THE NEWTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Tertiary Uplands setting.
Newton city has 5.45 square miles of land in Newton County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Tertiary Uplands, within South Central Plains.
The Piney Woods occupy irregular plains at the western edge of the southern forest belt. Pine and hardwood landscapes alternate with wider river corridors such as the Red River valley.
Regional context: South Central Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Newton and Newton County
Newton is associated with Newton County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Newton by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Newton, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Newton County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Newton city has 52.1% of the land area of nearby Jasper city (10.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

