The City of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts,
is a large residential suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, which abuts it on the east. According to the United States 2000 Census, the population of Newton was 83,829, making it the tenth largest city in the state.

Newton does not have a single city center, but is rather a patchwork of 13'villages'', many boasting small'downtown'areas of their own. The 13 villages are: Auburndale, Massachusetts, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, Newton Corner, Massachusetts, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts, Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts...

The City of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts,
is a large residential suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, which abuts it on the east. According to the United States 2000 Census, the population of Newton was 83,829, making it the tenth largest city in the state.

Newton does not have a single city center, but is rather a patchwork of 13'villages'', many boasting small'downtown'areas of their own. The 13 villages are: Auburndale, Massachusetts, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, Newton Corner, Massachusetts, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts, Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts (both on the Charles River, and both once small industrial sites), Newtonville, Massachusetts, Nonantum, Massachusetts (also called'The Lake'), Oak Hill, Massachusetts, Thompsonville, Massachusetts, Waban, Massachusetts, and West Newton, Massachusetts. Oak Hill Park is a place within the village of Oak Hill that itself is shown as a village on some city maps, and Four Corners is also shown as a village on some city maps. Although most of the villages have a post office, they have no legal definition and no firmly defined borders. This village-based system often causes some confusion with regard to addresses and first time visitors.
See The Thirteen Villages of Newton].

History
Newton was settled in 1630 as part of Cambridge, Massachusetts#History, which was renamed Cambridge in 1638. It was incorporated as a separate New England town, known as Cambridge Village, in 1688. It was renamed Newtown in 1691 and finally Newton in 1766. It became a city in 1873. Newton is known as The Garden City.