blown down with other debris blown around the 1700 block of Court Road.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindNewton$3,000The Texas Department of Transportation reported numerous trees down on roadways in Newton County.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindNewton$3,000Multiple trees were reported down around the town of Newton during a thunderstorm.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNewton$2,000Multiple trees blown down around Newton.
January 2024HailNewton$2,000Large hail broke a few vehicle windshields in the city of Newton.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNewton$2,000A tree was blown down on a power line near Newton.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindNewton$2,000Trees were blown down east of Newton.
November 2007Thunderstorm WindNewton$2,000A tree was blown down during a severe thunderstorm.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindNewton$2,000no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindNewton$2,000no account filed
January 2024HailNewton-Multiple reports and pictures of large hail to around 4 inches in diameter was received from Newton.
March 2014HailNewton-KFDM relayed a report of penny sized hail in Newton via Facebook.
September 2013Flash FloodNewton-Heavy rain from slow moving thunderstorms caused street flooding around Newton forcing Law Enforcement to close some roads in and around the city.
March 2012HailNewton-The Newton County Sheriff Department report hail to the size of nickels with a passing storm.
October 2010HailNewton-Newton County Sheriff Office reported penny to nickel size hail near Pine Grove.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindNewton-Damaging winds blew trees and power lines down.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindNewton-Trees blown down 15 miles south of Newton.
June 2024HailNewton-no account filed
May 2006HailNewton-no account filed
May 2006HailNewton-no account filed
May 2006HailNewton-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindNewton-no account filed
December 2001HailNewton-no account filed
May 2001HailNewton-no account filed
August 2001HailNewton-no account filed
March 1999HailNewton-no account filed
May 1999HailNewton-no account filed
January 1998HailNewton-no account filed
January 1998HailNewton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Newton 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Quicksand3.3 miles9
Trotti3.3 miles9
Liberty5.5 miles9
Pine Grove6.0 miles9
Jamestown6.3 miles9
Buckhorn6.9 miles9
Howards7.0 miles9
Stringtown8.1 miles9

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 NewtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979741The 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.