Newton Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

Urban Community - A separately named area within the limits of an incorporated municipality In Surrey Municipality, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

Newton: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Newton

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Newton

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Newton Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Newton

References to Newton that document the origin of its place name

Newton Station (Post Office) and Newton (Railway Station) were adopted 2 February 1936 on 92G/2, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914. Re-submitted and passed as Newton (Post Office and Station) 15 September 1966 on 92G/SE. Form of name changed to Newton (Railway Point) 24 November 1980 on 92G/2. Form of name changed to Newton (Urban Community) 16 November 1995.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Newton Station Post Office opened 1 April 1914. Renamed Newton Post Office 6 June 1960

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

"...after Elias John Newton. "

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives  |  Province of British Columbia

"After E.J. Villeneuf, pioneer settler, saddler and harness maker; finding his neighbours had difficulty with his name, Villeneuf (New Town) obligingly changed it to Newton."

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

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Last updated: 2023-09-26