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Established April 11, 1864
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedCrimson90 March 07, 2024 06:32pm
DescriptionNewton, officially the Town of Newton, is an incorporated municipality located in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. It is situated approximately 60 miles (97 km) by road northwest of New York City. It is one of fifteen municipalities in the state organized as a town, and the municipal government operates under a council-manager structure provided by the Faulkner Act, or Optional Municipal Charter Law. As the location of the county's administrative offices and court system, Newton is the county seat of Sussex County.

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.

As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 7,997,reflecting a decline of 247 (-3.0%) from the 8,244 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 723 (+9.6%) from the 7,521 counted in the 1990 Census.

INFORMATION
DateRegistrations
Jun 06, 2023
I2,006 (35.93%) R1,966 (35.22%) D1,610 (28.84%)
Jun 08, 2021
I2,008 (36.56%) R1,931 (35.16%) D1,553 (28.27%)
Jul 07, 2020
I1,879 (36.74%) R1,819 (35.57%) D1,415 (27.67%)
Jun 04, 2019
I1,946 (39.76%) R1,701 (34.75%) D1,247 (25.48%)
Jun 05, 2018
I1,985 (41.25%) R1,650 (34.28%) D1,177 (24.45%)
Jun 06, 2017
I1,960 (41.82%) R1,632 (34.82%) D1,094 (23.34%)
Jun 07, 2016
I2,159 (46.64%) R1,516 (32.75%) D954 (20.6%)
Jun 02, 2015
I2,249 (47.34%) R1,553 (32.69%) D948 (19.95%)
Jun 03, 2014
I2,188 (46.64%) R1,566 (33.38%) D937 (19.97%)
Aug 13, 2013
I2,156 (46.18%) R1,583 (33.91%) D929 (19.9%)