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Newton is the county seat of, and most populous city in, Jasper County, Iowa, United States. Located 30 miles (48 km) east of Des Moines, Newton is in Central Iowa. As of the 2020 Census, the city population was 15,760. It is the house of Iowa Speedway, Maytag Dairy Farms, and the Iowa Sculpture Festival.

Newton was founded in 1846 as Newton City, then shortened to Newton in 1847 and incorporated as a city in 1857. It was named to pair later Jasper County, following a common American naming scheme at the era in praise of Revolutionary War soldiers John Newton and William Jasper. In the late 19th century, Newton’s accumulation was fueled by the move ahead of coal mines in the region. The first significant mine in the area was the Couch mine of the Jasper County Coal and Railway Company, opened in the 1870s. For a while, it was the largest mine in the county, producing 70 tons per day. William Snooks opened a mine near Newton in 1886. In the to come 20th century, large scale mining in the Newton Place had declined, but there were nevertheless several mines in the Place that were worked intermittently.

In the 20th century, Newton was a manufacturing community, much of its deposit derived from the washing robot industry. Its most distinctive landmark, the Jasper County Courthouse, was built in 1911.