Newton Corner is one of the thirteen

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within the city of

Newton Newton most commonly refers to: * Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727), English scientist * Newton (unit), SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton Newton may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Newton'' (film), a 2017 Indian film * Newton ( ...

in Middlesex County,

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. Newton Corner borders

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, a neighborhood of Boston, as well as the city of

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. Newton Corner is divided by the

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(

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), it has on-off access in both directions at Exit 17.

Newton Corner station Newton Corner was a streetcar and passenger rail station in the Newton Corner neighborhood of Newton, Massachusetts, located near where Washington Street crosses the Massachusetts Turnpike. The Newton Corner station, known simply as Newton for mu ...

formerly saw streetcar and commuter rail service; it now serves as a busy bus depot serving downtown express routes as well as local buses.

History

Newton Corner sprang up in the late 1600s, when a village grew at the intersection of Washington and Centre street, then rural roads. Stores, farm stands, and a tavern came to service the steady stream of traffic. A railway came through in 1834. The

was built through the center of Newton Corner in the 1960s, along the line of the former railroad. An interchange was also added. According to author Yanni Tsipis, "Newton Corner really ceased to be a to-place. It became more of a through-place".

Education

Underwood Elementary School
(public) – 101 Vernon Street
Bigelow Middle School
(public) – 42 Vernon Street
Lincoln-Eliot Elementary School
(public) – 191 Pearl Street *

Newton Country Day School Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (often abbreviated to Newton Country Day School, Newton, or NCDS) is a private, all-girls Roman Catholic high school and middle school located on the Loren Towle Estate in Newton, Massachusetts, as ...

(private) – 785 Centre Street The Chamberlayne School, now

Mount Ida College Mount Ida College was a private college in Newton, Massachusetts. In 2018, the University of Massachusetts Amherst acquired the campus and renamed it the Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst. History The Mount Ida School for Girls, once a high sc ...

, was founded in 1899 as a private all-female high school on Mount Ida Hill in Newton Corner.

Notable residents

Freelan Oscar Stanley Freelan Oscar Stanley (June 1, 1849 – October 2, 1940) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, hotelier, and architect. He made his fortune in the manufacture of photographic plates but is best remembered as the co-founder, with his brother Fra ...

and

Francis Edgar Stanley Francis Edgar Stanley, also known as F. E. Stanley (June 1, 1849 – July 31, 1918), was an American businessman and was the co-founder, along with his twin brother Freelan Oscar Stanley, of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company which built the S ...

, identical twin inventors of the Stanley Steam Car *

Robert Pinsky Robert Pinsky (born October 20, 1940) is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Pinsky is the author of nineteen books, most of ...

, former US Poet Laureate *

Sidewalk Sam Sidewalk Sam is the pseudonym of Robert Charles Guillemin (May 4, 1939 – January 26, 2015), a Boston-based artist who resided in Newton, Massachusetts. He is best recognized for his reproductions of European masterpieces, chalked or painted on ...

(Robert Guillemin), folk artist *

Taylor Twellman Taylor Timothy Twellman (born February 29, 1980) is an American former soccer player who played professionally from 1999 to 2010. He now works in the media as a soccer television commentator. Twellman is best known for his play with the New Eng ...

, soccer player * Steve Grossman, Massachusetts state treasurer, 2011–present

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Newton Corner Neighborhoods
Villages in Newton, Massachusetts Villages in Massachusetts {{MiddlesexCountyMA-geo-stub

History

Education

Notable residents

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