Editing Newstead, New York (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|132.21|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|131.46|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.74|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 0.56%, is water.<ref name="Census 2020" />

Newstead is in the northeast corner of the county, and [[Tonawanda Creek]] defines the northern boundary.

===Adjacent towns===
*[[Clarence, New York|Clarence]] - west
*[[Royalton, New York|Royalton]] in [[Niagara County, New York|Niagara County]] - north
*[[Alabama, New York|Alabama]] in [[Genesee County, New York|Genesee County]] - east
*[[Pembroke, New York|Pembroke]] in Genesee County - east
*[[Darien, New York|Darien]] in Genesee County - southeast
*[[Alden, New York|Alden]] - south
*[[Lancaster, New York|Lancaster]] - southwest

The village of [[Akron, New York|Akron]] lies within the town, east of the town's geographic center.

===Major highways in the Town of Newstead===
*[[Image:I-90.svg|20px]] [[Image:NYS Thruway Sign.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 90 in New York|Interstate 90]] ([[New York State Thruway]]) (east-west), passes through the southern part of town from Clarence to Pembroke.
*[[Image:NY-5.svg|20px]] [[New York State Route 5]] (Main St.), east–west highway that passes through the southern part of town from Clarence to Pembroke.
*[[Image:NY-93.svg|20px]] [[New York State Route 93]] (Maple Rd., Lewis Rd., Buell St. in Newstead; Cedar St., Buffalo St., Buell St. in Akron), north–south highway from [[Youngstown, New York|Youngstown]] that travels through Niagara County and into Newstead and has its southern terminus south of Akron at [[NY 5]] (Main Street).