Newton, New Jersey
| Newton, New Jersey | |
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| Town | |
| Town of Newton | |
Spring Street seen from the Newton Town Green
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 Map of Newton in Sussex County. Inset: Location of Sussex County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Newton, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 41°03′10″N 74°45′17″W / 41.052742°N 74.754787°WCoordinates: 41°03′10″N 74°45′17″W / 41.052742°N 74.754787°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Sussex |
| Incorporated | April 11, 1864 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) |
| • Body | Town Council |
| • Mayor | Sandra Lee Diglio (term ends June 30, 2017) |
| • Manager | Thomas S. Russo Jr. |
| • Clerk | Lorraine A. Read |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.169 sq mi (8.207 km2) |
| • Land | 3.146 sq mi (8.147 km2) |
| • Water | 0.023 sq mi (0.060 km2) 0.73% |
| Area rank | 327th of 566 in state 18th of 24 in county |
| Elevation | 663 ft (202 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 7,997 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 7,979 |
| • Rank | 288th of 566 in state 7th of 24 in county |
| • Density | 2,542.2/sq mi (981.5/km2) |
| • Density rank | 245th of 566 in state 3rd of 24 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07860 |
| Area code(s) | 973 exchanges: 300, 383, 579, 940 |
| FIPS code | 3403751930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885322 |
| Website | www |
Newton, officially the Town of Newton, is an incorporated municipality located in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. It is situated approximately 60 miles (97 km) by road northwest of New York City. It is one of fifteen municipalities in the state organized as a town, and the municipal government operates under a council-manager structure provided by the Faulkner Act, or Optional Municipal Charter Law. As the location of the county's administrative offices and court system, Newton is the county seat of Sussex County.
Newton was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 11, 1864, from portions of Newton Township, which was also partitioned to create Andover Township and Hampton Township, and was then dissolved. Additional land was acquired from Andover Township in 1869 and 1927, and from Fredon Township in 1920.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 7,997, reflecting a decline of 247 (-3.0%) from the 8,244 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 723 (+9.6%) from the 7,521 counted in the 1990 Census.
Newton is located near the headwaters of the east branch of the Paulins Kill, a 41.6-mile (66.9 km) tributary of the Delaware River. In October 1715, Colonial surveyor Samuel Green plotted a tract of 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) at the head of the Paulins Kill, then known as the Tohokenetcunck River, on behalf of William Penn. This tract, which would not be settled for approximately 30–35 years, was part of the survey and division of the Last Indian Purchase by the West Jersey Board of Proprietors. At the time of Green's survey, northwestern New Jersey was populated with bands of the Munsee, the northern branch of the Lenni Lenape peoples.
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