THE NEWMAN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Drift Plains setting.
Newman township has 35.9 square miles of land in Ward County. Its Census reference point is in Drift Plains, within Northern Glaciated Plains.
Flat to gently rolling glacial terrain supports a prairie transition between taller and shorter grasses. Many temporary and seasonal wetlands occupy depressions left in the glacial landscape.
Regional context: Northern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Newman and Ward County
Newman is associated with Ward 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.
Newman by land and water
The Census records 0.21 square miles of water within Newman, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points lower than the 2.1% recorded for Ward County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Newman township has 99.5% of the land area of nearby Willis township (36.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

