Newark, Texas

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Newark, Texas

| settlement_type = City

| image_skyline =

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| image_map = TXMap-doton-Newark.PNG

| mapsize = 250px

| map_caption = Location of Newark, Texas

| image_map1 = Wise County Newark.svg

| mapsize1 = 250px

| map_caption1 =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Texas

| subdivision_type2 = Counties

| subdivision_name2 = Wise, Tarrant

| government_footnotes =

| government_type = The City of Newark is a type "A" General Law Municipality. The City Council consists of a Mayor and five councilmembers. The Council appoints a City Attorney, an Internal Auditor and a Municipal Judge. Council members also appoint citizens to serve on various Boards and Commissions.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

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| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1951

| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}

| area_total_sq_mi = 0.90

| area_land_sq_mi = 0.90

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

| area_total_km2 = 2.32

| area_land_km2 = 2.32

| area_water_km2 = 0.00

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 1096

| population_density_sq_mi = auto

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = Central (CST)

| utc_offset = -6

| timezone_DST = CDT

| utc_offset_DST = -5

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_ft = 686

| coordinates = {{coord|33|00|07|N|97|29|18|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

| postal_code_type = ZIP code

| postal_code = 76071

| area_code = 817

| blank_name = FIPS code

| blank_info = 48-50772{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}

| blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

| blank1_info = 2411239{{GNIS|2411239}}

| website = {{URL|http://newarktexas.com/}}

| footnotes =

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Newark is a city in Tarrant and Wise counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 1,096 in 2020.

History

According to the Handbook of Texas, settlement began in the mid-1850s, referring to the community as Caddo Village because of numerous remnants of the Caddo Indian culture found along the banks of the West Fork of the Trinity River. After the Rock Island Railroad reached the town in 1893, officials surveyed town lots; the community was named after Newark, New Jersey, perhaps the hometown of G. K. Foster, the civil engineer who helped survey the town. Newark was a prosperous farming community until the 1920s. It regained its status as a retail market for area farmers by the end of the 1940s. In 1951 Newark incorporated.[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hln16 Handbook of Texas, History of Newark]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|2.3|sqkm|order=flip}}, all land.{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer Files 2016-Places-Texas|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer.html|website=US Census|access-date=7 January 2017}}

Demographics

{{US Census population

| align = left

| 1960 = 392

| 1970 = 407

| 1980 = 466

| 1990 = 651

| 2000 = 887

| 2010 = 1005

| 2020 = 1096

| estyear = 2023

| estimate = 1233

| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}

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{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Census.gov |language=en}}

class="wikitable"

|+Newark racial composition as of 2020{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4850772&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=data.census.gov}}
(NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}}}

!Race

!Number

!Percentage

White (NH)

|697

|63.59%

Black or African American (NH)

|18

|1.64%

Native American or Alaska Native (NH)

|10

|0.91%