West Newton, Minnesota

West Newton is an abandoned townsite on the Minnesota River in West Newton Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States.^[1]

History

West Newton was named in part to honor James Newton, an early settler who emigrated from Kentucky, and partly to honor the steamboat West Newton, which was built in 1852 and sunk at Alma, Wisconsin, in September 1853. The town had a post office from 1862 until 1910, and also had a sawmill, a gristmill, a hotel, and a general store. Harkin's General Store is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

Notable residents and natives

• John Hubert Peschges, second Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Crookston

Notes

1. ↑ "West Newton, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 
2. ↑ Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. pp. pp. 400,401. ISBN 0-87351-396-7. 

External links

• Harkins Store at Minnesota River Valley
• Minnesota Historic Sites: Harkin Store

v t e Municipalities and communities of Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States County seat: St. Peter Cities Courtland Lafayette Mankato‡ Nicollet North Mankato‡ St. Peter Townships Belgrade Bernadotte Brighton Courtland Granby Lafayette Lake Prairie New Sweden Nicollet Oshawa Ridgely Traverse West Newton Unincorporated communities Bernadotte Norseland West Newton Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 44°23′10″N 94°35′46″W / 44.386°N 94.596°W / 44.386; -94.596