Miniature Horses for Sale near Newman, CA

About Newman, CA

Simon Newman was born as Simon Neumann in Willmars, Bavaria, German Confederation in 1846. In 1862, the young Jew decided to emigrate to California, where his sister Fanny Wangenheim already lived. Initially speaking only German and Hebrew he learned English and translated his family name to Newman. After becoming a successful businessman he founded the town of Newman in 1888. On December 26, 2018, Newman Police Department Officer Ronil Singh, who had worked for the department since 2011, was killed during a traffic stop by a man later identified by the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department as known to law enforcement, in the United States illegally, and considered armed and dangerous.