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Newellton is a town in northern Tensas Parish in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population is 1,187 in the 2010 census, a decline of 255 persons, or 17 percent, from the 2000 tabulation of 1,482. The average age of the population there is 41 years.

Newellton is west of the Mississippi River on Lake St. Joseph, an ox-bow lake. Further south toward St. Joseph, the parish seat of government, is another ox-bow lake, Lake Bruin, a part of which is the popular Lake Bruin State Park.

Newellton town overview:
Name:	Newellton town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Louisiana
County:	Tensas Parish
Elevation:	79 ft (24 m)
Total Area:	0.87 sq mi (2.26 km²)
Land Area:	0.76 sq mi (1.97 km²)
Water Area:	0.11 sq mi (0.29 km²)
Total Population:	886
Population Density:	1,167.33/sq mi (450.58/km²)
Area code:	318
FIPS code:	2253930

Online Interactive Map

Newellton online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

Newellton itself was founded in the early 19th century by the Routh family, for whom the defunct Routhwood Elementary School was named. John David Stokes Newell Sr., a planter and lawyer in St. Joseph, the seat of Tensas Parish, named the settlement for his father, Edward, a native of North Carolina who relocated to Tensas Parish in 1834.

Newellton was designated a village in 1904. On April 4, 1951, under Mayor T. T. Hargrove, Newellton was upgraded to a town through the state Lawrason Act.

In March 2014, Newellton became debt-free.

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Geography

Newellton is located at 32°4′22″N 91°14′21″W / 32.07278°N 91.23917°W / 32.07278; -91.23917 (32.072740, -91.239230).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km), of which 0.8 square miles (2.1 km) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km) (12.64%) is water.