Newton, Illinois Jasper County Courthouse in Newton Location of Newton inside Illinois Location of Newton inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Newton, Illinois Newton is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Jasper County, Illinois, United States. The populace was 3,069 at the 2000 Census.
Newton is home to a large coal-fired power plant and Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area.
Newton is also home to the Drive 'n Theatre, formerly known as the Fairview Drive-In, that opened in 1953.
These include Texas Ranger pitcher Ross Wolf, folk singer Burl Ives, and Irene Hunt, who set the historical novel about the Civil War, Across Five Aprils, in and around Newton.
Newton is positioned at 38 59 17 N 88 9 52 W (38.988119, -88.164390). The town/city is positioned in the geographic center of Jasper County on a bluff overlooking the Embarras River. According to the 2010 census, Newton has a total region of 1.85 square miles (4.79 km2), all land. In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 21.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $30,280, and the median income for a family was $42,788.
About 8.4% of families and 11.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over.
Newton is the largest, earliest and only town/city (although a several there are villages) in Jasper County.
Because of its favorable locale within the county, it was titled governmental center of county in 1835.
The county was titled after American Revolutionary War hero, Sergeant Jasper.
He and his close friend, Sergeant Newton, were patriots that saved American prisoners of war from certain death at the hands of British soldiers.
A rider brought the mail from Vincennes, Ind., made a stop in Newton once a week and then continued bringing mail on his route north of Newton.
In 1855, Newton had Miller's Hotel and a small inn known as The American House that is now Yesterday's and Today's Pub.
By 1865, the populace of Newton interval to 300 and a decade later reached 400 citizens .
Today, Newton has a populace near 3,000.
Newton resides in the Jasper County Community Unit School District 1, which is geographically the biggest school precinct in Illinois. The schools in the town include Newton Community High School/Junior High, Newton Elementary and Saint Thomas Elementary School. a b c d e f Staff (26 May 2000), "Newton Fact Sheet", Effingham Daily News, Our Address...Newton (newspaper insert), Hollinger International, p.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
, History of Newton.
Municipalities and communities of Jasper County, Illinois, United States County seat: Newton
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Cities in Illinois - Cities in Jasper County, Illinois - County seats in Illinois - Populated places established in 1835
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