Newfane is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States.

The Town of Newfane is in the north-central part of the county, north of the City of Lockport.

The first town meeting was held at the Van Horn Mansion in 1824.

In Olcott, there is a monument with a handful of names of soldiers who fought for the Union cause in the American Civil War.

The town has two properties on the National Register of Historic Places: the First Baptist Church and the Van Horn Mansion.

As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 9,657 people, 3,597 households, and 2,633 families residing in the town.

21.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.