Newton is a town in Dale County, Alabama, United States.

[2] The city currently forms a part of the Ozark micropolitan statistical area.

At one time this waterway was navigable by steamboat from its mouth in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida all the way to Newton.

The town was a scene for Confederate recruiting during the Civil War, and was the site of a battle in March 1865 between local Home Guard troops and elements of the 1st Florida Cavalry (US) operating out of Florida.

Seeking to burn the county courthouse, the attackers were repulsed when local troops ambushed their column as they entered the town.

This event is commemorated by a monument located in downtown Newton, and by annual re-enactments.

Since Sketoe was tall, a hole had to be dug beneath his feet to accommodate his large frame.

Though covered in 1979 by a new bridge and tons of rip-rap, "Sketoe's hole" remains a local attraction,[6] and was documented by Alabama writer Kathryn Tucker Windham in 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey.

The Southern Star, one of the oldest newspapers in the Wiregrass area, was first published in Newton in 1867.

Newton remained a port for river boats on the nearby Choctawhatchee, until the railroad arrived in 1890.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,607 people, 655 households, and 479 families residing in the town.