The Asia Minor refugees lived, to top, scenes, in the gym, the old barracks square Riga Fereou, in warehouses and schools. The accommodation conditions were inhumane and for this reason it was decided that they be given an area northwest of, small then, Volos city, beyond the brook Krafsidona, following a tract 2 November.

The foundation stone was laid on 15 August 1923 and 28 December of the same year, became the official opening, The Prefect of Larissa. (Magnesia was the prefecture of Larissa). Attended by the Mayor Pagason Koukiadis, united the City Council and the city authorities.

The first houses were built were the "squares", name taken from the order and not their shape. The squares were 776 storey houses. Between 1925 and 1929 built 356 "Concrete" homes, 104 "Tzamaliotika", 323 "German" and 300 "Stone", with large-always- delay, due to lack of credit.

The first houses of the settlement, well before- well completed, occupied in 13 July 1924 by weary from illness, such as typhus fever, refugees.

Nea Ionia census is done 1928 as a district of Volos, with 6128 residents, who had come from the coast of Asia Minor, Thrace and Pontus. Has inaugurated, from May 1927, a little, then, church, Evanyelistria and, left and right of, Work for prosfygopaida, two elementary schools.

It 1924 refugees create the football team "Refugee" which, next year, renamed "Victory". The win marked the performance of, not only football in the region and of the National League where he excelled, mainly in the late 60.

In May 1931, to boost the morale of the refugees, visits the "settlement" Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos. The contemporary newspapers write about "boost our hopes".

On 26 September 1946, the "refugee settlement" detached from the Municipality Pagason and is recognized as a separate community. However, not enough time to work on as well as Community 29 May 1947, recognized as "Municipality of Nea Ionia".

First mayor was Evangelos KARAMPATZAKI (’47-’49) and follow the Apostle fireball (’49-’50).

The year of creation, The new municipality has 13706 residents who, and until then lived the dream of returning to their ancestral homes, begin to accept their condition, as a permanent. Besides, appears the second generation, that can be raised with the stories and songs for the distant homeland, but faces the harsh, metakatochiki and post Civil War reality of Greece, hopes to overcome the bleak "here and now".

The inhabitants of Nea Ionia, diligent and stubborn, live their families dealing with the petty- mainly itinerant- transport and fishing. The "dealers" who roamed, during the interwar period, neighborhoods, with studs and donkeys, acquired slowly their own shops, mainly, Street Chalcedon, the "Wide", the big road that is an extension to 2 November but in other neighborhoods, even on the main streets of Volos. Others, fished by small boats and boats in Pagassitikos, while the muleteers hauling goods stores Volos, from the colonial vegetable or fish-.

In "Loose" were, from the early years, Numerous cafes which were gathered nostalgic distant homeland and remembering old stories and songs of their homeland.

All of these, the kaiktsides and muleteers, helped build the new Annunciation, it 1966, carrying stones from the nearby quarries. The building was made of all workmen of Nea Ionia. It was a return to the Virgin who saved the lives of their parents and led them to a place safe and welcoming.

Το 1972, annexed to the municipality of Nea Ionia and the Communities Fytokou Melissiatika. Το 1998, with Kapodistrias plan, annexed and the CommuIt incisive(Kapourna), Homeric Kapraina, homeland Osiomartyr Gideon-the Fool for Christ-.

The city's population, to Census 2001, reaches 36000 residents.