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Welcome to Newark ...The city of Newark is located Newark is primarily located in Wise County<1>. A portion of Newark extends into Tarrant County. The location of Newark has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Newark, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893. When the people of Newark refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Newarker<3> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Newark has a population of 1,233 people<4> (see below for details). The community of Newark is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Newark lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Newark: (940) The ZIP code for Newark: 76071<6> Official Website: www.newarktexas.com/ Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Newark had an population of 1,233 people. This is an increase of 22.69% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 39.01% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Newark had a population of 1,005 people. This makes Newark the county's 9th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,005 people, the population of Newark increased 13.3% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 887 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Newark. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Newark - they are located in Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland (2), Michigan (3), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Newark. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Newark. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Newark. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Newark. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Newark. 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 Newark. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Newark. See our Newspapers Page for Newark. Looking for more information about Newark? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Newark, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Newark. We originally found mention of Newark 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 Newark was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for Newark.
The official website for Newark: www.newarktexas.com/ The official website for Wise County: www.co.wise.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ |
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