Newton Falls
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Location in Ohio
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Trumbull County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 11 ′ N , 80 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 4,795 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 812.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.1 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.9 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 284 m | ||
| Postal code : | 44444 | ||
| Area code : | +1 330 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-55650 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1065149 | ||
| Website : | ci.newtonfalls.oh.us | ||
| Mayor : | Lyle A. Waddell | ||
Newton Falls is a city located within Newton Township in Trumbull County , Ohio , United States . The population was 5002 in the 2000 census, so the limit of 5000 inhabitants, which is decisive for a city, has just been exceeded. The city is also known for its striking postcode (44444).
geography
The city takes its name from the two waterfalls within the city, which are located in the two arms of the Mahoning River . Newton Township, from which Newton Falls was built, is in the southwest corner of Trumbull County.
Newton Falls is the Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center of the National Guard of the State of Ohio.
tornado
On May 31, 1985, a tornado destroyed many buildings in Newton Falls, including two churches and the two high schools and the post office. The hurricane had a strength of F5 on the Fujita scale , which means a speed of 400 to 500 km / h. He came from the west and roared over Newton Falls to Lordstown and then moved on to Niles and Hubbard , claiming the most deaths in Wheatland , Pennsylvania , where numerous factories were destroyed. No deaths were killed in Newton Falls that day as the tornado warning system warned them in time when the tornado approached the city at 6:38 p.m. Around 400 homes were destroyed in the Warren, Ophelia and Columbia Avenues, Broad and Canal Roads area.
Individual evidence
- ^ Website about the 1985 tornado
- ↑ Thomas W. Schmidlin and Jeanne Appelhans Schmidlin: Thunder in the heartland. Kent State University Press, 1996 ISBN 0873385497 p. 294