Newark, Ohio Newark, Ohio A section of the Newark Great Circle A section of the Newark Great Circle Location of Newark in Licking County and State of Ohio Location of Newark in Licking County and State of Ohio Country United States United States State Ohio Newark is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Licking County, Ohio, United States, 33 miles (53 km) east of Columbus, at the junction of the forks of the Licking River.
The populace was 47,573 at the 2010 census which makes it the 20th biggest city in Ohio.
Newark, Ohio is positioned at 40 3 47 N 82 25 0 W (40.063014, 82.416779). In terms of population, Newark, Ohio is the second-largest Newark in the United States, after Newark, New Jersey.
Newark, Ohio is part of the Columbus, Ohio urbane area.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 21.37 square miles (55.35 km2), of which 20.88 square miles (54.08 km2) is territory and 0.49 square miles (1.27 km2) is water. There were 21,976 housing units at an average density of 1,052.5 per square mile (406.4/km2).
From more than two thousand years ago, 100 BC to 500 AD, citizens of the Hopewell culture transformed the region of Newark.
They assembled many earthen mounds and enclosures, creating the single biggest earthwork complex in the Ohio River Valley.
The Newark Earthworks, designated a National Historic Landmark, have been preserved to document and interpret the area's momentous ancient history.
The even larger 1,180-foot (360 m)-diameter Newark Great Circle is the biggest circular earthwork in the Americas.
Called the Great Hopewell Road, it may extend 60 miles (97 km) to the Hopewell complex at Chillicothe, Ohio.
Today, the Ohio Historical Society preserves the Great Circle Earthworks in a enhance park near downtown Newark, called Mound Builders Park (or the Newark Earthworks) positioned at 99 Cooper Ave, Newark, Ohio.
The region of the Octagon Earthworks had been leased to a nation club, but new arrangements in 1997 furnish for more enhance access to it.
Newark's Pennsylvania Railway Station On July 4, 1825, Governors Clinton of New York and Morrow of Ohio dug the first shovelfuls of dirt for the Ohio and Erie Canal project, at the Licking Summit near Newark, Ohio.
On April 11, 1855, Newark became a stop along the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
On April 16, 1857, the Central Ohio Railroad connected Newark west to Columbus, and later Newark maintained a station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The Heisey Glass Company started in Newark in 1895.
The National Heisey Glass Museum, directed by the Heisey Collectors of America, Inc., is positioned on Sixth Street in Newark.
Modeled after innovative European buildings, it became one of Newark's first prosperous retail emporiums.
Climate data for Newark, Ohio Newark is the site of a several major manufacturers.
The chief factory of Owens Corning Fiberglass is also positioned in Newark.
State Farm Insurance has Regional Headquarters in Newark, Ohio.
The Park National Bank Corporation is headquartered in downtown Newark.
The mall is titled after the world-famous Indian earthworks assembled 2,000 years ago by the Hopewell Indians of central Ohio. Both earthworks are positioned less than a mile away from the shopping mall titled for them.
Opened Earthwork Media Productions, positioned on Main Street in Newark.
Newark City School District serves the town/city of Newark.
Newark High School consists of nearly 2,000 students and competes at the OHSAA D1 level.
Newark High School has a storied tradition in Academics and Sports, as well as Performing Arts.
Newark High School has won 4 OHSAA Basketball titles (36', 38', 43', 08') and 3 AP Football titles.
The Pride of Newark Marching Band has made an unprecedented 35 consecutive years to the OMEA state finals.
The Newark High School Sinfonia, under the direction of Susan Larson, tied for first runner-up at the National Orchestra Cup in New York City on April 5, 2009.
A county-wide ground of Ohio State University is also positioned in the city.
The Ohio State University, Newark Campus, established in 1957, schools just over 2,000 students, primarily serving as a bridge to the chief campus in Columbus.
Newark is also home to a number of private theological schools, including Blessed Sacrament School and Newark Catholic High School.
His jersey (#5) was retired by the Ohio State University-Newark in 2001.
Isaac Asimov refers to the Newark Earthworks in a short story.
Robert Silverberg's novella "Born With The Dead" is set partly in Newark, and refers to the Great Circle and Octagon Mounds Braunbeck sets much of his fiction in Cedar Hill, a town/city based on Newark.
Parts of James Frey's highly prosperous book, A Million Little Pieces are based in and around Newark.
Newark Earthworks United States Enumeration Bureau.
United States Geological Survey.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Number of Inhabitants: Ohio" (PDF).
18th Enumeration of the United States.
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Romain and Jarrod Burks, "Li - DAR Imaging of the Great Hopewell Road", 04 February 2008, Ohio Archaeological Council, accessed 24 Feb 2010 "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Newark, Ohio, United States of America".
Ohio State Parks: Great Circle Earthworks "Earthwork Recording Studio Newark, Ohio".
Smucker, Isaac (1807-1894): Recollections of Newark, Ohio Arch ological and Historical Society Publications: Volume 20 [1911], pp.
Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica article about Newark, Ohio.
City of Newark, Ohio Community resource website for Newark, Ohio Newark travel guide from Wikivoyage Municipalities and communities of Licking County, Ohio, United States State of Ohio
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Newark, Ohio - Cities in Licking County, Ohio - County seats in Ohio - Populated places established in 1802 - 1802 establishments in the Northwest Territory
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