Newton, North Carolina

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Newton, North Carolina is a small city in Catawba County that serves as the county seat and lies within the Piedmont region of the state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
county seat
areaCode 828
areaLandSquareMiles 13.8
areaTotalSquareMiles 13.8
areaWaterSquareMiles 0.0
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Catawba County
surface form: Catawba County, North Carolina
elevationFeet 1001
FIPS code 37-46360
foundedInCentury 19th century
GNIS feature ID 1021600
governmentType council–manager government
hasCulturalFacility The Green Room Community Theatre
hasElementarySchool North Newton Elementary School
South Newton Elementary School
hasEvent Newton, North Carolina self-linksurface differs
surface form: Soldiers Reunion (annual event in Newton, North Carolina)
hasHighSchool Newton-Conover High School
surface form: Discovery High School of Newton-Conover

Newton-Conover High School
hasHistoricDistrict Newton Downtown Historic District
hasMiddleSchool Newton-Conover Middle School
hasMuseum Catawba County Museum of History
hasNewspaper The Observer-News-Enterprise
hasPark Southside Park (Newton, North Carolina)
Westside Jaycee Park
hasPublicLibrary Catawba County Library – Main Library (Newton)
incorporatedAsCity Newton, North Carolina self-link
latitude 35.669
listedOn National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places (Newton Downtown Historic District)
locatedInPhysiographicProvince Piedmont Plateau
locatedInRegion Piedmont (North Carolina)
longitude -81.221
majorHighway North Carolina Highway 10
North Carolina Highway 16
U.S. Route 321 Business
namedAfter Isaac Newton
nearCity Conover, North Carolina
Hickory, North Carolina
partOf Catawba River
surface form: Catawba River basin

Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area
populationCensus2010 12968
populationEstimate2020 about 13000
role county seat of Catawba County, North Carolina
servedByTransit Greenway Public Transportation
state North Carolina
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
ZIP code 28658

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Newton, North Carolina hasEvent Newton, North Carolina self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Soldiers Reunion (annual event in Newton, North Carolina)
Piedmont region of North Carolina hasMajorCity Newton, North Carolina
Newton, North Carolina incorporatedAsCity Newton, North Carolina self-link