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Welcome to New Market ...

New Market is located in Highland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Market, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1803.

New Market is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: New Market lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for New Market: 937 & 326<3>

Communities Also Named New Market ...

While we believe that this New Market is located in Highland County, we know of another 2 Ohio communities named New Market. Those communities are located in the following counties: Geauga and Lake County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 25 communities that are also named New Market - they are located in Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri (2), New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (4), Tennessee and Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for New Market.

Communities near New Market ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Market.

  • Hillsboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Orab
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Orab have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Orab
    • Mount Orab is located in Brown County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,422 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Orab <4>
  • Peebles
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Lynchburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynchburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • Lynchburg is located in Highland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,493 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynchburg <4>
  • Leesburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • New Vienna
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Sardinia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Winchester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Seaman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Russellville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russellville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
    • Russellville is located in Brown County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around New Market. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Market.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Market. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Market.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Market. See our Newspapers Page for New Market.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Market ...

Looking for more information about New Market? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to New Market, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for New Market.

Adding New Market to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Market in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for New Market was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the New Market post office opened in 1803.

We also found New Market in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Market.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Highland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Market - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 937 code has been Overlayed with the 326 area code. New phone numbers in the New Market area will be assigned with one of these codes: 937 or 326. As a result, placing a call in the New Market area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/