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is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,289 at the 2000 census.
The sixth town to be granted from the Masonian land purchase of 1746, Newton was originally part of South Hampton. A number of the residents felt they were too far away from its church for their convenience, and the town was incorporated by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth as
in 1749, simply because it was a new town. In 1846, the New Hampshire legislature voted to contract the name to