Do you know of Newark ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Newark. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Newark.
Our sources for Newark (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Newark other than they indicate that Newark would be found somewhere in Caledonia County, Vermont.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1835 and closed in 1908.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Newark ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Newark.
Within Vermont, the name Newark is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 23 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Independence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Newark [Independence County].
- California
- Alameda County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Newark [Alameda County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Newark [New Castle County].
- Georgia
- Thomas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Newark [Thomas County].
- Illinois
- Kendall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Newark [Kendall County].
- Indiana
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Newark [Greene County].
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Gratiot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Newark [Gratiot County].
- Montcalm County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Newark [Montcalm County].
- Oakland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Newark [Oakland County].
- Missouri
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Newark [Knox County].
- Nebraska
- Kearney County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Newark [Kearney County].
- Nevada
- White Pine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Newark [White Pine County].
- New Jersey
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Newark [Essex County].
- New York
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Newark [Wayne County].
- Ohio
- Licking County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Newark [Licking County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Newark.
- South Dakota
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Newark [Marshall County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Wise County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Newark [Wise County].
- West Virginia
- Wirt County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Newark [Wirt County].
- Wisconsin
- Rock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Newark [Rock County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Newark ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Newark:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Newark - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Rand McNally Map of Vermont (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Newark.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 50/47650 (Place Name: Newark (Newark Street))
County: Caledonia (FIPS State/County: 50/005)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Newark) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Caledonia County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Caledonia County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Newark could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |