THE NEWPORT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Kettle Moraines setting.
Newport township has 31.9 square miles of land in Lake County. Its Census reference point is in Kettle Moraines, within Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains.
Glacial till plains support a transition between hardwood forest, oak savanna and prairie landscapes. Rolling farmland and woodland reflect this meeting of ecological regions in southeastern Wisconsin.
Regional context: Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Newport and Lake County
Newport is associated with Lake County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Newport by land and water
The Census records 0.52 square miles of water within Newport, or 1.6% of its total area. It is 66 percentage points lower than the 67.6% recorded for Lake County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Newport township has 3.2 times the land area of nearby Wadsworth village (9.84 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

