Newtown

History

Multiple Native American mounds and other earthworks were once located on the site of Newtown. Newtown was first settled in 1792 under the name of Mercersburg. The name was changed before the village incorporated in 1901. Still in existence today are the Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound and the Perin Village Site, plus the Turpin site and the Hahn Field Archeological District just outside the village's boundaries. Newtown withdrew from Anderson Township in the 1960s by forming a paper township.

Geography

Newtown is surrounded by Anderson Township, from which it was split in the 1960s. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  33,411
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  27,169
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  26,762
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  22,969
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  22,704
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  21,837
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  21,366
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  20,286

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2026-02-22
  2 km NE of Hillsboro, Ohio
• M 2.51 — 2024-01-28
  3 km SW of Old Washington, Kentucky
• M 3.04 — 2021-12-12
  2 km E of Manchester, Ohio
• M 2.78 — 2017-12-17
  6 km ENE of Germantown, Kentucky
• M 2.62 — 2015-05-11
  5 km ESE of Maysville, Kentucky
• M 2.6 — 2013-07-23
  6 km NNE of Germantown, Kentucky