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History · Newton Township

Newton Township’s post office opened in 1839, and 34% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1962 on.

1839first post office
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How Newton Township began

When was Newton Township founded?

1839

The Newton Township post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Newton (1839) and Surrey (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 825187 years
Founding year: the first Newton Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Newton Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Newton Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Newton Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1839: 187 years of Newton Township.
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Start Newton Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newton Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Newton
1839–1841
Surrey
1882–1926
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Surrey
1cemetery inside Newton Township
Burr Oak

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Newton Township, 1839 to 1962

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe Newton post office opens
  3. 1841Post officeThe Newton post office closes
  4. 1882Post officeThe Surrey post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1926Post officeThe Surrey post office closes
  7. 1962On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Newton Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Newton Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Newton Township is one of thirteen townships in Jasper County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 825 (up from 811 at 2010) and it contained 325 housing units.

Its first post office opened in 1839. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 811 in 2010, 825 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Newton Township on the map, 1962 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Newton Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Newton Township on the 1962 USGS mapNewton Township on the 1980 USGS map1962Rensselaer sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Newton Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Newton Township

Nobody well known was born in Newton Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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George AdeAmerican writer, newspaper columnist and playwr… · b. 1866
Eddie CondonUS musician · b. 1905
Sam RiceAmerican baseball player · b. 1890
Steve BuyerAmerican politician · b. 1958
Augustus PhillipsAmerican actor · b. 1874
Tom HarmonAmerican football player and sportscaster · b. 1919
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Jackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJordan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarion Township9 historic placesAUnion TownshipIts storyD

Questions about Newton Township’s history

What year was Newton Township founded?

The Newton Township post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.