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Newtown Township

Settled 1681 incorporated as a Township in 1684. Originally laid out as a "Townstead" early purchasers were entitled to a certain number of acres in the "Townstead" or "Newtown" which is where the name comes from.

Newtown Twp Links:
Newtown Twp. Web Site
Newtown Square Historical Society
Newtown Square Pa.
Bartram Bridge

Maps:
1870 Atlas
1875 Atlas
1882 Atlas of early Land Grants and Patents
1892 Atlas

Census Records:
Newtown Twp. 1790 U.S. Census
Newtown Twp. 1800 U.S. Census
Newtown Twp. 1810 U.S. Census

Cemetery Records:

Newtown Friends Cemetery

Directory Records:
NewtownTownship Directory 1872
Newtown Square Directory 1897
Wyola Directory 1897
Newtown Square Directory 1902
Wyola Directory 1902

Tax Records:
Newtown Rate 1715

Newtown Rate 1760
Newtown Rate 1764
Newtown Rate 1765
Newtown Rate 1766
Newtown Rate 1767
Newtown Rate 1768
Newtown Rate 1769
Newtown Rate 1771
Newtown Rate 1772
Newtown Rate 1774
Newtown Rate 1775
Newtown Rate 1778
Newtown Rate 1779
Newtown Rate 1780
Newtown Rate 1781
Newtown Rate 1782
Newtown Rate 1785
Newtown Rate 1788
Newtown Rate 1790
Newtown Rate 1791
Newtown Rate 1792
Newtown Rate 1793
Newtown Rate 1794

Newtown Rate 1802

Pictures:
Newtown Sq. Twp. Alice Grimm School c.1950 pcp
Newtown Sq. Twp. Charles E. Ellis School Main Bldg.c.1950 pc
Newtown Sq. Twp. Eight Sided School House c.1910 pc
Newtown Sq. Twp. Garrett-Williamson Lodge Property c.1920 pcp

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