Incorporated: 1749
Population: 4,473
County Name: Rockingham
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Newton
PO Box 375
Newton, NH 03858

Phone: 603-382-4096
Fax: 603-382-2596
Website: Town of Newton

Origin:
The sixth town to be granted from the Masonian land purchase of 1746, Newton was originally part of South Hampton. A number of the residents felt they were too far away from its church for their convenience, and the town was incorporated as Newtown in 1749 simply because it was a new town. In 1846, the New Hampshire legislature voted to contract the name to Newton.