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History · Newton Grove

Newton Grove’s post office opened in 1848, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Newton Grove was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Its Register listing is the Isaac Williams House.

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How Newton Grove began

When was Newton Grove founded?

1848

The Newton Grove post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1879. Two smaller post offices, Blackman's Store (1824) and Cox's Store (1825), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 585178 years
Founding year: the first Newton Grove post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1879.The full story ↓

What stands out about Newton Grove’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 Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Newton Grove.Deep rootsA post office since 1848: 178 years of Newton Grove.
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Start Newton Grove’s collection

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

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Newton Grove’s post office has been open since 1848. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Blackman's Store
1824–1825
Cox's Store
1825–1849
Newton Grove
1848–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Newton Grove, 1824 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1824Post officeThe Blackman's Store post office opens
  3. 1825Post officeThe Blackman's Store post office closes
  4. 1825Post officeThe Cox's Store post office opens
  5. 1848Post officeThe Newton Grove post office opens
  6. 1849Post officeThe Cox's Store post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1939Born hereOscar N. Harris is born here
  9. 1940Born hereNamon Leo Daughtry is born here
  10. 1969Born hereChris King is born here
The story

How Newton Grove came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Newton Grove.

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The town of Newton Grove was first incorporated in 1879 as the New Town at the Grove, because of the prominent oak grove, then again in 1935 as Newton Grove. A mayor and five commissioners make up the government of Newton Grove.

Early courthouse records of Sampson County show that the Newton Grove post office was once known as Blackman's Store. Another post office six miles west of Newton Grove was known as Blackman's Mills from 1858 to 1914. The Blackman family were affluent planters who settled in the area in the early 18th century. They were descendants of Jeremiah Blackman, mariner of London who captained several ships that brought English settlers to the Colony of Virginia in the 17th century.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Newton Grove, decade by decade

Today6 recent
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On the National Register

1 historic place in Newton Grove

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. Boundary changes and added documentation are counted with their listing.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1984
Isaac Williams House
Isaac Williams House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

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Isaac Williams HouseBuilding · listed 1984

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Newton Grove

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Chris KingAmerican basketball player · b. 1969
Namon Leo DaughtryAmerican politician · b. 1940
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Oscar N. HarrisAmerican politician · b. 1939

Questions about Newton Grove’s history

What year was Newton Grove founded?

The Newton Grove post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1879.

What is on the National Register in Newton Grove?

One place: the Isaac Williams House (listed 1984).

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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.