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INDIANA TRAILS
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
Newton county is
situated on the west boundary of the State, its northern line being
only thirty miles south of Lake Michigan. It comprehends an area of 390
square miles, or 249,600 acres. It is principally prairie land,
although there is some good timber in the central portion. The northern
third of the county is very wet and swampy. Beaver lake, covering an
area of about 13,000 acres, and the Kankakee river, forming the
northern boundary, renders this at present a very undesirable tract of
country. However it only remains for the people of this section to
inaugurate a grand scheme of drainage to render this one of the most
fertile spots in the State. The southern half, or two thirds of the
county consists of dry and rolling prairie land, susceptible of the
highest cultivation.
Kentland, the county seat, a town of about 1,500
inhabitants, is situated near the south line,
and on the Toledo, Peoria and "Warsaw railroad. This is a
new but very fast growing town, full of wide-awake business men, and
will very soon become a place of considerable importance. The county
was organized in 1859.
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Kentland-Jefferson
Township
Public Library
210 East Graham,
Kentland, Indiana |
Newton
County
Public Library
P.O. Box 206
Lake Village,
Indiana 46349 |
Jasper-Newton
Counties
Genealogical Society
Rt. 1, Box 307
Wheatfield, Indiana
46392 |
County
Offices
and Agencies
Newton County Health Dept.
(For Birth & Death Certificates
from ca. 1882)
Box 250 - Lake Village,
Indiana 46349 |
Newton
County
Circuit Court Clerk
(For Marriage, Divorce
& Probate Records)
Newton Circuit Court
P.O. Box 49
Kentland, IN 47951 |
Newton
County
Enterprise - news
305 E. Graham
Kentland, IN 47951 |
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