New Town is a city in Mountrail County, North Dakota. The population was 2,764 at the times of the 2020 census, making it the 18th largest city in North Dakota. New Town was platted in 1950 as a replacement site for the residents of Sanish and Van Hook, as these towns were scheduled to be flooded by the launch of Lake Sakakawea, a reservoir to provide water for irrigation.

It is the largest city and the administrative center of the Fort Berthold Reservation. New Town is home to Fort Berthold Community College. New Town is located on State Highway 23 at the crossing of Lake Sakakawea by the Four Bears Bridge. The city has recreation for whatever seasons, including fishing, boating, water skiing, and trails for hiking.

In 1944, the United States Congress passed the Flood Control Act of 1944, which authorized the construction of the Garrison Dam. The dam was planned to be the world’s largest rolled-earth filled dam and would Make the second-largest reservoir in the world to amassed water for irrigation and regional water needs. It would form a lake 200 miles long, 14 miles broad in some places and have with mention to 1,500 miles of shoreline. In order to make this dam and reservoir, the towns of Sanish, Elbowoods, Lucky Mound, Shell Creek, Nishu, Charging Eagle, Beaver Creek, Red Butte, Independence, and Van Hook had to be dissolved and the residents relocated past the Place was flooded. A total of seven feasible sites were inspected back the gift site was chosen.

After the site was purchased, plans were speedily developed for the proposed town. With the support of Army engineers, by August 1950, the total town site was platted. On September 10, 1950, a ground-breaking ceremony and celebration was held at the proposed town site. The official ground-breaking was a furrow cut by a county road grader in what was to become Main Street. The first building set going on was for the relocation company. They held an auction to sell off lots in what was called New Town.