Newton Falls, Ohio

Trumbull County

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Newton Falls is a city that is located within the Newton townships in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,002 at the 2000 census, making it the crucial for a city limit of 5,000 inhabitants was just exceeded. The city is known for its striking postal code ( 44444 ).

Geography

The town takes its name from the two waterfalls within the city that are located in the two arms of the Mahoning River. The Newton Township, from the Newton case originated, is located in the southwest corner of Trumbull County.

In Newton Falls is the Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center of the National Guard of the State of Ohio.

Tornado

On 31 May 1985, a tornado destroyed many buildings in Newton Falls, including two churches and two high schools and the post office. The hurricane had the strength F5 on the Fujita scale, which means a speed of 400 to 500 km / h He came from the west and drove through Newton Falls away to Lordstown and then moved to Niles and Hubbard further and called for the highest number of deaths in Wheatland, Pennsylvania, where numerous factories were destroyed. In Newton Falls no people came that day to death, because they had been warned in time by the tornado warning system, when the tornado by 18 clock approached 38 minutes of the city. Some 400 homes were destroyed in the area of ​​Warren, Ophelia and Columbia Avenue and Broad and Canal Road.