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Newton Falls is a village located within Newton Township in Trumbull County, Ohio in the United States. The population was 4,795 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The city is known for its ZIP code, which is 44444, and for its covered bridge, which is the second oldest in the state of Ohio and one of only two in Ohio with an integrated covered walkway (the other being the Smolen-Gulf Covered Bridge in Ashtabula County).
The city earned its name from the two sets of falls within the city, each on different branches of the Mahoning River.
Newton Falls was likely named for Newtown, Connecticut in the early 19th century at the time of its settlement. It grew in part from factors such as the river and its falls, steel manufacturing, and the proximity of the nearby Ravenna Training and Logistics Site.
On May 31, 1985, an F5 tornado struck the city as part of The 1985 United States-Canadian tornado outbreak, a deadly series…