Newton is a suburban city in
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately west of downtown
Boston and is bordered by Boston's
Brighton and
West Roxbury neighborhoods to the east and south, respectively, and by the suburb of
Brookline to the east, the suburbs of
Watertown and
Waltham to the north, and
Wellesley and
Needham to the west. Rather than having a single city center, Newton is a patchwork of thirteen villages. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.