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Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Auburndale) (Nonantum) (Oak Hill) (Thompsonville) (Waban) (West Newton)
Newton, originally a part of Cambridge, when separated was called "new town," which was afterwards contracted to Newton.
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Believe it or not, there is a cookie named after this town. It is the Fig Newton (see below)!
Newton includes: Angier's Corner (Newton Corner), Auburndale, Chestnut Hill Station, Eliot, Garden City, Lower Falls, Newton Center, Newton Highland, Newtonville, Nonantum, Norumbega Park, Oak Hill, Pine Grove, Riverside Station, Thompsonville, Upper Falls, Waban, West Brook Village, West Newton, West Parish, and Woodland Station.
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- 1639 - Newton is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1661 - The first church in the area, founded in 1661 at East Parish (Newton Centre), was the traditional church of the Puritans
www.hemlockgorge.org/ FHG_Makers_of_the_Mold/ MakersHistorical.htm - 1688 - Newton is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - NEWTON. [Pop. 3,351. Inc. 1691.]
Newton is a corruption of New Town, by which name this part of Cambridge was called after it was dropped by the alder part of the town. Previously...Read MORE... - 1848 - Newton
The exact period of the commencement of the settlement of Newton is unknown. It was originally a part of Cambridge, and was styled Cambridge Village, ...Read MORE... - 1854 - Newton
Newton, a post-township of Middlesex CO., Massachusetts, intersected by the Boston and Worcester railroad, 10 miles W. from Boston, contains 1 bank. P...Read MORE... 
1871 - Express Delivery
At Denver, Col., a few days ago, a man tried to have himself sent by express to Newtown Corners, Mass., by securing himself in a box expressly manufac...Read MORE...- 1872 - Boston pays its female teachers an average of $67.92 per month, and Newton $65.54.
These are the highest in the State. The lowest is the town of New Ashford, which pays only $16.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 16, 1872 - 1873 - Newton is incorporated as a city
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1889 - 200th Anniversary
The city of Newton, one of Boston's suburbs, celebrated its two hundredth anniversary as a town on the 27th.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 5, 1889 - Newton Massachusetts, 1890
NEWTON is a large and handsome city of residences, having also its manufacturing localities, and is rapidly increasing in population and wealth. It li...Read MORE... - 1891 - First Fig Newton
The Kennedy Biscuit Works (later Nabisco) used a machine invented by James Henry Mitchell to mass-produce the first Fig Newton Cookies and named it fo...Read MORE... - 1895 - Newton / Newton Corner
Newton, or Newton Corner, a post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., a part of the city of Newton, on Charles River, and on the Boston & Albany Railroad,...Read MORE... 
Newton Square, Newton, Mass.
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Echo Bridge, Newton, Mass.
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"The Evans", 1905
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The Square, 1905
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The Common, Newton Centre (1905)
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Newton, a banking city of Middlesex co., Mass., adjoining Boston on the WSW., on the Boston and Albany R. It contains several villages, namely, Newton...Read MORE... 
Lake Ave, Newton Centre, 1906
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S. F. Smith's House at Newton Centre, Mass. "Author of America", 1907
The home in which Smith and his family lived in Newton is no longer standing. In 1958, a society was formed to buy and preserve it, but the home was damaged by fire in 1968 and ... Read MORE...
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Eliot Congregational Church
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Newton Hospital
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Masonic Building
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Hyde School
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The New City Hall
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The Brae-Burn Country Club
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Newton Station, Boston & Albany R.R.
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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The Common, Newton Centre (1905)
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S. F. Smith's House at Newton Centre, Mass. "Author of America", 1907
The home in which Smith and his family lived in Newton is no longer standing. In 1958, a society was formed to buy and preserve it, but the home was damaged by fire in 1968 and ... Read MORE...
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Eliot Congregational Church
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Newton Hospital
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Masonic Building
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Hyde School
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The New City Hall
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The Brae-Burn Country Club
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Newton Station, Boston & Albany R.R.
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1639 - Newton is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1661 - The first church in the area, founded in 1661 at East Parish (Newton Centre), was the traditional church of the Puritans
www.hemlockgorge.org/ FHG_Makers_of_the_Mold/ MakersHistorical.htm
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1688 - Newton is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - NEWTON. [Pop. 3,351. Inc. 1691.]
Newton is a corruption of New Town, by which name this part of Cambridge was called after it was dropped by the alder part of the town.... Read MORE...
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1848 - Newton
The exact period of the commencement of the settlement of Newton is unknown. It was originally a part of Cambridge, and was styled Cambridge Village, ... Read MORE...
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1854 - Newton
Newton, a post-township of Middlesex CO., Massachusetts, intersected by the Boston and Worcester railroad, 10 miles W. from Boston, contains 1 bank.... Read MORE...
1871 - Express Delivery
At Denver, Col., a few days ago, a man tried to have himself sent by express to Newtown Corners, Mass., by securing himself in a box expressly... Read MORE...
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1872 - Boston pays its female teachers an average of $67.92 per month, and Newton $65.54.
These are the highest in the State. The lowest is the town of New Ashford, which pays only $16. St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 16, 1872
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1873 - Newton is incorporated as a city
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1889 - 200th Anniversary
The city of Newton, one of Boston's suburbs, celebrated its two hundredth anniversary as a town on the 27th. St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 5, 1889
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Newton Massachusetts, 1890
NEWTON is a large and handsome city of residences, having also its manufacturing localities, and is rapidly increasing in population and wealth. It... Read MORE...
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1891 - First Fig Newton
The Kennedy Biscuit Works (later Nabisco) used a machine invented by James Henry Mitchell to mass-produce the first Fig Newton Cookies and named it... Read MORE...
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1895 - Newton / Newton Corner
Newton, or Newton Corner, a post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., a part of the city of Newton, on Charles River, and on the Boston & Albany... Read MORE...
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1905
Newton, a banking city of Middlesex co., Mass., adjoining Boston on the WSW., on the Boston and Albany R. It contains several villages, namely,... Read MORE...
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