Newark’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Newark. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusNewark is a city in Independence County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,180 at the 2020 census.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,176 people in 2010, 1,180 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1983.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Newark yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Newark’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newark’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewInstitutional structures by Gilbe…, 1912: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Newark
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Newark, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Institutional structures by Gilbert.] [Sketches (1912) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.