Newald, WI

Newald is an unincorporated census-designated place in Ross, Forest County, Wisconsin, United States. The 2020 census counted 70 residents. Newald is located near Wisconsin Highway 139, 15 miles northeast of Crandon. Newald was originally called Ross, for Charles Ross, a pioneer settler, and under the latter name was platted in 1905. That mix gives Newald a clear local shape within Wisconsin, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. The community was renamed Newald in 1906 in honor of a local landowner.