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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Outstanding Buildings

1. Joseph Zoborosky Farm (c. 1885). 474 West 300 South. Beaver. Italianate. Razed.
2. Dimmitt Log House (c. 1860). 1301 East Michigan Avenue. Beaver.
3. Zachariah Spitler Farm (c. 1870). 10582 South 500 West. Washington. Italianate.
4. Mount Zion Brethren Church (1912). 11233 South 500 West. Washington. Gothic Revival.

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