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Newton County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- John Newton
- Seat
- Newton
- Largest city
- Newton
- Total
- 940 sq mi (2,400 km )
- Land
- 934 sq mi (2,420 km )
- Water
- 6.1 sq mi (16 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,954
- Density
- 13.1/sq mi (5.05/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 36th
- Website
- www .co .newton .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Newton
- Capital
- Newton
- Population
- 12217
- Area
- 2433
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Jasper County
- Official website
- www.co.newton.tx.us
- Image
- Newton county tx courthouse 2015.jpg
- Households
- 5124
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- Commons category
- Newton County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Newton County, Texas
- inception
- 1846-00-00
- different from
- Newton County
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Newton County
- topic has template
- Template:Newton County, Texas
- per capita income
- 21836
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Newton County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,217. Its county seat is Newton. The county is named for John Newton, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War.
Newton County is included in the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.