Named in the favor of the Thomas W. Newton, an Arkansas Congressman, Newton County was created in the year 1842 with an area of 823.18 sq mi. About 8.3K people with marvelous combination of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others including more than 3.5K housing units and 2.4K families are found here. Jasper forms the county seat of Newton County.

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