West Newton, Minnesota

West Newton is a ghost town in section 30 of West Newton Township in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States, along the Minnesota River, near New Ulm.^[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 community 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 people

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

References

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

External links

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

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 Klossner New Sweden Norseland North Star Oshawa St. George Traverse Ghost town 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