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Newton, Sussex, NJ
Newton was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 11, 1864, from portions of Newton Township, which was also partitioned to create Andover Township and Hampton Township, and was then dissolved. Additional land was acquired from Andover Township in 1869 and 1927, and from Fredon Township in 1920.
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- 1854 - Newton
Newton, a post-township of Sussex co., New Jersey, on the Paulinskill creek, about 05 miles N. from Trenton. Population, 3279.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - April 11, 1864 - Newton is incorporated
1869 - Four men engaged in tearing down an old building at Ogden Mine, near Newton, N.J., the other day, were killed by its premature fall, which buried them in the ruins.
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St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 18, 1869
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Postcard- 1892 - Killed Two in the Procession.
Orange, N.J., Sept. 17. – Some members of a local band that went with Morristown fire company on an outing to Newton, in Sussex County, yesterday, bring news of an accident at Newton that cost at least two lives.
The members of Washington Engine Company, No. 1, of Morristown had spent the day in ...Read MORE... - 1895 - Newton
Newton, a post-town, capital of Sussex co., N.J., is on the Sussex Railroad, about 25 miles N.N.W. of Morristown, and 60 miles N. of Trenton. By railroad it is 67 miles from New York, to which several trains run daily. The Sussex Railroad connects with the Morris & Essex Railroad *Waterloo, 11...Read MORE... 
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Postcard- 1906
Newton, a banking post-town, capital of Sussex co., N.J., is on the Lackawanna R., 25 miles NNW. of Morris- town. It is the central market of a populous agricultural region and has important manufactures of shoes, silk, hay forks, cigars, etc. Here is the Newton Collegiate Institute. Pop. in 1900,...Read MORE... - 1907 - THREE DROWNED.
NEWTON, N. J., Aug. 8. - JAMES JOHNSON, 21 of Jersey City; HARRIET SLINKARD, 16, and HELEN BLOOMER, 18, both of Brooklyn, were drowned while bathing in the lake here. With a girl on either arm Johnson was clinging to a raft moored near the shore in what was supposed to be water reaching to their...Read MORE... 
Business Section, Newton, N.J.
Postcard- 1948 - 9 SOLDIERS DIE WHEN PLANES CRASH IN AIR.
Newton, N.J., Aug. 25 (AP) - Six U.S. Air Force enlisted men, en route to a religious conference, and three crew members of a C-47 transport were killed yesterday after the big plane swooped out of a cloud bank and collided with a B-25.
The disabled C-47 plummeted to the ground near this...Read MORE...
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1854 - Newton
Newton, a post-township of Sussex co., New Jersey, on the Paulinskill creek, about 05 miles N. from Trenton. Population, 3279.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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April 11, 1864 - Newton is incorporated
1869 - Four men engaged in tearing down an old building at Ogden Mine, near Newton, N.J., the other day, were killed by its premature fall, which buried them in the ruins.
They all leave large families.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
September 18, 1869
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1892 - Killed Two in the Procession.
Orange, N.J., Sept. 17. – Some members of a local band that went with Morristown fire company on an outing to Newton, in Sussex County, yesterday, bring news of an accident at Newton that cost at least two lives.
The members of Washington Engine Company, No. 1, of Morristown had spent the day in ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Newton
Newton, a post-town, capital of Sussex co., N.J., is on the Sussex Railroad, about 25 miles N.N.W. of Morristown, and 60 miles N. of Trenton. By railroad it is 67 miles from New York, to which several trains run daily. The Sussex Railroad connects with the Morris & Essex Railroad *Waterloo, 11... Read MORE...
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1906
Newton, a banking post-town, capital of Sussex co., N.J., is on the Lackawanna R., 25 miles NNW. of Morris- town. It is the central market of a populous agricultural region and has important manufactures of shoes, silk, hay forks, cigars, etc. Here is the Newton Collegiate Institute. Pop. in 1900,... Read MORE...
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1907 - THREE DROWNED.
NEWTON, N. J., Aug. 8. - JAMES JOHNSON, 21 of Jersey City; HARRIET SLINKARD, 16, and HELEN BLOOMER, 18, both of Brooklyn, were drowned while bathing in the lake here. With a girl on either arm Johnson was clinging to a raft moored near the shore in what was supposed to be water reaching to their... Read MORE...
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1948 - 9 SOLDIERS DIE WHEN PLANES CRASH IN AIR.
Newton, N.J., Aug. 25 (AP) - Six U.S. Air Force enlisted men, en route to a religious conference, and three crew members of a C-47 transport were killed yesterday after the big plane swooped out of a cloud bank and collided with a B-25.
The disabled C-47 plummeted to the ground near this... Read MORE...
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