THE NEWARK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rock River Drift Plain setting.
Newark town has 36.3 square miles of land in Rock County. Its Census reference point is in Rock River Drift Plain, 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
Newark and Rock County
Newark is associated with Rock 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.
Newark by land and water
The Census records 0.05 square miles of water within Newark, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 1 percentage points lower than the 1.1% recorded for Rock County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Newark town has 1 times the land area of nearby Avon town (35.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

