Newton County, MS

Headnote
NEWTON COUNTY, situated toward the easterly part of Mississippi. Area, 540 square miles. Seat of justice, Decatur. Pop. in 1840, 2,527; in 1850, 4,465. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Mississippi

Newton County, Mississippi (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
NEWTON COUNTY, situated toward the easterly part of Mississippi. Area, 540 square miles. Seat of justice, Decatur. Pop. in 1840, 2,527; in 1850, 4,465.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 253.
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