Newton Hamilton, PA

Newton Hamilton is a borough in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2020 census counted 197 residents. On June 15, 1762, Hugh Brown obtained a warrant for two hundred and fifty acres of land, a portion of which would later become known as the borough of Newton Hamilton. Sometime before 1783, Brown was killed during an encounter with Indigenous peoples in the area. A newcomer can read Newton Hamilton through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Newton Hamilton comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.