page_title: Newton, New Jersey
section_title: Points of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Newton, New Jersey / Points of interest
caption_attribution_description: Detail of medallion depicting "Father Time" holding hour glass and sickle on the wrought iron gates of the Old Newton Burial Ground in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey USA.
context_page_description: Newton, officially the Town of Newton, is an incorporated municipality located in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. It is situated approximately 60 miles by road northwest of New York City. One of fifteen municipalities in the state organized as a town, the municipal government operates under a council-manager structure provided by the Faulkner Act, or Optional Municipal Charter Law. As the location of the county's administrative offices and court system, Newton is the county seat of Sussex County.
  Newton was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 11, 1864, from portions of Newton Township, which was also partitioned to create Andover Township and Hampton Township, and was then dissolved. Additional land was acquired from Andover Township in 1869 and 1927, and from Fredon Township in 1920.
  As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 7,997, reflecting a decline of 247 from the 8,244 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 723 from the 7,521 counted in the 1990 Census.
context_section_description: Newton Cemetery
  Newton Town Green
  Old Newton Burial Ground is a historic cemetery that was the primary burial ground in the town for a century after its establishment in 1762.
  Spring Street
  Sussex County Courthouse - The original courthouse was constructed in 1765 and destroyed by fire in 1847. The structure was rebuilt in 1848.
  Sussex County Community College
  Horton Mansion on the SCCC campus
caption: "Father Time" at the Old Newton Burial Ground