{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Town of Newark | settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Town|Town]] | nickname = | motto = <!-- Images --> | image_skyline = Newark Town Hall in Rock County, Wisconsin.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Town hall | image_flag = | image_seal = <!-- Maps --> | image_map = Rock County Wisconsin incorporated and unincorporated areas Newark highlighted.svg | mapsize = 260px | map_caption = Location of the Town of Newark in [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]] and the state of [[Wisconsin]].

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<!-- General information -->| timezone = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]] | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref> | elevation_m = 247 | elevation_ft = 810 | coordinates = {{coord|42|32|5|N|89|10|47|W|region:US-WI|display=inline}} | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = [[Area code 608|608]] | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 55-56325<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 1583797<ref name="GR3" /> | website = https://www.newarkwi.gov/ | footnotes = }} The '''Town<ref>"Towns" in Wisconsin perform most of the same functions as townships in many other states. see 'Wisconsin Blue Book 2022,' Town, pp 354–355</ref> of Newark''' is located in [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States. The population was 1,510 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census">{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Newark town, Rock County, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Newark+town,+Rock+County,+Wisconsin |access-date=March 2, 2026 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> The unincorporated community of Newark is located in the town.

==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 36.4&nbsp;square miles (94.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

==Demographics== As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,571 people, 566 households, and 476 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 43.2 people per square mile (16.7/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 578 housing units at an average density of 15.9 per square mile (6.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 98.41% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.13% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.13% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.32% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.02% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.02% of the population.

There were 566 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.9% were non-families. 12.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 32.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $59,500, and the median income for a family was $60,817. Males had a median income of $42,414 versus $28,458 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $21,964. About 3.1% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==

* [[Halvor Cleophas]] (1842–1937), Wisconsin State Representative and farmer * [[Dorr Felt|Dorr E. Felt]] (1862–1930), Inventor of the [[Comptometer]] and of the [[Comptograph]], co-founder of the ''Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Company'' * [[Eugene K. Felt]] (1838–1915), Wisconsin State Representative

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==References== <references /> {{Rock County, Wisconsin}}

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[[Category:Towns in Rock County, Wisconsin]] [[Category:Towns in Wisconsin]]