Funeral Homes near Newton

Facts about the city

Newton is a town in Dale County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census its population was 1,511. Once the county seat of Dale County, Newton lost this distinction to nearby Ozark in 1870, and is now a small farming community. It incorporated in 1887. The city currently forms a part of the Ozark micropolitan statistical area.

Newton Obituaries

It was reported by The Commercial Appeal on June 24th, 2018 that Raley Thomley died in Newbern, Tennessee.  Thomley was 88 years old and was born in Newton, AL.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Raley's life.

It was reported on June 12th, 2014 that Philip Wood Jr Dr Lett passed on in Boulder, Colorado.  Lett was 92 years old and was born in Newton, AL.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Philip Wood Jr Dr's life.

It was noted by Middletown Journal on November 29th, 2012 that Mabel Ree Myers (Andrews) died in Middletown, Ohio.  Ms. Myers was 95 years old and was born in Newton, AL.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Mabel Ree's life.

It was revealed on December 1st, 1996 that Oscar Lantinga passed away in Newton, Alabama.  Lantinga was 84 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Oscar's life.

History

Though covered in 1979 by a new bridge and tons of rip-rap, "Sketoe's hole" remains a local attraction, and was immortalized by Alabama writer Kathryn Tucker Windham in her 13 Alabama ghosts and Jeffrey Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey. Following a fire which destroyed the courthouse in March of 1869, and the formation of Geneva County, Alabama County in 1870 from the southern third of Dale and Coffee Counties, votors relocated the county seat to Ozark, which was more centralized. The guerrillas, who sought to burn the county courthouse, were repulsed. The Baptist Collegiate Institute operated in the city from 1898 to 1929; its main building now houses the city's public library. Newton is a town in Dale County, Alabama County, Alabama, United States.