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Oldwick is an unincorporated village in Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

The village was known as New Germantown from 1754 — the name first appeared that year — until anti-German feeling during World War I led residents to rename it Oldwick, an Anglo-Saxon name meaning 'old village.'

German settlers from the Palatinate arrived in the mid-18th century and, under the leadership of Lutheran bishop Henry Muhlenberg, built a church, cemetery, and parsonage in what is now Oldwick.

Zion Lutheran Church in Oldwick was built in 1749 and remodeled in 1831, making it one of the village's oldest landmarks.

The Oldwick Historic District covers about 170 acres along Main Street (County Route 517) and adjoining streets, with 127 contributing buildings, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 1988.

The Tewksbury Inn, built in 1800, has anchored the village center since the stagecoach era.

Most of the historic district's buildings date from about 1820 to 1870 and are modest frame houses with Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Victorian details.

Craigmar Farm in Oldwick was established by Moses Craig in 1757 and farmed by his descendants for more than 250 years, with 46 acres permanently preserved as farmland.

Oldwick's parent municipality, Tewksbury Township, was created by royal patent on March 11, 1755, from Lebanon Township, and its name is believed to come from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England, with which it formed a sister-city relationship in 2003.