North Newton

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North Newton
North Newton (Kansas)
North Newton
North Newton
Location in Kansas
Basic data
Foundation : 1819
State : United States
State : Kansas
County : Harvey County
Coordinates : 38 ° 4 ′  N , 97 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 4 ′  N , 97 ° 21 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,797 (as of 2017)
Population density : 771.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.33 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 2.33 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 438 m
Postal code : 67117
Area code : +1 316
FIPS : 20-51225
GNIS ID : 478000
Website : www.northnewton.org
Mayor : Ronald Braun

North Newton is a city in the US state of Kansas in Harvey County. The city has 1997 inhabitants (as of 2017 Population Estimate) and an area of ​​2.3 square kilometers. It borders directly on the city of Newton in the south . Bethel College is located in North Newton .

history

After Kansas became a US state in 1861, there was a wave of settlements from the 1870s to the 1890s in which Mennonites from Prussia and Russia mainly settled in the area of ​​today's Newton .

Between 1867 and 1871, the Chisholm Trail , over which more than a million cattle were herded, ran through what is now North Newton.

In 1887, Pastor David Goerz founded Bethel College in an open field north of Newton. Over time, a predominantly Mennonite community developed around the oldest Mennonite college in the USA. It was not until 1938 that North Newton officially became a city because access to funding from the New Deal was only possible with city rights. Originally they wanted to name the city after the College Bethel, but there was already a place of the same name in Kansas at that time.

North Newton and the greater Newton are directly adjacent to each other, but each has its own administration, police and zip code.

Web links

Commons : North Newton  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ American FactFinder. In: United States Census Bureau . Accessed November 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d History of North Newton. In: northnewton.org. Accessed November 4, 2018 .

photos

  • Bethel College Administration Building

  • Memorial Hall Bethel College