Editing Newton, Utah

{{Short description|  Town in the state of Utah, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Newton, Utah
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|motto                    =
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|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Newton Post Office, September 2012 
|image_map                = Cache County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas Newton highlighted.svg
|map_caption              = Location in [[Cache County, Utah|Cache County]] and the state of [[Utah]].
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Utah]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Utah|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Cache County, Utah|Cache]]
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|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = Mayor 
|leader_name              = Mike Benson <ref name="UPR-results">{{cite web |url=https://www.upr.org/post/cache-valley-and-other-utah-election-results-2017 |title=Cache Valley And Other Utah Election Results 2017 |date=November 8, 2017 |last=Hayes |first=Dani |publisher=UPR Utah Public Radio |access-date=January 29, 2020}}</ref>
|established_title        = 
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|named_for                = 'New Town' separate from [[Clarkston, Utah|Clarkston]]
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_49.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 2.22
|area_land_km2            = 2.22
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.86
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.86
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
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|population_as_of         = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 789
|pop_est_as_of            = 2019
|pop_est_footnotes        = <ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse"/>
|population_est           = 817
|population_density_km2   = 367.87
|population_density_sq_mi = 952.21
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|timezone                 = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
|utc_offset               = -7
|timezone_DST             = MDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -6
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|elevation_ft             = 4528
|coordinates              = {{coord|41|51|38|N|111|59|45|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 84327
|area_code                = [[Area code 435|435]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 49-54550<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>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2413048<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2413048}}</ref>
|website                  = 
|footnotes                = 
}}

'''Newton''' is a town in [[Cache County, Utah|Cache County]], [[Utah]], United States. It was founded in 1869 by pioneers of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. The population was 789 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. It is included in the [[Logan metropolitan area|Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 0.8&nbsp;square mile (2.0&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

==History==
Newton was first settled in 1869.  A bridge was built over the [[Bear River (Great Salt Lake)|Bear River]] in 1871 and it was at that point that many of the inhabitants of [[Clarkston, Utah]] moved to this "new town".<ref>[[Andrew Jenson]]. ''Encyclopedic History of the Church''. p. 583</ref>  Newton has two reservoirs nearby:  [[Newton Dam]]  reservoir to the north, and the much larger [[Cutler Reservoir]] to the south.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1870= 195
|1880= 304
|1890= 473
|1900= 429
|1910= 515
|1920= 529
|1930= 555
|1940= 549
|1950= 497
|1960= 480
|1970= 444
|1980= 623
|1990= 659
|2000= 699
|2010= 789
|estyear=2019
|estimate=817
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 699 people, 196 households, and 165 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|915.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 204 housing units at an average density of {{convert|267.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 96.57% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.29% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.72% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.43% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.43% of the population.

There were 196 households, out of which 53.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.8% were non-families. 13.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.57 and the average family size was 4.02.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 36.8% under the age of 18, 12.6% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.5 males.
[[File:Newton, Utah (9097668922).jpg|thumb|Park in Newton, September 2012]]

The median income for a household in the town was $45,000, and the median income for a family was $47,875. Males had a median income of $31,957 versus $21,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,146. None of the families and 0.7% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 3.5% of those over 64.

==Notable people==
* [[Parley P. Christensen]], [[Los Angeles]] city council member
* [[Orrin Hatch]], politician, buried in Newton

==See also==
* {{portal-inline|Utah}}
* [[List of municipalities in Utah]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Newton, Utah}}

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Newton
|North     = {{flagicon|Idaho}} [[Weston, Idaho|Weston]]
|Northeast = [[Trenton, Utah|Trenton]]
|East      = [[Amalga, Utah|Amalga]]
|Southeast = [[Logan, Utah|Logan]]
|South     = [[Mendon, Utah|Mendon]]
|Southwest = [[Fielding, Utah|Fielding]]<br/>[[Deweyville, Utah|Deweyville]]
|West      = [[Plymouth, Utah|Plymouth]]
|Northwest = [[Clarkston, Utah|Clarkston]]
}}

{{Cache County, Utah}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Towns in Cache County, Utah]]
[[Category:Towns in Utah]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1869]]
[[Category:Logan metropolitan area]]
[[Category:1869 establishments in Utah Territory]]