Newtown, Queens County, New York

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former town historical settlement

Newtown, Queens County, New York was a historic town in western Queens that encompassed areas now known as Elmhurst and surrounding neighborhoods in New York City.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former town ⓘ historical settlement ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolutionReason	consolidation into the City of Greater New York ⓘ
dissolvedAsMunicipalityIn	1898 ⓘ
encompassedArea	Corona, Queens, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ East Elmhurst, Queens, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Elmhurst, Queens, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackson Heights, Queens, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Maspeth, Queens, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Village, Queens, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodside, Queens, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of present-day Ridgewood, Queens, New York ⓘ parts of present-day Sunnyside, Queens, New York ⓘ
establishedAsTownIn	17th century ⓘ
followedBy	Elmhurst, Queens, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ various neighborhoods of western Queens ⓘ
foundedInCentury	17th century ⓘ
governmentType	town government ⓘ
hadJurisdictionOver	rural farmland in western Queens ⓘ small villages and hamlets in western Queens ⓘ
historicalCountySubdivisionOf	Queens County, Province of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens County, State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalFunction	local government unit for western Queens ⓘ
incorporatedInto	Borough of Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ City of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfEarlyRecords	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ
legacyToponym	Newtown Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Newtown High School (Elmhurst, Queens) NERFINISHED ⓘ Newtown Road (Astoria–Elmhurst area) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Long Island ⓘ New York City metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Newtown Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Newtown Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
nowPartOf	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ western Queens neighborhoods of New York City ⓘ
originallySettledBy	Dutch colonists ⓘ English colonists ⓘ
partOf	Queens (borough of New York City) NERFINISHED ⓘ historical towns of Queens County, New York ⓘ
precededBy	Middleburgh, Queens County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	colonial era to 1898 ⓘ

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James Harper → birthPlace → Newtown, Queens County, New York ⓘ