Newton County, Indiana

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Name: Named for Sergeant John Newton of the American Revolution
County Seat: Kentland

Indiana's youngest county. The original Newton County was formed by statute on February 7, 1835, and was a roughly square area some 30 miles on a side, encompassing what is now the northern half of the county, plus large sections to the east and north. These borders were reduced on February 1, 1836, with all land north of the Kankakee River going to the counties of Lake and Porter. The county was abolished and combined with Jasper County in 1839. On December 8, 1859 the county was recreated and the borders were redrawn to essentially their current state.

Newton County is named after Sgt. John Newton, who served under Gen. Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox", in the American Revolutionary War. It is adjacent to Jasper County, which was named after Sgt. William Jasper, whose story is similar. Other states, including Texas, have adjacent Newton and Jasper Counties, as though these two were remembered as a pair.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_County,_Indiana
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Coordinates:   40°58'38"N   87°23'48"W

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  • Number 8 in my list of counties to be traced out. Anybody living in these counties that wishes to put in information about them is more than welcome to. I only know more about Southwestern Indiana than the rest of the state, so I am only limited to what information I do know about them.
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