Place:Newton, Barton, Missouri, United States

Barton County was organized in 1857.

One of the first acts of the County Court was to divide the county into a convenient number of municipal townships. There were seven when local government was resumed at the close of the war. These were named Newton, Union, Mineral, Nashville, Lamar, North Fork and Golden Grove. By successive divisions the number has been doubled.

On Wednesday, February 7, 1866, it was ordered by the court that the municipal townships in Barton County should be bounded and named as follows:

Newton Township, commencing at the northeast corner of Section 2, Township 33, Range 29; west to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 33, Range 30; south to the southwest corner of Township 33, Range 30; east to the southeast corner of Township 33, Range 30; south to the southwest corner of Section 18, Township 32, Range 29; east to the southeast corner of Section 14, Township 32, Range 29; thence north to the place of beginning.

This embraced what is now known as all of Milford Township, all of Doylesport Township, and the north half of Newport Township.