The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Newark was named after Newark Castle, Port Glasgow, in Scotland by J. Barr Robertson.
Before it was settled by Europeans, Newark was home to the Ohlone Native American Peoples. The first European settlement in the area was by the Spanish missionaries of Mission San José, whose territory covered much of the present-day cities of Newark, Fremont, and Union City. In 1878 land belonging to Washington Township of Alameda County was purchased by The Pacific Land Investment Company and subdivided to form the town of Newark.
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Start Newark’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newark’s history is told.
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Newark, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Newark is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Newark has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is George Washington Patterson Ranch-Ardenwood in Fremont, 3.8 miles away.
Newark and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.