{"id":9,"date":"2016-04-23T21:15:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T21:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/wp\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:16:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:16:02","slug":"newton-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Newton, New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-81 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Newton-square-lg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Newton-square-lg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Newton-square-lg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Newton-square-lg-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Newton-square-lg-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Newton-square-lg-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Newton-square-lg-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Newton-square-lg-285x214.jpg 285w, https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Newton-square-lg.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><em>The town lies upon the slope of a gentle hill, of mingled slate and limestone, at whose foot a spring sends forth the first waters of the Paulinskill, the chief river of the county &#8230; Some of the dwellings are very neat: the place has an air of business, and there is in fact a very considerable trade carried on with the surrounding country. In healthiness of situation, by the report of the inhabitants, it cannot be excelled.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>~Thomas Gordon, 1834.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the history of Newton, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtonnj.net\/\">History of Newton, New Jersey (newtonnj.net)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Newton government, including a downtown map and parking information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/newtontownhall.com\/\">Newton, NJ &#8211; Official Website | Official Website (newtontownhall.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For visitor information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitnj.org\/search\/node\/newton%2C%20nj\">Search | VisitNJ.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For census data, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/newtontownnewjersey\">U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Newton town, New Jersey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The town lies upon the slope of a gentle hill, of mingled slate and limestone, at whose foot a spring sends forth the first waters of the Paulinskill, the chief river of the county &#8230; Some of the dwellings are very neat: the place has an air of business, and there is in fact a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1762,"href":"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/1762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}