Newton (Ill.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
ניוטון (אילינוי)
Name (Latin)
Newton (Ill.)
Coordinates
-88.1643566 -88.1643566 38.9872484 38.9872484 (gooearth )
W0880945 W0880945 N0385927 N0385927 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 135045969
Wikidata: Q575554
Library of congress: n 97119462
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 38°59ʹ27ʺN 088°09ʹ45ʺW)
  • Broomcorn nostalgia, c1996:p. viii (Newton, Jasper County, Ill.)
  • Rand McNally commerc. atlas, 1988p. 315 (Newton, Jasper County, Ill.)

Wikipedia description:

Newton is a city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,777 at the 2020 census. Newton is home to a large coal-fired power plant operated by Illinois Power Generating Co and is close to Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area and Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area. Newton is also home to the Drive 'n Theatre, formerly known as the Fairview Drive-In, which opened in 1953. It is one of ten drive-ins left standing in Illinois.

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