Editing Newton County, Missouri (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:NeoshoCourthouse.jpg|thumb|250px|View of the Newton County Courthouse]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|627|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|625|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.8|sqmi}} (0.3%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 17, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt|archive-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Jasper County, Missouri|Jasper County]] (north)
* [[Lawrence County, Missouri|Lawrence County]] (northeast)
* [[Barry County, Missouri|Barry County]] (southeast)
* [[McDonald County, Missouri|McDonald County]] (south)
* [[Ottawa County, Oklahoma]] (west)
* [[Cherokee County, Kansas]] (northwest)

===Rivers and creeks===
Total river area: {{convert|361|acre|km2|1}}; length: {{convert|70|mi|km}}{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

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* Baynham Branch
* [[Buffalo Creek (Elk River tributary, Oklahoma)|Buffalo Creek]]
* [[Capps Creek (Shoal Creek tributary)|Capps Creek]]
* [[Clear Creek (Shoal Creek tributary)|Clear Creek]]
* Dry Valley Branch
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* Elm Spring Creek
* [[Fivemile Creek (Spring River tributary)|Five Mile Creek]]
* Harrison Creek
* [[Hickory Creek (Shoal Creek tributary)|Hickory Creek]]
* [[Indian Creek (Elk River tributary)|Indian Creek]]
* [[Jones Creek (Center Creek tributary)|Jones Creek]]
* [[Lost Creek (Spring River tributary)|Lost Creek]]
* Mason Spring Creek
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* Middle Creek
* [[Rock Branch (Fivemile Creek tributary)|Rock Branch]]
* [[Shoal Creek (Spring River tributary)|Shoal Creek]]
* [[Silver Creek (Shoal Creek tributary)|Silver Creek]]
* [[Turkey Creek (Spring River tributary)|Turkey Creek]]
* [[Warren Branch]]
* Willow Creek
|}

===Major highways===
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* [[Image:I-44 (MO).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 44 (Missouri)|Interstate 44]]
* [[Image:I-49 (MO).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 49]]
* [[Image:US 60.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 60 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 60]]
* [[Image:US 71.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 71 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 71]]
* [[Image:MO-43.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 43|Route 43]]
* [[Image:MO-59.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 59|Route 59]]
* [[Image:MO-86.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 86|Route 86]]
* [[Image:MO-175.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 175|Route 175]]
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===Transit===
*[[Jefferson Lines]]

===National protected area===
* [[George Washington Carver National Monument]]