THE NEWTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Michigan Lacustrine Clay Plain setting.
Newton town has 33.9 square miles of land in Manitowoc County. Its Census reference point is in Lake Michigan Lacustrine Clay 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
Newton and Manitowoc County
Newton is associated with Manitowoc 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.
Newton by land and water
The Census records 0.28 square miles of water within Newton, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 59.7 percentage points lower than the 60.6% recorded for Manitowoc County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Newton town has 96.7% of the land area of nearby Liberty town (35.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

