[2] The primary village in town, where 378 people resided at the 2020 census,[3] is defined as the Newfields census-designated place (CDP) and is located along New Hampshire Route 85 and the Squamscott River.

Newfields is one of New Hampshire's wealthiest towns, with a median household income of $154,375 for the period 2015-19.

Settled in 1638, it was called "Newfield Village" as early as 1681, and later "South Newmarket", a parish of that town.

[9] But the new route bypassed the center of town, built on either side of an ancient Squamscot Indian trail.

Wesleyan Academy was established here in 1817, a Methodist school of five boys and five girls under the tutelage of Reverend John Brodhead and others.

Unfortunately, the academy struggled financially from the start because of, as administrators would conclude, "...its location in a setting of relatively few Methodists, of limited means..." And so, in 1825, it moved to Wilbraham, Massachusetts.

In 1880, Dr. John M. Brodhead presented his own library and $10,000 to the town on condition that it be renamed "Newfields".

The highest point in Newfields is the summit of Oakland Hill at 240 feet (73 m) above sea level, on the town's southern border.