Newtonville, Ontario

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Newtonville is a village located east about 90 km E of Toronto, Ontario, about 30 km E of Oshawa and about 10 km west of Port Hope on the former Highway 2.

Newtonville is the most easterly community in Clarington (and in Durham Region) and was in the western part of the old Clarke Township until 1973.

Contents 1 Notable events 2 Nearest places 3 Statistics and location 4 External links

[edit] Notable events

On June 10, 1940, Norman McLeod Rogers, Minister of Defense and confidant to Prime Minister Mackenzie King, died in a plane crash near Newtonville enroute from Ottawa to Toronto.

[edit] Nearest places

• Welcome and Port Hope, east
• Elizabethtown, north
• Newcastle, west

[edit] Statistics and location

• Population: about 1,000
• Area: -
• density: -
• Location:
• Altitude: about 150 m
  • Latitude: about 43.95 (44°57') N
  • Longitude: about 78.45 (78°27') W
• Area code: +(00)1-905, overlays with (00)1-249
• Name of inhabitants: - sing., -s pl.
• Postal code: -

[edit] External links

• Map and aerial photos
  • Street Map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google
  • Satellite images: Google
• Coordinates: 43°57′0″N, 78°27′0″W