Newton County, Indiana

 

Founding: 1859
Parent county: Jasper

Namesake: John Newton, South Carolina soldier
Seat: Kentland (1860–)

Land area: 403 square miles

Population (2020): 13,830

Population (historic): 2,360 (1860); 8,167 (1880); 10,448 (1900); 9,841 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1930–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: Five towns; two CDPs; ten townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,671 (27.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 50.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,785
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,034

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,011
Average farm size (1920): 181.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois and Ohio

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Kentland

Namesake: Alexander Kent, owner of the city site

Founding: 1860 (platting); 1860 (post office); 1868 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,641

Population (historic): 802 (1870); 1,006 (1900); 1,355 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1880; 1890–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 256 (30.8%)

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