Editing Newton, New Hampshire (section)

== History ==

[[Image:Victorian Building, Newton, NH.jpg|thumb|left|A Victorian building in 1910]]
The sixth town to be granted from the [[John Mason (governor)|Masonian]] land purchase of 1746, Newton was originally part of [[Salisbury, Massachusetts]]; later, part of [[Amesbury, Massachusetts]]; then part of the West Parish of Amesbury; then part of New Town or South Hampton, Massachusetts (now [[South Hampton, New Hampshire]]). A number of the residents felt they were too far away from its church for their convenience, and the town was incorporated by colonial governor [[Benning Wentworth]] as "Newtown" in 1749, simply because it was a new town. In 1846, the [[New Hampshire General Court|New Hampshire legislature]] voted to contract the name to "Newton".