Editing Newton, Massachusetts

{{short description|City in Massachusetts, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Newton, Massachusetts
| official_name      = 
| nickname           = "The Garden City"
| motto              = "Liberty and Union"
| image_skyline      = City Hall in Newton, Massachusetts.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = [[Newton City Hall and War Memorial]]
| image_seal         = Seal of Newton, Massachusetts 2025.png
| image_flag         = Flag of Newton, Massachusetts.svg
| image_map          = Middlesex County Massachusetts incorporated and unincorporated areas Newton highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
| image_map1         = 
| mapsize1           = 
| map_caption1       = 
| pushpin_map        = Massachusetts#USA#North America
| pushpin_label      = Newton
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Massachusetts]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Massachusetts|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]
| established_title  = Settled
| established_date   = 1630
| established_title2 = Incorporated (Town)
| established_date2  = 1681
| established_title3 = Incorporated (City)
| established_date3  = 1874
| government_type    = [[Mayor–council]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Ruthanne Fuller<ref>{{cite news |last=Levin |first=Andy |title=Ruthanne Fuller sworn in as Newton's mayor |url=http://newton.wickedlocal.com/news/20180101/ruthanne-fuller-sworn-in-as-newtons-mayor |work=Newton TAB |access-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102015544/http://newton.wickedlocal.com/news/20180101/ruthanne-fuller-sworn-in-as-newtons-mayor |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| leader_title1      = <!--Board of <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Selectmen-->
| leader_name1       = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 47.03
| area_total_sq_mi   = 18.16
| area_land_km2      = 46.17
| area_land_sq_mi    = 17.83
| area_water_km2     = 0.86
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.33
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities in Massachusetts|City]]
| population_total   = 88923
| population_density_km2 = 1925.84
| population_density_sq_mi = 4987.83
| elevation_m        = 30
| elevation_ft       = 100
| timezone           = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
| utc_offset         = −5
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
| utc_offset_DST     = −4
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|20|13|N|71|12|35|W|region:US-MA|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]s
| postal_code        = {{ubl|02458 (Newton)|02459 ([[Newton Centre, Massachusetts|Newton Center]])|02460 ([[Newtonville, Massachusetts|Newtonville]])|02461 ([[Newton Highlands, Massachusetts|Newton Highlands]])|02462 ([[Newton Lower Falls]])|02464&nbsp;([[Newton Upper Falls|Newton&nbsp;Upper&nbsp;Falls]])|02465 ([[West Newton, Massachusetts|West Newton]])|02466 ([[Auburndale, Massachusetts|Auburndale]])|02467 ([[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts|Chestnut Hill]])|02468 ([[Waban, Massachusetts|Waban]])|02495 ([[Nonantum, Massachusetts|Nonantum]])}}
| area_code          = [[Area code 617|617]]/[[Area code 857|857]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 25-45560
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0617675
| footnotes          = 
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_25.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 21, 2022}}</ref>
| pop_est_as_of      = 
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| website            = {{URL|www.newtonma.gov}}
}}

'''Newton''' is a city in [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts]], [[United States]]. It is roughly {{convert|8|mi}} west of [[downtown Boston]], and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages. The city borders [[Boston]] to the northeast and southeast (via the neighborhoods of [[Brighton, Boston|Brighton]] and [[West Roxbury]]), [[Brookline, Massachusetts|Brookline]] to the east, [[Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]] and [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]] to the north, and [[Weston, Massachusetts|Weston]], [[Wellesley, Massachusetts|Wellesley]], and [[Needham, Massachusetts|Needham]] to the west. At the 2020 U.S. census, the population of Newton was 88,923.<ref name="United States Census Bureau">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau Quickfacts: United States |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newtoncitymassachusetts,US/PST045219 |access-date=September 16, 2021 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

Newton is home to the [[Charles River]], [[Crystal Lake (Newton, Massachusetts)|Crystal Lake]], and [[Heartbreak Hill (Boston Marathon)|Heartbreak Hill]], among other landmarks. It is served by several streets and highways (including [[Massachusetts Route 9|Route 9]], [[Hammond Pond Parkway]], and the [[Mass Pike]]), as well as the [[Green Line D branch]] run by the MBTA.

Historically, the area that is now Newton was settled in 1639, and was originally first part of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] (then called "the newe towne"). It split from Cambridge in 1681, and became known by its present name of Newton in 1766. It then became a city in 1874.

==History==
{{Expand section|date=April 2024}}{{More citations needed|find=Newton, Massachusetts|find2=history|date=April 2024}}

===17th century===
Newton was originally part of "the newe towne", which was settled in 1630 and renamed [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] in 1638. The first English settlement of what is now Newton began in 1639. Roxbury minister [[John Eliot (missionary)|John Eliot]] persuaded the Native American people of Nonantum, a sub-tribe of the [[Massachusett (tribe)|Massachusett]] led by a [[sachem]] named [[Waban]], to relocate to [[Natick]] in 1651, fearing that they would be exploited by colonists.<ref>{{cite book |last=McAdow |first=Ron |title=The Charles River |publisher=Bliss Publishing Company, Inc. |location=Marlborough, MA |year=1992 |pages=171–174 |isbn=0-9625144-1-1}}</ref> Newton was incorporated as a separate [[New England town|town]], known as Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ritter |first=Priscilla R. |author2=Thelma Fleishman |title=Newton, Massachusetts 1679–1779: A Biographical Directory |year=1982 |publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society}}</ref> It became a city on January 5, 1874. Newton is known as ''The Garden City''.

In the early 1600s, [[Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]] had claimed a large area of land on the south side of the Charles River (modern-day Newton). They gave it up to Newtown, except for a strip "two hundred rods long and sixty rods wide" to "protect their fishing privileges".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Samuel Francis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=st0BNUPm6SsC&q=newton,+massachusetts |title=History of Newton, Massachusetts: Town and City, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, 1630-1880 |date=1880 |publisher=American Logotype Company |language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|page=82}}

===18th century===
In ''[[Reflections in Bullough's Pond]]'', Newton historian [[Diana Muir]] describes the early industries that developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in a series of mills built to take advantage of the water power available at [[Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts|Newton Upper Falls]] and [[Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts|Newton Lower Falls]]. Snuff, chocolate, glue, paper and other products were produced in these small mills but, according to Muir, the water power available in Newton was not sufficient to turn Newton into a manufacturing city, although it was, beginning in 1902, the home of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company, the maker of the [[Stanley Steamer]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===19th century===
Nineteenth-century Newton, following the [[American Civil War]], was a patchwork of villages. The northern villages of [[Auburndale, Massachusetts|Auburndale]], [[Newton Corner]], [[Newtonville, Massachusetts|Newtonville]], and [[West Newton, Massachusetts|West Newton]] were the most affluent.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Spiers |first=John H. |date=2011 |title=Landscaping the Garden City: Transportation, Utilities, and Parks in Newton, Massachusetts, 1874-1915 |url=https://ejournals.unm.edu/index.php/historicalgeography/article/download/2856/2334 |journal=Historical Geography |via=[[Wikipedia Library]]}}</ref>{{Rp|page=248}} In contrast, both [[Waban, Massachusetts|Waban]] and [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts|Chestnut Hill]] were sparsely populated.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=249}}

Several village-based "improvement societies" were founded by residents between 1878 and 1904. No citywide improvement society was ever founded.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|pages=249–250}}

In 1889, [[Moses King]] published ''King's Handbook of Newton'', a descriptive guide to all of Newton's significant locations and historic structures along with anecdotes and stories from the locals at the time. The information was collected by its author and close associate of King, [[Moses Forster Sweetser]].

Newton, according to Muir, became one of North America's earliest commuter suburbs. The [[Boston and Albany Railroad|Boston and Worcester]], one of North America's earliest railroads, reached [[West Newton, Massachusetts|West Newton]] in 1834. Wealthy Bostonian businessmen took advantage of the new commuting opportunity offered by the railroad, building gracious homes on erstwhile farmland of [[West Newton, Massachusetts|West Newton]] hill and on Commonwealth Street. Muir points out that these early commuters needed sufficient wealth to employ a groom and keep horses, to drive them from their hilltop homes to the station.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===20th century===
Further suburbanization came in waves. One wave began with the streetcar lines that made many parts of Newton accessible for commuters in the late nineteenth century. The next wave came in the 1920s when automobiles became affordable to a growing upper middle class. Even then, however, [[Oak Hill, Massachusetts|Oak Hill]] continued to be farmed, mostly market gardening, until the prosperity of the 1950s made all of Newton more densely settled.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===21st century===
Two of the hijackers of the [[September 11 attacks]] stayed in Newton the night before the attacks. The hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 spent their last night in Newton's Park Inn, an economy motel across the street from the Chestnut Hill Mall and within walking distance of The Atrium.<ref>{{cite book |author=Der Spiegel |title=Inside 9-11: What Really Happened |date=April 1, 2007 |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group}}</ref>

[[File:Runners starting uphill at Walnut St. BM2024.agr.jpg|thumb|Runners in the [[2024 Boston Marathon]] pass through the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Walnut Street in Newton, with fans packed behind metal barriers.]]

Each April on [[Patriots' Day]], the [[Boston Marathon]] is run through the city, entering from [[Wellesley, Massachusetts|Wellesley]] on [[Massachusetts Route 16|Route 16]] (Washington Street) where runners encounter the first of the four infamous ''Newton Hills''. It then turns right onto [[Massachusetts Route 30|Route 30]] (Commonwealth Avenue) for the long haul into Boston. There are two more hills before reaching Centre Street, and then the fourth and most noted, [[Boston Marathon#Heartbreak Hill|Heartbreak Hill]], rises shortly after Centre Street. Residents and visitors line the race route along Washington Street and Commonwealth Avenue to cheer on the runners.

== Geography ==
[[File:Union Street in Newton Centre.jpg|thumb|upright|Newton Centre's Union Street in 2007]]
Newton is a suburban city approximately {{convert|7|mi|km|abbr=on}} from downtown Boston, in [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex County]]. It is also bordered by [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]] and [[Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]] on the north, [[Needham, Massachusetts|Needham]] and the [[West Roxbury, Massachusetts|West Roxbury]] neighborhood of Boston on the south, [[Wellesley, Massachusetts|Wellesley]] and [[Weston, Massachusetts|Weston]] on the west, and [[Brookline, Massachusetts|Brookline]] and the [[Brighton, Massachusetts|Brighton]] neighborhood of Boston on the east.

The [[Charles River]] flows along the north and west parts of Newton, and [[Massachusetts Route 128|Route 128]] passes through the western part of the city.

The [[Massachusetts Turnpike|Mass Pike]] passes through the more urbanized northern section of the city before heading into Boston. Additional major highways in Newton include [[Massachusetts Route 9|Route 9]], serving the southern parts of the city, and [[Hammond Pond Parkway]], which is the main north–south route through Chestnut Hill and provides access to Brookline and West Roxbury.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|18.2|sqmi|km2|1}}, of which {{convert|18.0|sqmi|km2|1}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2|1}} (0.82%) is water.

===Geological history===

{{main|List of stratigraphic units and structural features in Massachusetts}}
Geologically Newton is located within the topographic lowland of the Boston Basin of the [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachian Mountain]] chain.<ref>[https://www.newtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/80915/63780609156097000 Geology of Newton by James W. Skehan, S.J. and Catherine W. Barton]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Boston |first1=Mailing Address: 15 State Street 4th Floor |last2=Us |first2=MA 02109 Phone: 617 223-8666 Contact |title=Geologic Formations - Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/boha/learn/nature/geologicformations.htm |access-date=January 9, 2023 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref> This lowland is surrounded by a ring of highland [[drumlin]]s which were left after the last glaciation twelve thousand years ago.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bathymetric Data Viewer |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/bathymetry/ |access-date=January 9, 2023 |website=www.ncei.noaa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Glaciers and Boston |url=https://bostongeology.com/boston/geology/islands/glaciers/glaciers.htm |access-date=January 9, 2023 |website=bostongeology.com}}</ref>

There are several unique outcroppings of rocks around Newton where geologic history revealing of how territory have formed and has changed over the past hundreds millions of years of drift supercontinents and ancient oceans, earthquake activity associated with volcanism and related faulting activity and changing climate. There are mainly three types of bedrock: [[Roxbury Conglomerate]], Cambridge Argillite or Slate, and Brighton Volcanics and the [[Mattapan Volcanic Complex|Mattapan Volcanics]] pre-Cambrian foundation of Dedham Granodiorite. The Boston Border Fault and the Shawmut anticline of Newton formed as the alpine mountains of east-central Massachusetts were created.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://newtongeology.weebly.com/history.html |access-date=January 9, 2023 |website=The Geologic History of Newton, MA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Share |first=Dr Jack |date=March 13, 2011 |title=Written In Stone...seen through my lens: Architectural Geology of Boston: The Roxbury Conglomerate (Puddingstone) Part I – The Tectonic Evolution and Journey of Avalonia |url=https://written-in-stone-seen-through-my-lens.blogspot.com/2011/03/architectural-geology-of-boston-roxbury.html |access-date=January 9, 2023 |website=Written In Stone...seen through my lens}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Written In Stone...seen through my lens |url=https://written-in-stone-seen-through-my-lens.blogspot.com/2011/03/ |access-date=January 9, 2023 |website=written-in-stone-seen-through-my-lens.blogspot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Margaret |title=Bedrock geologic map of the Newton 7.5' quadrangle, Middlesex, Norfolk and Suffolk counties, Massachusetts |url=https://mgs.geo.umass.edu/newton |access-date=January 9, 2023 |website=mgs.geo.umass.edu}}</ref><ref>[https://newtonconservators.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/18_09_geology.pdf Introduction to the Bedrock Geology of Newton]</ref><ref>[https://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/Section%204%20OSP1521%20Env%20Inventory_tcm3-48430.pdf Open Space Plan 2015-2021 Section 4 Environmental Inventory & Analysis]</ref> Unique outcroppings rocks exposure has steadily declined as Newton area has become increasingly developed.

===Topography===

Newton has grown around a formation of seven hills. "The general features of Newton are not without interest. Seven principal elevations mark its surface, like the seven hills of ancient Rome, with the difference that the seven hills of Newton are much more distinct than the seven hills of Rome: [[Nonantum]] Hill, [[Waban]] Hill, [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts|Chestnut Hill]], Bald Pate Hill, [[Oak Hill, Massachusetts|Oak Hill]], Institution Hill and Mount Ida."<ref name="Smith">{{cite book |last=Smith |first=S.F. |title=History of Newton, Massachusetts, Town and City, from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, 1630–1880 |chapter=Chapter 1: History of Newton |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofnewtonm1880smit#page/13/mode/1up |publisher=The American Logotype Company |date=1880 |page=13 |access-date=October 9, 2019}}</ref>

===Villages===

{{main|List of villages in Newton, Massachusetts}}

Rather than having a single city center, Newton is a patchwork of thirteen villages, many boasting small downtown areas of their own. The 13 villages are: [[Auburndale, Massachusetts|Auburndale]], [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts|Chestnut Hill]], [[Newton Centre, Massachusetts|Newton Centre]], [[Newton Corner, Massachusetts|Newton Corner]], [[Newton Highlands, Massachusetts|Newton Highlands]], [[Newton Lower Falls]], [[Newton Upper Falls]] (both on the [[Charles River]], and both former small industrial sites), [[Newtonville, Massachusetts|Newtonville]], [[Nonantum, Massachusetts|Nonantum]] (also known as Silver Lake or "The Lake"), [[Oak Hill, Massachusetts|Oak Hill]], [[Thompsonville, Massachusetts|Thompsonville]], [[Waban, Massachusetts|Waban]] and [[West Newton, Massachusetts|West Newton]]. [[Oak Hill Park]] is a place within the village of Oak Hill that itself is shown as a separate and distinct village on some [[city map]]s (including a map dated 2010 on the official City of Newton website),<ref>Newton's Geographic Information System: [http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/mis/gis/Maps/Villages.htm City of Newton, Massachusetts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222050806/http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/mis/gis/Maps/Villages.htm |date=February 22, 2012}}</ref> and Four Corners is also shown as a village on some city maps. Although most of the villages have a post office, they have no legal definition and no firmly defined borders. This village-based system often causes some confusion with addresses and for first-time visitors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newtoncitizens.com/villages.shtml|title=The Villages of Newton, Mass.|work=newtoncitizens.com|access-date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>

===Climate===

The record low temperature was {{convert|−21|F}} in February 1934; the record high temperature was {{convert|101|F}} in August 1975.<ref name="Weather.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/02458|title=Monthly Averages for Newton, MA (02458) |publisher=[[The Weather Channel]] |access-date=March 16, 2012}}</ref>

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|Feb record high F = 68
|Mar record high F = 89
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 93
|Jun record high F = 99
|Jul record high F = 100
|Aug record high F = 101
|Sep record high F = 99
|Oct record high F = 88
|Nov record high F = 81
|Dec record high F = 74
|year record high F = 101
|Jan high F = 34
|Feb high F = 37
|Mar high F = 44
|Apr high F = 56
|May high F = 66
|Jun high F = 76
|Jul high F = 82
|Aug high F = 79
|Sep high F = 72
|Oct high F = 60
|Nov high F = 50
|Dec high F = 39
|Jan low F = 17
|Feb low F = 19
|Mar low F = 27
|Apr low F = 38
|May low F = 48
|Jun low F = 57
|Jul low F = 63
|Aug low F = 62
|Sep low F = 55
|Oct low F = 43
|Nov low F = 34
|Dec low F = 24
|Jan record low F = −14
|Feb record low F = −21
|Mar record low F = −5
|Apr record low F = 6
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|Jun record low F = 36
|Jul record low F = 44
|Aug record low F = 39
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==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|type= USA
|1790|1360
|1800|1491
|1810|1709
|1820|1850
|1830|2376
|1840|3351
|1850|5258
|1860|8382
|1870|12825
|1880|16995
|1890|24379
|1900|33587
|1910|39806
|1920|46054
|1930|65276
|1940|69873
|1950|81994
|1960|92384
|1970|91263
|1980|83622
|1990|82585
|2000|83829
|2010|85146
|2020|88923
|2022*|87381
|source={{center|U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="United States Census Bureau"/>}}
|footnote=* = population estimate.  {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}<ref name="1950_Census_Urban_populations_since_1790">{{cite web |title=1950 Census of Population|volume=1: Number of Inhabitants|at=Section 6, Pages 21–7 through 21-09, Massachusetts Table 4. Population of Urban Places of 10,000 or more from Earliest Census to 1920|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2011|year=1952|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020−2022| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=November 25, 2023 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Newton, Massachusetts – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Newton city, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US2545560|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Newton city, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2545560&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Newton city, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2545560&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|72,388
|67,801
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62,303
|86.35%
|79.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |70.06%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,584
|2,008
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,554
|1.89%
|2.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.87%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|43
|56
|style='background: #ffffe6; |49
|0.05%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|6,415
|9,759
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14,681
|7.65%
|11.46%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16.51%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|18
|18
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25
|0.02%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|213
|294
|style='background: #ffffe6; |765
|0.25%
|0.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.86%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|1,057
|1,734
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,053
|1.26%
|2.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.56%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2,111
|3,476
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,493
|2.52%
|4.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.05%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''83,829'''
|'''85,146'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''88,923'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2010, there were 85,146 people, 32,648 households, and 20,499 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|4,643.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 32,112 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,778.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 79.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.07% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.71% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.46% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] residents of any race were 4.1% of the population (0.7% [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican]], 0.6% [[Mexican American|Mexican]], 0.4% [[Colombian American|Colombian]], 0.3% [[Guatemalan American|Guatemalan]], 0.3% [[Argentine American|Argentine]]). (2010 Census Report: Census report Quickfacts.com)

Newton, along with neighboring [[Brookline, Massachusetts|Brookline]], is known for its significant [[American Jews|Jewish]] and Asian populations. The Jewish population {{as of|2002|lc=on}} was estimated to be 28,002.<ref name=jewestimates>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishdatabank.org/ajyb/ajy-2003.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213005033/http://www.jewishdatabank.org/ajyb/ajy-2003.pdf|archive-date=February 13, 2006|title=Jewish Population in the United States, 2002|publisher=Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life4|page=14}}</ref>

There were 31,201 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. Of all households, 25.5% were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. As of the 2008 US Census, the average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.11.

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Newton centre 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Intersection of [[Beacon Street]] and Centre Street, Newton Centre]] -->
In the city, 21.2% of the population was under the age of 18, 10.3% was from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $107,696, and the median income for a family was $136,843. Males had a median income of $95,387 versus $60,520 for females. The per capita income for the city was $56,163. About 3.6% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.govl|title=2011–2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|access-date=July 1, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

As of 2015, 21.9% of the residents of Newton had been born outside of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=QuickFacts Newton City, Massachusetts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/POP645215/2545560,25,00|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 3, 2017}}</ref>

==Economy==
Newton's largest employers include [[Boston College]] and [[Newton-Wellesley Hospital]]. Companies based in Newton include [[TechTarget]], [[CyberArk]] and Upromise. Until July 2015, Newton was also home to the global headquarters of [[TripAdvisor]], the world's largest travel site, reaching nearly 280 million unique monthly visitors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lmi2.detma.org/lmi/Top_employer_list.asp?gSTFIPS=25&gCountyCode=000091&areatype=05&codeType=10&Command=Goto&Param=1|title=Labor Market Information|date=February 7, 2013|website=lmi2.detma.org|access-date=September 6, 2013|archive-date=August 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815011315/http://lmi2.detma.org/lmi/Top_employer_list.asp?gSTFIPS=25&gCountyCode=000091&areatype=05&codeType=10&Command=Goto&Param=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> TripAdvisor moved into a newly built headquarters in neighboring [[Needham, Massachusetts|Needham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.betaboston.com/news/2015/07/21/tripadvisor-hopes-lavish-new-headquarters-in-needham-will-boost-hiring/|title=TripAdvisor hopes lavish new headquarters in Needham will boost hiring|work=betaboston.com|access-date=February 11, 2016|archive-date=February 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227200336/http://www.betaboston.com/news/2015/07/21/tripadvisor-hopes-lavish-new-headquarters-in-needham-will-boost-hiring/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Income===
{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
Data is from the 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150117113227/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 17, 2015|title=SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_DP05&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150105011252/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_DP05&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 5, 2015|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_S1101&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212210258/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_S1101&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 12, 2015}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-valign=bottom
! Rank
! ZIP code (ZCTA)
! Per capita<br />income
! Median<br />household<br />income
! Median<br />family<br />income
! Population
! Number of<br />households
|-
| 1
| 02468
| $86,528
| $201,731
| $213,958
| 5,267
| 1,868
|-
| 2
| 02465
| $75,857
| $139,763
| $163,898
| 11,673
| 4,251
|-
| 3
| 02462
| $74,279
| $83,438
| $211,779
| 1,412
| 682
|-
| 4
| 02459
| $71,128
| $133,801
| $173,613
| 18,339
| 6,694
|-
| 
| ''Newton''
| $63,872
| $119,148
| $154,787
| 86,241
| 31,295
|-
| 5
| 02460
| $61,686
| $102,276
| $139,917
| 9,046
| 3,625
|-
| 6
| 02461
| $61,088
| $122,283
| $146,343
| 6,808
| 2,526
|-
| 7
| 02458
| $59,071
| $95,216
| $132,207
| 11,602
| 4,791
|-
| 8
| 02467
| $55,288
| $115,493
| $151,495
| 23,092
| 6,575
|-
| 9
| 02464
| $51,744
| $81,771
| $83,816
| 2,947
| 1,337
|-
| 10
| 02466
| $47,551
| $105,893
| $131,705
| 9,105
| 3,098
|-
| 
| ''[[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex County]]''
| $42,861
| $82,090
| $104,032
| 1,522,533
| 581,120
|-
| 
| ''[[Massachusetts]]''
| $35,763
| $66,866
| $84,900
| 6,605,058
| 2,530,147
|-
| 
| ''[[United States]]''
| $28,155
| $53,046
| $64,719
| 311,536,594
| 115,610,216
|-
|}

==Arts and culture==
The city is home to two symphony orchestras, the [[New Philharmonia Orchestra of Massachusetts]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Keith |date=3 November 2015 |title=A new chapter for New Philharmonia |url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/newton-tab/2015/11/03/a-new-chapter-for-new/33171016007/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Wicked Local |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=BMInt |date=2015-11-01 |title=New Phil Embarks on 21st Season |url=https://www.classical-scene.com/2015/11/01/new-phil-21/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=The Boston Musical Intelligencer |language=en-US}}</ref> and the Newton Symphony Orchestra.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eichler |first=Jeremy |date=10 April 2013 |title=Michel Sasson, 77; BSO violinist cofounded Newton Symphony |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/09/michel-sasson-bso-violinist-cofounded-newton-symphony-was-music-director-boston-ballet/5QIh5hGLM7dmc9kJN0ZqEI/story.html |access-date=22 March 2024 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Joanne Langione Dance Center]], an American youth dance school was founded in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joanne Langione Dance Center |url=http://newton.patch.com/listings/joanne-langione-dance-center |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730033350/http://newton.patch.com/listings/joanne-langione-dance-center |archive-date=30 July 2013 |website=Newton Patch}}</ref>

===Points of interest===
{{stack|[[Image:Jackson homestead.jpg|thumb|180px|The [[Jackson Homestead]].]]}}
* [[Crystal Lake (Newton, Massachusetts)|Crystal Lake]] is a {{convert|33|acre|adj=on}} natural lake located in Newton Centre. Its shores, mostly lined with private homes, also host two small parks, a designated swimming area, and a bathhouse. Previously known as Wiswall's Pond, it became known as Crystal Lake sometime between 1855 and 1875. The name was given by a nineteenth-century commercial ice harvester that sold ice cut from the pond in winter.
* The Jackson Homestead, now the [[Newton History Museum at the Jackson Homestead]], is best known for its history as a stop on the [[Underground Railroad]]. It was built in 1809 as a farmhouse designed in the [[Federal style architecture|Federal style]], and is now a museum with paintings, costumes, photographs, manuscripts, maps and historical artifacts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Massachusetts: Jackson Homestead (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/places/massachusetts-jackson-homestead.htm |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Boston marathon#Heartbreak Hill|Heartbreak Hill]], notably challenging stretch of the Boston Marathon, on Commonwealth Avenue between Centre Street and Boston College.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Michael |first=Vega |date=19 April 1993 |title=At Heartbreak Hill, a salute to a marathoner for the ages |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/specials/obituaries/kelley/archives_041993/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421064857/http://www.boston.com/sports/specials/obituaries/kelley/archives_041993/ |archive-date=21 April 2011 |work=Boston.com}}</ref>
* Newton is home to many exclusive golf courses such as Woodland Country Club, Charles River Country Club, and Brae Burn Country Club, which held the United States Open in 1919.
* [[City Stable and Garage]], historic building
* The [[John A. Fenno House]] is a historic house at 171 Lowell Avenue, built {{circa|1854}}, and a rare local example of Gothic Revival styling.
* The [[House at 173–175 Ward Street]] is one of the city's few Federal style houses, built {{circa|1800}}
* [[Echo Bridge]] is a notable 19th-century masonry arch bridge<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://mhc-macris.net/Documents/NR/80000638.pdf |title=NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY·· NOMINATION FORM |last=Jenkins |first=Candace |date=11 September 1978 |access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref> with views of the river and Hemlock Gorge in [[Hemlock Gorge Reservation]] just off [[Massachusetts Route 9|Route 9]] in Newton Upper Falls.
* [[Norumbega Park]] was located in Auburndale on the Charles River. Opening in 1897 as a [[trolley park]], it was a popular [[amusement park]] through the 1950s before closing in 1963. Its [[Norumbega Park|Totem Pole Ballroom]] became a well-known dancing and entertainment venue for [[big band]]s touring during the 1940s as well as other famous performers such as [[Doris Day]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[Eydie Gormé|Eydie Gorme]] and [[The Four Lads]]. The park is now a popular dog-walking site with hills, meadows, woods, and access to the river.
[[Image:BCreservoir2.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Chestnut Hill Reservoir]]]]
* Auburndale Cove is a multipurpose picnic and recreational area on the Charles River just down the walking path from Norumbega Park.<ref>{{cite web|title=Auburndale Cove Picnic Areas & Building|url=http://www.newtonma.gov/gov/parks/city/room/auburndale.asp|publisher=City of Newton|access-date=April 17, 2014|archive-date=April 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234312/http://www.newtonma.gov/gov/parks/city/room/auburndale.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Charles River Canoe & Kayak in Newton|url=http://www.paddleboston.com/newton/detail.php|access-date=April 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418233958/http://www.paddleboston.com/newton/detail.php|archive-date=April 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Chestnut Hill Reservoir]] is a very popular park with residents of Newton, Brookline, and the Brighton section of Boston. Although completely within the Boston city limits, it is directly contiguous to the Newton city limits. Designed by [[Frederick Law Olmsted]], the designer of Central Park in New York City and the Emerald Necklace in Boston, the park offers beautiful views of the Boston skyline, and is framed by stately homes and the campus of Boston College. Although not generally used to supply water to Boston, the reservoir was temporarily brought back online on May 1, 2010, during a failure of a connecting pipe at the end of the MetroWest Water Supply Tunnel.
* [[Bullough's Pond]] is an old mill pond transformed into a landscape feature when Newton became a suburban community in the late nineteenth century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The History of Bullough's Pond |url=https://www.bulloughspond.org/the-history-of-bulloughs-pond.html |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Bullough's Pond Association |language=en}}</ref> It has been the subject of two books, ''Reflections in Bullough's Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England,'' by [[Diana Muir]], and ''Once Around Bullough's Pond: A Native American Epic,'' by Douglas Worth. It was long maintained by the city as an ice skating venue, but skating is no longer allowed. A scene from the 2008 remake of ''[[The Women (2008 film)|The Women]]'' was filmed there.
* The city of Newton has designated several roads in the city as "scenic". Along with this designation come regulations aimed at curbing tree removal and trimming along the roads, as well as stemming the removal of historic stone walls.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/cdbg/Planning%20Board/documents/Final%20Scenic%20Roads%20Regulations.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 13, 2011 |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320065850/http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/cdbg/Planning%20Board/documents/Final%20Scenic%20Roads%20Regulations.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city designated the following as scenic roads: Hobart Rd., Waban Ave., Sumner St., Chestnut St., Concord St., Dudley Rd., Fuller St., Hammond St., Valentine St., Lake Ave., Highland St., and Brookside Ave.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/Planning/Planning%20Board/documents/Pictures%20of%20Scenic%20Roads%20for%20Website.pdf |title=Newton Scenic Roads |website=www.ci.newton.ma.us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927114155/http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/Planning/Planning%20Board/documents/Pictures%20of%20Scenic%20Roads%20for%20Website.pdf |archive-date=September 27, 2011}}</ref>
* The [[United Parish of Auburndale]], constructed in 1857, oldest wooden church building in Newton.
* [[First Baptist Church in Newton (Massachusetts)|The First Baptist Church in Newton Centre]], constructed in 1888, was designed by [[John Lyman Faxon]] in the [[Richardsonian Romanesque]] style pioneered by architect [[Henry Hobson Richardson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fbcnewton.org/history.html |title= History|website=www.fbcnewton.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226062713/http://www.fbcnewton.org/history.html |archive-date=December 26, 2014}}</ref>
* The [[WHDH-TV tower]] is one of the tallest free-standing lattice towers in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FCCInfo Structure Registration Results|url=https://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProASRLookup.php?sASR=1005862&tabSearchType=ASR+Search|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=www.fccinfo.com}}</ref>
* [[Boston College Law School]] is a 40-acre private [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] research university in [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts|Chestnut Hill]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home - Law School |url=https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/law.html |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Boston College |language=en}}</ref>

==Government==
[[File:Newton Public Library, Massachusetts.jpg|thumb|right|Newton Public Library]]

===City===
Newton has an elected [[mayor–council government|strong mayor-council]] form of government. The council is called the City Council. The mayor is Ruthanne Fuller. Fuller is the first woman to be elected Mayor of Newton.

The elected officials are:
*Mayor: Ruthanne Fuller, the city's chief executive officer and appoints the Chief Administrative Officer.
*The City Council, Newton's legislative branch of municipal government, is made up of 24 members – sixteen Councilors-at-large and eight Ward Councilors. Councilors are elected every two years.

As of November 2023, the makeup of the City Council is:<ref>{{cite web |title=Council Members |url=https://www.newtonma.gov/government/city-clerk/city-council/council-members |publisher=City of Newton |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Ward
! Ward Councilor
! At-large Councilor
! At-large Councilor
|-
|1
|Maria Scibelli Greenberg
|Alison Leary
|John Oliver
|-
|2
|David Micley
|Tarik Lucas
|Susan Albright
|-
|3
|Julia Malakie
|Andrea Kelley
|Pam Wright
|-
|4
|Randy Block
|Lenny Gentile
|Joshua Krintzman
|-
|5
|Bill Humphrey
|Andreae Downs
|Rena Getz
|-
|6
|Martha Bixby
|Alan Lobovits
|Vicki Danberg
|-
|7
|R. Lisle Baker
|Rebecca Walker-Grossman
|Marc Laredo
|-
|8
|Stephen Farrell
|Rick Lipof
|David Kalis
|}

Newton's school committee decides policies and budget for Newton Public Schools. It has nine voting members, consisting of the Mayor of Newton and eight at-large Ward representatives, who are elected.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/schoolcommittee/ |title=index |publisher=Newton.k12.ma.us |access-date=November 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211051111/http://www3.newton.k12.ma.us/schoolcommittee |archive-date=February 11, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===County===
Mismanagement of Middlesex County's public hospital in the mid-1990s left the county on the brink of insolvency, and in 1997 the Massachusetts legislature stepped in by assuming all assets and obligations of the county. The government of Middlesex County was officially abolished on July 11, 1997. The sheriff and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform duties within the county region, but there is no county council or commission. However, communities are now granted the right to form their own regional compacts for sharing services.

These are the remaining elected officers for Middlesex County:
*Clerk of Courts: 	[[Michael A. Sullivan (politician)|Michael A. Sullivan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/middsupco.html|title=Middlesex Superior Court Clerk's Office|access-date=September 24, 2012|archive-date=July 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725080156/http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/middsupco.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*County Treasurer: 	Position eliminated
*District Attorney: 	[[Marian T. Ryan]]<ref>Marian Ryan was appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick in April 2013 to fill the unexpired term of DA Gerry Leone, who resigned. See https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/23/marian-ryan-named-middlesex-governor-deval-patrick-will-hold-office-until-election/TY5BZY7POvFOyPFahy2M1M/story.html</ref>
*Register of Deeds: 	Maria C. Curtatone<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.masslandrecords.com/MiddlesexSouth/Default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|title=Welcome to 20/20 Perfect Vision Land Records I2|website=www.masslandrecords.com}}</ref>
*Register of Probate: 	Tara E. DeCristofaro<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/middprobmain.html |title=Middlesex Probate and Family Court Division of the Massachusetts Court System – Main Page |publisher=Mass.gov |date=May 24, 2012 |access-date=November 16, 2012 |archive-date=January 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122111440/http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/middprobmain.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*County Sheriff: [[Peter Koutoujian|Peter J. Koutoujian Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.middlesexsheriff.org/ |title=Welcome to the Middlesex Sheriff's Office |publisher=Middlesexsheriff.org |access-date=November 16, 2012}}</ref>

===State===
[[Massachusetts House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]:
* [[John J. Lawn]], Democrat of Watertown: Tenth Middlesex District, includes Precincts 1 and 4 of Ward 1, Newton.<ref>[http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Profile/JJL2 John J. Lawn]. 188th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 14, 2013.</ref>
* [[Kay Khan]], Democrat of Newton: Eleventh Middlesex District, includes precincts 2 and 3 of Ward 1, All precincts in Wards 2, 3 and 4 and precinct 2 of Ward 7, Newton.<ref>[http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Profile/K_K1 Kay S. Khan]. 188th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 14, 2013.</ref>
* [[Ruth Balser]] Democrat of Newton: Twelfth Middlesex District, includes all precincts in Wards 5 and 6, precincts 1, 3 and 4 of Ward 7; and all precincts in Ward 8, Newton.<ref>[http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Profile/RBB1 Ruth B. Balser]. 188th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 14, 2013.</ref>
[[Massachusetts Senate|Senate]]:
* [[Cynthia Stone Creem]], Democrat of Newton: 1st Middlesex District and Norfolk, since 1998.<ref>[http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Profile/CSC0 Cynthia Stone Creem]. 188th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 14, 2013.</ref>

===Federal===

Congress
* House of Representatives: [[Massachusetts's 4th congressional district]]: [[Jake Auchincloss]], Democrat
* Senate: [[Ed Markey]], Democrat
* Senate: [[Elizabeth Warren]], Democrat

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+Newton town vote by<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2012/11/07/map-massachusetts-town-by-town-election-results|title=Map: Mass. Town-By-Town Election Results|website=www.wbur.org|date=November 7, 2012 |access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref><br /> party in presidential elections
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2024 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2024]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''78.0%''' ''36,445''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |18.6% ''8,699'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2020]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''81.3%''' ''40,907''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |16.6% ''8,357'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2016]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''77.6%''' ''36,463''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |16.5% ''7,764'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2012]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''71.3%''' ''32,099''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |27.0% ''12,154'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2008]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''75.0%''' ''33,360''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |23.1% ''10,283'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2004 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2004]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''75.2%''' ''32,061''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |23.5% ''10,025'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2000]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''73.0%''' ''29,918''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |19.8% ''8,132'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[1996 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1996]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''73.5%''' ''30,005''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |20.8% ''8,499'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1992]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''65.2%''' ''29,136''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |21.5% ''9,623'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[1988 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1988]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''66.8%''' ''29,039''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |32.0% ''13,892'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[1984 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1984]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''62.7%''' ''27,343''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |37.1% ''16,184'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[1980 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1980]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''45.8%''' ''20,173''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |35.4% ''15,621'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[1976 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1976]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''55.5%''' ''25,116''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |40.6% ''18,372'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[1972 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1972]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''60.0%''' ''27,470''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |39.7% ''18,172'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[1968 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1968]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti19671968mass/page/275|title = Election statistics, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''67.8%''' ''29,427''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |29.8% ''12,936'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[1964 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1964]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti1964mass/page/418|title = Election statistics, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts|year = 1964}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''77.0%''' ''34,854''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |22.4% ''10,124'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[1960 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1960]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti19591960mass/page/344|title = Election statistics, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''51.0%''' ''24,482''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |48.7% ''23,421'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1956 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1956]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti1956mass/page/310|title = Election statistics, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts|year = 1956}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |36.0% ''16,650''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''63.9%''' ''29,546'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1952 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1952]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti1952mass/page/314|title = Election statistics, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts|year = 1952}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |31.8% ''14,492''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''68.0%''' ''31,087'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1948 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1948]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti19461948mass/page/296|title = Election statistics}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |33.8% ''13,349''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''64.1%''' ''25,292'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1944 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1944]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti19431945mass/page/256|title = Election statistics}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |35.0% ''13,670''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''64.8%''' ''25,268'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1940 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1940]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti19401941mass/page/274|title = Election statistics}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |31.6% ''12,101''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''67.7%''' ''25,629'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1936 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1936]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti19351936mass/page/340|title = Election statistics}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |31.1% ''10,634''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''64.2%''' ''21,936'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1932 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1932]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti19311932mass/page/252|title = Election statistics}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |31.9% ''9,514''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''66.6%''' ''19,892'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1928 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1928]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40703|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1929).|date=December 30, 1929|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40703|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727063718/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40703|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |36.3% ''10,438''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''62.9%''' ''18,074'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1924 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1924]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40701|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1925).|date=December 30, 1925|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40701|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727070433/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40701|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |19.2% ''3,836''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''73.8%''' ''14,738'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1920 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1920]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40699|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1921).|date=December 30, 1921|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40699|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519002635/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40699|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |22.6% ''3,689''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''75.9%''' ''12,407'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1916 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1916]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40695|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1917).|date=December 30, 1917|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40695|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519023528/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40695|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |35.5% ''2,585''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''63.2%''' ''4,605'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1912 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1912]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40691|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1913).|date=December 30, 1913|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40691|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727092619/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40691|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |31.7% ''2,022''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''39.5%''' ''2,515'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1908 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1908]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40687|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1909).|date=December 30, 1909|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40687|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519063903/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40687|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |25.5% ''1,470''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''70.4%''' ''4,053'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1904 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1904]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40683|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1905).|date=December 30, 1905|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40683|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519085154/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40683|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |30.7% ''1,658''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''67.0%''' ''3,613'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1900 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1900]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40679|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1901).|date=December 30, 1901|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40679|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519115809/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40679|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |28.0% ''1,328''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''69.4%''' ''3,294'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1896]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40675|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1897).|date=December 30, 1897|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40675|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519044218/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40675|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |11.8% ''525''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''80.5%''' ''3,570'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1892 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1892]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40671|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1893).|date=December 30, 1893|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40671|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519060752/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40671|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |40.1% ''1,673''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''58.0%''' ''2,416'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1888 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1888]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40667|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1889).|date=December 30, 1889|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40667|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519044205/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40667|url-status=live |last1=Court. |first1=Massachusetts. General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |39.0% ''1,404''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''57.9%''' ''2,086'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1884 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1884]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40663|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1885).|date=December 30, 1885|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40663|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519072452/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40663|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |38.5% ''1,158''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''52.9%''' ''1,594'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1880 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1880]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40659|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1881).|date=December 30, 1881|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40659|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519072507/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40659|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |26.4% ''715''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''73.2%''' ''1,985'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1876 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1876]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40655|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1877).|date=December 30, 1877|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40655|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519002844/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40655|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |32.0% ''832''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''68.0%''' ''1771'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1872]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40651|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1873).|date=December 30, 1873|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40651|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519074943/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40651|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |18.3% ''285''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''81.7%''' ''1,272'' 
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1868 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1868]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40647|title=A manual for the use of the General Court (1869).|date=December 30, 1869|via=archives.lib.state.ma.us|hdl=2452/40647|hdl-access=free|access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519023431/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/40647|url-status=live |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |23.7% ''372''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''76.3%''' ''1,200'' 
|-
|}

{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 17, 2018<ref>{{cite web|title = Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 17, 2018 | publisher = Massachusetts Elections Division | access-date = November 27, 2019 | url = https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/enrollment_count_20181017.pdf}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Number of Voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25,517
| style="text-align:center;"| 42.30%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4,110
| style="text-align:center;"| 6.81%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Unaffiliated
| style="text-align:center;"| 30,183
| style="text-align:center;"| 50.03%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 120
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.20%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! style="text-align:center;"| 60,323
! style="text-align:center;"| 100%
|}

==Education==
===Public schools===
[[File:Newton North High School panorama.agr.jpg|thumb|right|A panoramic view of Newton North High School]]
Public education is provided by [[Newton Public Schools]].

====Elementary====
{{div col}}
* Angier Elementary School
* Bowen Elementary School
* Burr Elementary School
* Cabot Elementary School
* Countryside Elementary School
* Franklin Elementary School
* Horace Mann Elementary School
* Lincoln Eliot Elementary School
* Mason Rice Elementary School
* Memorial Spaulding Elementary School
* Peirce Elementary School
* Underwood Elementary School
* Ward Elementary School
* Williams Elementary School
* Zervas Elementary School 
{{div col end}}

====Middle schools====
{{div col}}
* Bigelow Middle School
* Brown Middle School
* Oak Hill Middle School
* F.A. Day Middle School
{{div col end}}

====High schools====
*[[Newton North High School]]
*[[Newton South High School]]

===Private schools===
{{div col}}
* [[Fessenden School]] is a K–9 day and 5–9 boarding school for boys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fessenden.org|title=Homepage – The Fessenden School|publisher=[[Fessenden School]]|access-date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>
* Jackson School is a private, Catholic elementary school sponsored by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jacksonschool.org|title=Jackson School – Homepage|publisher=jacksonschool.org|access-date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Newton Country Day School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newtoncountryday.org|title=Newton Country Day School -> Home|publisher=newtoncountryday.org|access-date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>
* Schechter Boston is a K–8 Conservative Jewish day school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssdsboston.org|title=Solomon Schechter Day School: A Premier Jewish Independent School in Boston – Solomon Schechter Day School|publisher=ssdsboston.org|access-date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>
* Wellan Montessori (formerly Newton Montessori School) is a K–8 private school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wellans.org/|title=Wellan Montessori School|access-date=January 6, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Mount Alvernia High School]] is a private girls' school for grades 7–12.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountalverniahs.org/|title=Mount Alvernia High School|access-date=February 11, 2016|archive-date=November 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121123759/http://www.mountalverniahs.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Mount Alvernia Academy]] is an independent Catholic School for preschool through grade 6.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maa.school.org|title=Mount Alvernia Academy|access-date=February 11, 2016}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>{{div col end}}

===Higher education===
Colleges and universities located in Newton include:

* [[Boston College]] in [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts|Chestnut Hill]]
* [[Boston College Law School]] in [[Newton Centre]]
* [[Hebrew College]] in [[Newton Centre]]
* [[Lasell University]] in [[Auburndale, Massachusetts|Auburndale]]
* Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst in [[Oak Hill, Massachusetts|Oak Hill]], formerly the site of [[Mount Ida College]]
* [[William James College]] in [[Oak Hill, Massachusetts|Oak Hill]], formerly Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology

===Former colleges===

====Newton Junior College====
Newton Junior College, operated by the Newton Public Schools, opened in 1946 to serve the needs of returning [[veterans]] who otherwise would not have been able to continue their education due to the overcrowding of colleges and universities at that time. It used the facilities of Newton High School (now [[Newton North High School]]) until its own adjacent campus was built. It closed in 1976 due to declining enrollment and increased costs.<ref name='ccc'>{{cite web|url=http://closedcollege.bizland.com/massachusetts.htm|title=Massachusetts Closed Colleges|publisher=Closed College Consortium|access-date=October 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921153554/http://www.closedcollege.bizland.com/massachusetts.htm|archive-date=September 21, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The availability of such places as [[UMass Boston]] contributed to its demise. According to the city, its former campus is now "Claflin Park," a 25-unit multi-family development.

====Others====
Other former colleges include [[Aquinas College (Massachusetts)|Aquinas College]] (1961–1999), [[Mount Alvernia College]] (1959–1973), [[Mount Ida College]] (1899–2018), and [[Newton College of the Sacred Heart]] (1946–1975). [[Andover Newton Theological School]] relocated to New Haven, Connecticut (1807–2017).<ref name='ccc' />

==Media==
===News===
The city's community newspaper ''[[Tab Communications|The Newton TAB]]'', a weekly print paper published by the [[Community Newspaper Company]], and owned by Gatehouse Media, ceased print publication in May 2022.<ref>[https://patch.com/massachusetts/newton/newton-tab-will-end-print-edition-may Newton Tab will end print edition in May]</ref> The Newton [[Patch Media|Patch]] covers daily local news out of Newton and offers a platform for locals to post opinion, events, news tips and blogs on the community online platform as well.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/newton | title=Newton, MA Patch - Breaking News, Local News, Events, Schools, Weather, Sports and Shopping | date=February 23, 2024 }}</ref> ''The Newton Voice.'' The Newton community is also served by its high school publications, including [[Newton North High School]]'s ''Newtonite'' and [[Newton South High School]]'s ''Lion's Roar'' and ''Denebola''. Fig City News is a free, online community news resource founded by resident volunteers to cover local news and community events in Newton.<ref>[https://figcitynews.com/about/ Fig City News About Page]</ref> ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' occasionally covers Newton.

===Television===
Residents of Newton have access to a state-of-the-art television studio and community media center, [[NewTV]], located at 23 Needham Street in Newton Highlands. Newton is also home to [[New England Cable News|NECN]], a regional news network owned by [[NBC Owned Television Stations|NBC]].

===Radio===
From 1968 to 2017, the studios and transmitter of [[WNTN]] AM-1550 were on Rumford Avenue in Auburndale.

==Infrastructure==
===Hospital===
[[Newton-Wellesley Hospital]] is located at 2014 Washington Street in Newton. ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranks the hospital 13th best in the Boston metro area.

===Transportation===
Newton is well-served by three modes of mass transit run by the [[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority|MBTA]]: [[light rail]], [[commuter rail]], and bus service. The [[Green Line D branch]], (also known as the Riverside branch) is a light rail line running through the center of the city that makes very frequent trips to downtown Boston, ranging from 10 to 30 minutes away, terminating in [[Newton Lower Falls]]. The [[Green Line B branch]] ends across from [[Boston College]] on [[Commonwealth Avenue (Boston)|Commonwealth Avenue]], virtually at the border of Boston's [[Brighton, Boston|Brighton]] neighborhood and the City of Newton (an area which encompasses an unincorporated suburban village referred to as [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts|Chestnut Hill]]). The [[Framingham/Worcester Line|MBTA Worcester commuter rail]], serving the northern villages of Newton that are proximate to [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]], offers less frequent service to Boston. It runs from every half-an-hour during peak times to every couple of hours otherwise. The northern villages are also served by [[List of MBTA bus routes#501-599|frequent express buses]] that go to downtown Boston via the [[Massachusetts Turnpike]] as well as Waltham.

Newton Centre, which is centered around the [[Newton Center (MBTA station)|MBTA station of the same name]], has been lauded as an example of [[transit-oriented development]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terrain.org/unsprawl/2/|title=Newton Centre, Massachusetts : UnSprawl Case Study : Terrain.org|work=terrain.org|access-date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>

The [[Massachusetts Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 90]]), which basically follows the old [[Boston and Albany Railroad]] main line right-of-way, runs east and west through Newton, while [[Massachusetts Route 128|Route 128]] ([[Interstate 95 in Massachusetts|Interstate 95]]) slices through the extreme western part of the city in the Lower Falls area. [[Massachusetts Route 30|Route 30]] (Commonwealth Avenue), [[Massachusetts Route 16|Route 16]] (Watertown Street west to West Newton, where it follows Washington Street west) and [[Massachusetts Route 9|route 9]] (Worcester Turnpike or Boylston Street) also run east and west through the city. Another major Boston (and Brookline) street, [[Beacon Street]], runs west from the Boston city line to Washington Street west of the hospital, where it terminates at Washington Street.

There are no major north–south roads through Newton: every north–south street in Newton terminates within Newton at one end or the other. The only possible exception is Needham Street, which is north–south at the border between Newton and [[Needham, Massachusetts|Needham]], but it turns east and becomes Dedham Street, and when it reaches the Boston border, it goes south-east.

There are some north–south streets that are important to intra-Newton traveling. Centre Street runs south from the Watertown town line to Newton Highlands, where it becomes Winchester Street and terminates at Nahanton Street. Walnut Street runs south from Newtonville, where it starts at Crafts Street, down to Newton Highlands, where it ends at Dedham Street.<ref>AAA Map of Boston, Massachusetts, including Arlington,&nbsp;... Newton, etc, 2007, Heathrow, Florida: AAA</ref>

===Public safety===
The City of Newton Police Department has 139 sworn officers. The Newton Fire Department is fully paid and operates six engine companies, three ladder companies, and one rescue company from six stations.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

==Notable people==
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==Cemeteries==
* [[East Parish Burying Ground]], called ''Centre Street Cemetery'' by the city, dates from 1664
* [[West Parish Burying Ground]] (River Street Cemetery), West Newton, public
* [[St. Mary's Episcopal Church and Cemetery]], 258 Concord Avenue, Newton Lower Falls, private
* [[South Burying Ground]] called ''Winchester Street Cemetery'' or ''Evergreen Cemetery'' by the city, public
* Newton Cemetery & Arboretum, Newton Center, public

==In popular culture==
* The [[Fig Newton]] cookie is named after the city. In 1991, Newton and [[Nabisco]] hosted a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Fig Newton. A {{convert|100|in|cm|adj=on}} Fig Newton was served, and singer and guitarist [[Juice Newton]] performed<ref>Barbara L. Fredricksen (March 21, 2003). [http://www.sptimes.com/2003/03/21/Pasco/For_Juice__it_s_been_.shtml "For Juice, it's been a sweet ride"]. ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]''.</ref>
* Several scenes from the 1994 film ''[[The Next Karate Kid]]'' were filmed in Newton, including the house of the protagonist, who was played by [[Hilary Swank]]<ref>{{cite web |author1=Melissa Case |title='Next Karate Kid' Home in Newton Offered at $3.45M |url=https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/next-karate-kid-home-newton-offered/ |website=realtor.com |access-date=May 11, 2022 |date=October 3, 2014}}</ref>
* [[William Landay]]'s 2012 crime-drama novel ''[[Defending Jacob]]'' is set in Newton. The [[Defending Jacob (miniseries)|web television miniseries]] adaptation of the novel, starring [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] as main character Andy Barber, was filmed in various locations of the city<ref>Jenna Fisher, Patch Staff (March 21, 2019). [https://patch.com/massachusetts/newton/crime-drama-miniseries-be-filmed-newton]. ''Patch.com''.</ref>
* A portion of crime drama film ''[[Patriots Day (film)|Patriots Day]]'', based on the events of the [[Boston Marathon bombing]], was filmed at Lasell College in Newton on May 18, 2016<ref>{{cite web |title='Patriots Day' films in Newton |url=http://newton.wickedlocal.com/photogallery/WL/20160519/NEWS/519009986/PH/1?refresh=true |website=Wicked Local Newton |date=May 18, 2016}}</ref>
* Principal photography of the comedy film ''[[Sex Tape (film)|Sex Tape]]'', starring [[Cameron Diaz]] and [[Jason Segel]], took place in Newton on September 12, 2013<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shanahan |first1=Mark |last2=Goldstein |first2=Meredith |title=Cameron Diaz shooting 'Sex Tape' in Newton |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2013/09/10/cameron-diaz-shooting-sex-tape-newton/emoyt1FYIhLDVtdT227FMM/story.html |access-date=September 11, 2013 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=September 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel to shoot 'Sex Tape' in Newton |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/newton/news/x1155160510/Cameron-Diaz-Jason-Segel-to-shoot-Sex-Tape-in-Newton |access-date=September 11, 2013 |publisher=wickedlocal.com |date=September 9, 2013 |archive-date=December 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222203408/http://www.wickedlocal.com/newton/news/x1155160510/Cameron-Diaz-Jason-Segel-to-shoot-Sex-Tape-in-Newton |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Sex Tape', starring Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel, is filming in Newton, MA this week |url=http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2013/09/10/sex-tape-starring-cameron-diaz-and-jason-segel-is-filming-in-newton-ma-this-week/ |access-date=September 11, 2013 |publisher=onlocationvacations.com |date=September 10, 2013 |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117121920/https://onlocationvacations.com/2013/09/10/sex-tape-starring-cameron-diaz-and-jason-segel-is-filming-in-newton-ma-this-week/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* A scene from the 2008 remake of [[The Women (2008 film)|''The Women'']] was filmed on the banks of Bulloughs Pond. The setting was used as the backdrop of a New York suburban town.

==Sister cities==
Newton is currently [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagdeco|Italy}} [[San Donato Val di Comino]], [[Lazio]], Italy<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/data/318105211|title=ArchiveGrid : San Donato, Italy, Newton's Sister City, 1996–2009|website=beta.worldcat.org|access-date=May 27, 2017}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|Nicaragua}} [[San Juan del Sur]], Nicaragua<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sanjuandelsursistercityproject.wordpress.com|title=Newton-San Juan del Sur Sister City Project|website=Newton-San Juan del Sur Sister City Project|access-date=May 27, 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[:Category:Churches in Newton, Massachusetts|Churches in Newton, Massachusetts]]
*[[Crystal Lake and Pleasant Street Historic District]]
*[[Geology of Massachusetts]]
*[[Green Line A branch]] (abandoned)
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts]]
*[[Reginald A. Fessenden House]], which is the only [[National Historic Landmark]] located in Newton
*[[Silent Spring Institute]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Directory of the town of Newton: containing a general directory of the citizens, and a business directory. 1871 [https://books.google.com/books?id=sfMCAAAAYAAJ Google books]

==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.newtonma.gov/}}
* [http://www.nnchamber.com/  Newton/Needham Chamber of Commerce]

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