Newton County, Arkansas

Founding: 1842
Parent counties: Carroll and Johnson
Namesake: Thomas Newton, Arkansas senator
Seat: Jasper (1843–)
Land area: 821 square miles
Population (2020): 7,225
Population (historic): 1,758 (1850); 4,374 (1870); 9,950 (1890); 10,612 (1910); 10,564 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1970s; 1990s
Subdivisions: One city; one town
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 575 (12.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $256
Average outbuilding value (1930): $160
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,028
Average farm size (1920): 30.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee and Missouri
_________________________________________________________________________________
 

Jasper

 
Namesake: William Jasper, South Carolina soldier
Founding: 1843 (platting); 1843 (post office); 1895 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 547
Population (historic): 91 (1880); 242 (1910); 253 (1920); 385 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1910; 1920s; 1960–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 63 (19.7%)
_________________________________________________________________________________

View and filter the data. Or see a map.
_________________________________________________________________________________