Newton, IL

NEWTON, p-v., capital of Jasper co., Ill., 130 s. K. Springfield, 707 W. Situated on the w. side of Embarrass r., and contains 1 Baptist church, 2 stores, and about 150 inhabitants.  (Haskell's Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the the United States...,1840)

NEWTON, a small post-village, capital of Jasper co., Illinois, on the Embarras river, 130 miles E.S.E. from Springfield.  It contains 1 or 2 churches, and several stores.  (Baldwin's New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States..., 1854)

NEWTON   A post village, capital of Jasper county, on the Embarrass river, 130 miles east-southeast from Springfield. Is a thriving place.  (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)