Newtown - Definition and Overview

Newtown is the name of several places in the United Kingdom:

• Newtown, Hampshire
• Newtown, Isle of Wight
• Newtown, Powys
• Newtown Ho
• Newtown Linford

Newtown is the name of several places in the United States of America:

• Newtown, Connecticut
• Newtown, Indiana
• Newtown, Missouri
• Newtown, New York
• Newtown, Ohio
• Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
• Newtown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
• Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
• Newtown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
• Newtown was also a community near Elmira, New York where a decisive battle was fought in Sullivan's Campaign of the American Revolutionary War by Major General John Sullivan's forces against Tory Col. John Butler and Iroquois Chief Joseph Brant.
• New Town, North Dakota (note the different spacing)

It is also the name of several places in Australia:

• Newtown, New South Wales
• Newtown, Victoria
• New Town, Tasmania (note the different spacing)

and a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand:

• Newtown, New Zealand

All these should be distinguished from various places called Newton