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Newton is located approximately seven miles from downtown Boston
The city has a total area of 18.2 square miles
The population in Newton is approximately 85,000 people
Interesting facts about Newton
- Katherine Lee Bates, who wrote “America the Beautiful,” lived on Centre Street in Newton Centre.
- The Fig Newton cookie is named after the city.
- The challenging stretch of the Boston Marathon known as Heartbreak Hill is located on Commonwealth Avenue between Centre Street and Boston College.
- Every year on the 3rd Saturday of October there is a Holloween drawing contest. Students can paint the windows of a local business.
Newton is comprised of 13 villages:
- Auburndale
- Chestnut Hill
- Newton Centre
- Newton Corner
- Newton Highlands
- Newton Lower Falls
- Newton Upper Falls
- Newtonville
- Nonantum (also called “The Lake”)
- Oak Hill
- Thompsonville
- Waban
- West Newton
Transportation
- Light rail includes both the Green Line “D” Branch, (also known as the Riverside branch) and the Green Line “B” Branch
- Commuter rail serves the northern villages of Newton that are near Waltham
- Multiple bus lines run through Newton included a few Express Buses that take the Turnpike straight into Downtown Boston
- The Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) runs east and west through Newton
- Route 128 (Interstate 95) runs along the western side of the town.
