A town (not named in the passage) was organized; it had previously been part of the town of Newark.

The evidence

• “Watson. The town was not organized until 1846, previous to' which 'it was a part of the town of Newark. Its population in 1850 was 579, and in 1855 it was 758.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/05-avon.md, PDF p. 62 / book p. 44

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources