Named in favor of Isaac Newton, English scientist, Newton County was created in the year 1836 with an area of 579.58 sq mi. The county is a home to over 21.7K people with an excellent admixture of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others with more than 8.2K households and 6K families. Decatur is the county seat and Union, the largest town of the county.

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