Newtonville is a dispersed rural community in the Municipality of

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, Canada. It is located about east of

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and about west of Port Hope on the former Highway 2. Newtonville is the most easterly community in Clarington (and in Durham Region), and therefore forms the eastern end of the

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. The community was formerly part of the southeastern part of the township of Clarke until 1973.

History

Newtonville's first Post office opened in 1835 when the village was known as both "Clarke" (named after Clarke Township, which it was part of) and "Newton".

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Newtonville had a population of 629 living in 212 of its 214 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 576. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

Neighbourhoods in Clarington Designated places in Ontario {{GoldenHorseshoe-geo-stub