Civilizations & archaeology

Founding of Newton

1688

City in Massachusetts, United States. Its founding is dated to 1688 in what is now the United States. It was part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Middlesex district and Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Middlesex district. Its population today is about 88,900.

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