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      • The town of Newton, KS was named for the town of Newton, MA. Newton, KS was built on the site of the first depot of the Atchison, Topeka & Sant Fe (AT&SF) Railroad, were the railroad intersected with the great Texas cattle trail.
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  2. In 1906, the first Harvey County Courthouse was built in Newton. The three-story red brick structure was built in a modified Romanesque Revival style dominated by a tall clock tower. Bedford stone highlighted the exterior with marble lining the interior hallways.

  3. Newton is a city in and the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 18,602. [3] [4] Newton is located 25 miles (40 km) north of Wichita. The city of North Newton is located immediately north and exists as a separate political entity.

  4. When Judge R. W. P. Muse made his first trip to this point, May 10, 1871, he found occupying a tent on the west bank of Sand Creek, the late John Sebastian, and on the town site were located Peter Luhn, Joel T. Davis, L. E. Steele, H. Lovett, Isaac Stockwell, Robert Walton, Dr. Gaston Boyd, H. W. Hubbard, E. L. Lapham, W. A. Russell, S. J. Bentl...

  5. Aug 12, 2024 · Trail crews entered Kansas near the emerging cowtown of Caldwell (Border Queen Museum) and pushed through Wellington (Chisholm Trail Museum) and Wichita (Old Cowtown), which would take over Newton’s cattle market in 1872.

  6. Feb 22, 2024 · The town of Newton, Kansas — named for Newton, Massachusetts — was built on the site of the first depot of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (AT&SF) Railroad, where the railroad intersected with the great Texas cattle trail.

  7. The late 1880s was a time of growth and optimism in Newton. The Ragdale brothers built a grand opera house at the corner of Broadway and Main in 1885. Many of Newton's wealthy built homes along East 1st and West Broadway. Business were also... Read more

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