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History · Newark

Newark’s post office opened in 1835, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1800.

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0on the National Register
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How Newark began

When was Newark founded?

1835

The Newark post office opened in 1835, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 8 in 18002020 census: 584191 years
Founding year: the first Newark post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Newark’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Newark are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1880 and 1970, then grew 4-fold.Deep rootsA post office since 1835: 191 years of Newark.
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Start Newark’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newark’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Newark, census by census

010020030040050060070018001850190019502000679 in 1880Low: 144

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1880 and 1970, then grew 4-fold.

23 censuses, 1800–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Newark’s Wikipedia page.

Timeline

Newark, 1835 to 1951

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1835Post officeThe Newark post office opens
  3. 1880CensusPopulation peaks at 679
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908Post officeThe Newark post office closes
  6. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Newark, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Newark yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Newark is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 584 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1835. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 581 in 2010, 584 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Newark, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Newark VT 9-21-252025Newark VT 9-21-25Mary Mother of God statue Mary Theotokos Center Newark VT September 20162016Mary Mother of God statue Mary Theotokos Center Newar…Newark vt highlight2004Newark vt highlight
On the map

Newark on the map, 1951 to 1988

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Newark. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Newark on the 1951 USGS mapNewark on the 1988 USGS map1951Burke sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Newark.

Famous people

Famous people close to Newark

Nobody well known was born in Newark itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Rudy ValléeAmerican singer, actor, and entertainer · b. 1901
Theodore RobinsonAmerican artist · b. 1852
Horace TaborAmerican politician · b. 1830
Charles Kendall AdamsAmerican educator and historian · b. 1835
Porter H. DaleAmerican politician · b. 1867
Charles W. WillardAmerican politician · b. 1827
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Newark had its own post office from 1835 to 1908.

Newark
1835–1908
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Newark Hollow
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Newark
Howard FamilyPackerPleasant View

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

WestmoreIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast HavenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrighton1 historic placeA+Burke3 historic placesASuttonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Newark’s history

What year was Newark founded?

The Newark post office opened in 1835, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.