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Newton County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Organized
- February 7, 1835
- Re organized
- December 8, 1859
- Named after
- Sgt. John Newton
- County seat
- Kentland
- Largest town
- Kentland, (population and total area)
- Incorporated municipalities
- Five Towns Brook Goodland Kentland Morocco Mount Ayr
- Type
- County
- Body
- Board of Commissioners
- Commissioner
- Steven Eilers (1st)
- County
- 403.44 sq mi (1,044.9 km )
- Land
- 401.76 sq mi (1,040.6 km )
- Water
- 1.68 sq mi (4.4 km )
- Metro
- 10,874 sq mi (28,160 km )
- Rank
- 43rd largest county in Indiana
- Region
- 2,726 sq mi (7,060 km )
- Elevation
- 692 ft (211 m)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Newton County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- Kentland
- Capital
- Kentland
- Population
- 13830
- Area
- 1045
- Elevation
- 692
- Shares border with
- Lake County
- Official website
- www.newtoncounty.in.gov
- Image
- Newton County Courthouse in Kentland from southeast.jpg
- Households
- 5599
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- Commons category
- Newton County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Newton County, Indiana
- inception
- 1835-02-07
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Newton County, Indiana
- different from
- Newton County
- native label
- Newton County
- per capita income
- 27742
- topic has template
- Template:Newton County, Indiana
- water as percent of area
- 4.4
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Encyclopedic overview
Newton County is a county located near the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 13,830. This county is part of Northwest Indiana as well as the Chicago metropolitan area. The county seat is Kentland. The county is divided into 10 townships which provide local services.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.