The Greater Northwoods

Town in Oneida County

Newbold

Population
2,831
County
Oneida County
Location
45.774, -89.497

The Town of Newbold is a civil town (unincorporated minor civil division) in Oneida County in Wisconsin's Northwoods, wrapping the northwest side of the city of Rhinelander along State Highway 47. Its 2020 Census population was 2,831 and Wisconsin's official January 1, 2025 estimate is 2,852. It is a large (about 78.8 square miles of land), lake- and forest-rich, tourism- and residential-oriented community governed by an elected town chair (Dan Hess) and four supervisors, straddled by two school districts (Rhinelander to the south, a small portion by Northland Pines to the north). Population, geography, officials, and recreation facts here bind to primary state (DOA), Census Gazetteer, and the town's own .gov site; ACS income and age figures and several lake acreages remain flagged where only secondary sources were reachable.

The record

231 records name Newbold

  • 212 news
  • 19 obituaries

Showing the 40 most recent of 231. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

42 of 50 independently verified

Authoritative data

  • Population: 2831 (2020 census), 2852 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
  • Area: 78.785 sq mi land, 14.204 sq mi water, at 45.773686, -89.496559 via www2.census.gov
  • Oneida County holds 441 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
  • Named lakes nearest this town: Stone Lake, Brown Lake, Tom Doyle Lake, Shallow Lake, Long Lake, D L Lake, Twin Lakes, Cranberry Lake, Two Sisters Lake, Turtle Lake, Kate Pier Lake, Muskellunge Lake, Roy Fredrich Lake, Frederick Flowage and 22 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

Population and demographics

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

  • Employer hospital: Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital via locations.aspirus.org
  • Tourism: tourism / lakes recreation / residential unverified via newboldwi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Corridor: STH 47 / CTH K corridor unverified via thejwpgroup.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Institutions and anchors

Business and commerce

  • Chamber: Rhinelander Area Chamber of Commerce secondary source via rhinelanderchamber.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Identity: no separate downtown (STH 47 corridor) unverified via thejwpgroup.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Media

  • Rivernews: The River News secondary source via rivernewsonline.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Starjournal: Northwoods Star Journal secondary source via starjournalnow.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Wxpr: WXPR secondary source via wxpr.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Recreation and natural assets

Events and seasonal rhythm

Infrastructure and access

  • Highways: WIS 47; CTH K; CTH D secondary source via thejwpgroup.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Airport: Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport (RHI) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Roads: 112 via newboldwi.gov
  • Hub distance: Rhinelander (adjacent, ~6.5 mi) secondary source via thejwpgroup.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Local government

In memory, from Newbold

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