Newark (New York)
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Location in New York
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| Foundation : | 1819 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Wayne County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 3 ′ N , 77 ° 6 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 9,145 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 653.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 14.0 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 14.0 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 144 m | ||
| Postal code : | 14513 | ||
| Area code : | +1 315 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-49891 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2391015 | ||
| Website : | www.VillageOfNewark.com | ||
Newark is a village in the southern part of the Town of Arcadia in Wayne County of New York State , about 50 km southeast of Rochester on the Erie Canal . It has around 9,000 inhabitants. The Village of Newark administrative unit includes some surrounding settlements, including the village of Arcadia, which gives the Town of Arcadia its name .
The village was founded in 1819 as Miller's Basin as a working settlement for the section of the Erie Canal in today's settlement area; the name comes from Captain Joseph Miller, who was the subcontractor responsible for this section. A few hundred meters away, the Lockville workers' settlement was established for another section of the canal around the same time . On July 21, 1853, the two settlements merged and constituted the administrative unit Village of Newark .
Web links
- www.villageofnewark.com Official website of the town