Newtown, Connecticut

About Newtown

Set in the western part of Connecticut, Newtown is a small town with an estimated population of 1,980.

Newtown holds the status of a borough — a form of municipal government most common in the Northeast. The community covers 2.3 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 861 residents per square mile.

📰 Newtown News Today

• Connecticut Book Festivals Event Coming To Newtown The Newtown Bee · Aug 18
• Newtown Schools Receive Special Education Grant Patch · Aug 18
• Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting | Facts & Timeline Encyclopedia Britannica · Jul 22
• Newtown Soccer Schedule MaxPreps · Aug 13
• Newtown Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Newtown Unique

• A top-25 city in Connecticut by population (#25 of 30 incorporated places).
• One of 7 places in the US named Newtown — but the Connecticut one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in western Connecticut, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Newtown

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Newtown

• Blue Colony Diner — diner
• Carminuccio's Pizza & Subs — pizza
• Newtown Pizza Palace — pizza
• Project Pizza — pizza
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Taco Dia — mexican
• Burgerritoville — american
• Cover Two
• Figs
• Fusion 25 — sushi

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Everwonder Childrens Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Newtown

• Dickinson Memorial Park reviews ★
• Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Milliken) · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Myertin) · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Nettleton) · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Ram's Pasture reviews ★
• Rocky Glen State Park Scenic Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• The Nature Conservancy Shepaug Dam (Owned) · Nature reserve reviews ★
• The Pleasance reviews ★
• Town Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Town Open Space (Antler Pine Road) · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Town Open Space (Bushy Hill Road) · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Town Open Space (Castle Hill Road) · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Newtown

• Hawley Elementary School
• Head O'Meadow Elementary School
• Middle Gate Elementary School
• Newtown Middle School
• Reed Intermediate School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Newtown

🏘️ Nearby Communities