About Newton, Mississippi

Newton is a city of 3,195 people in Newton County, about 25 miles west of Meridian. Interstate 20 and U.S. Route 80 both run just to the north of the city, and Potterchitto Creek curves past its west and north sides.

On April 24, 1863, Union cavalry led by Col. Benjamin Grierson fought the Battle of Newton's Station here. The clash was part of Grierson's Raid, which supported General Ulysses S. Grant's long campaign to capture Vicksburg on the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.

  • The Evers brothers' schoolCharles and Medgar Evers, both born in nearby Decatur in the 1920s, went to school at Newton Vocational School. Both men grew up to become leaders of the civil rights movement.
  • From Newton to Mississippi A&MJohn Crumpton Hardy was born in Newton on Dec. 24, 1864. He paid for college by teaching in country schools and later ran the Jackson public schools for nine years, where attendance grew from under 500 to nearly 2,000. In April 1900 he followed former Gov. John M. Stone as president of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical college, today's Mississippi State, and he led it until 1912.
  • Gospel singers in 1934In 1934 Newton hosted a statewide singing convention for gospel musicians. It was one of the high points of religious life in a county where Baptists made up 70 percent of church members in 1916.
  • The 1948 tornadoOn February 13, 1948, a tornado rated F3 on the Fujita scale hit Newton. It killed five people and destroyed 30 homes.

Find your street

Names on the Newton map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks1

  • Newton City Hall

Streets and roads131

  • Northside Drive
  • Decatur Street
  • West Church Street
  • East Church Street
  • North Main Street
  • Miley Street
  • Belmont Avenue
  • Davidson Avenue
  • Griffin Road
  • School Street
  • East First Street
  • Ford Avenue
  • South Main Street
  • Martin Luther King Junior Drive
  • Oak Street
  • Coliseum Drive
  • Old Highway 15
  • Old Hickory Road
  • Doolittle Road
  • North Pilate Avenue
  • Wickware Road
  • Congregate Road
  • Scanlan Street
  • Wood Street
  • East Sixth Street
  • Industrial Park Road
  • West Railroad Street
  • Cedar Street
  • New Ireland Road
  • West Tatum Street
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  • Third Avenue
  • East Railroad Street
  • College Street
  • Marguerite Avenue
  • East Tatum Street
  • Clark Avenue
  • Brown Avenue
  • Pine Street
  • Old Highway 15 Lp
  • South Frontage Road
  • Heritage Street
  • Dear Street
  • High Street
  • Hall Avenue
  • Woodbridge Drive
  • Lillian Avenue
  • Fourth Avenue
  • Lucille Street
  • Violet Street
  • Ora Street
  • Magnolia Street
  • Shady Grove Avenue
  • Bingham Avenue
  • Cole Avenue
  • Bell Street
  • South Lane
  • Ridge Drive
  • Patrick Avenue
  • Cherry Street
  • Georgie Avenue
  • Russell Street
  • Mc Mullan Street
  • Pinewood Drive
  • Fifth Avenue
  • Waverly Avenue
  • First Avenue
  • Oree Avenue
  • Jenkins Street
  • Harris Street
  • Watts Drive
  • Parker Street
  • Ruth Street
  • Boyd Road
  • Weir Street
  • Lea Avenue
  • Burt
  • Walnut Street
  • Donna Drive
  • Newton Conchatta Road
  • Rae Street
  • Raymond Street
  • Newton Avenue
  • West First Street
  • Victoria Circle
  • South Pilate Avenue
  • New Ireland Street
  • Clearbrook Road
  • Candace Street
  • Forest Avenue
  • Frances Avenue
  • Indian Creek Drive
  • Tuxedo Lane
  • Pecan Street
  • Paul Avenue
  • Hoye Avenue
  • Carr Avenue
  • Eleanor Avenue
  • Glover Street
  • Cork Avenue
  • Burrage Street
  • South Hall Avenue
  • Bolton Avenue
  • Tillman Street
  • Sixth Avenue
  • Byrd Street
  • Lewis Street
  • Elm Street
  • Pinecrest Street
  • Mimosa Street
  • Hall Street
  • Poplar Drive
  • West Sixth Street
  • Bay Street
  • Stennis Street
  • Herman Street
  • Allen Hillie Road
  • Seventh Avenue
  • Pine Hill Circle
  • Jones Lane
  • Northside Plaza
  • Deerfield Drive
  • Kentwood Drive
  • Banks Street
  • Thomas Cut Off Road
  • Whitfield Avenue
  • Hamilton Drive
  • Adams Street
  • Son Watts Drive
  • Holt Street
  • Hardy Drive
  • Smith Street

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The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

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  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

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  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

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Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

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