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Do you know of West Newark ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about West 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 West Newark.<1>

We found mention of West Newark as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Essex County, New Jersey.

Communities Also Named West Newark ...

We found one communities that share the name West Newark.

Within New Jersey, the name West Newark is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named West Newark in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Tioga County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of West Newark [Tioga County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Newark ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about West Newark:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Newark - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for West Newark.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 34/79580   (Place Name: West Newark)

County: Essex     (FIPS State/County: 34/013)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- West Newark) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Essex 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 Essex County.

Academy 
AcouackanonckNew Barbadoes
AlexandriaNorth Caldwell
 North Center
Belwood ParkNorth Newark
Boiling SpringsNorth
Brills Junction 
BrillsOrange Valley
 Orvil
CamptownOverbrook
Central 
Chestnut HillParkview
Clinton Hill 
 Riverside
DoddtownRoseland
  
EssexSilver Lake
 Soho
Forest HillSouth Livingston
 South Orange Village
Glen RidgeSouth
Great Notch 
GroveVailsburg
  
HiltonWashington Park
 Watchung
IronboundWatsessing
 Waverly Park
KearneyWaverly
 Weequahic
Manhattan ParkWest Bloomfield
MaplecrestWest
MidlandWoodside
Mountain Station 

Footnotes ...

<1>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.









 

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