Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the largest city in U.S. State of New Jersey, 66th most populous city in the United States, and serves as the seat of Essex County. It is located 8 miles west of Manhattan.

Newark, New Jersey
City
Downtown Newark
Nickname(s):  Brick City, The Gateway City, City By The River[1]
Interactive map of Newark
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Coordinates: 40.72422°N 74.172574°W / 40.72422; -74.172574[2][3]
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Essex
Founded	Religious colony (1663)
Township	October 31, 1693
City	April 11, 1836
Named for	Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England
Government [4]
• Type	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)
• Body	Municipal Council of Newark
• Mayor	Ras Baraka (D, term ends June 30, 2026)[5][6]
• Administrator	Eric E. Pennington[7]
• Municipal clerk	Kecia Daniels (acting)[8]
Area [9]
• Total	25.88 sq mi (67.04 km2)
• Land	24.14 sq mi (62.53 km2)
• Water	1.74 sq mi (4.51 km2)  6.72%
• Rank	102nd of 565 in state 1st of 22 in county[2]
Elevation [10]	13 ft (4 m)
Population  (2020)[11][12]
• Total	311,549
• Estimate  (2022)[11][13][14]	305,344
• Rank	66th in country (as of 2022)[13] 1st of 565 in state 1st of 22 in county[15]
• Density	12,903.8/sq mi (4,982.2/km2)
• Rank	22nd of 565 in state 4th of 22 in county[15]
Demonym	Newarker[16]
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Codes	07101-07108, 07112, 07114[17][18]
Area code(s)	862/973, 201, 551, 732, 848, 908[19][20]
FIPS code	3401351000[2][21][22]
GNIS feature ID	0885317[2][23]
Website	www.newarknj.gov

Newark was originally formed as a township on October 31, 1693. During its time as a township, portions were taken to form Springfield Township, New Jersey, Caldwell Township, New Jersey, Orange Township, New Jersey, Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, (March 23, 1812) and Clinton Township, New Jersey. Newark was reincorporated as a city on April 11, 1836. The previously independent Vailsburg borough was annexed by Newark on January 1, 1905 and became part of West Ward.

Newark is divided into five wards; North Ward, South Ward, West Ward, East Ward, and Central Ward. Central Ward has train stations of Amtrak and New Jersey Transit. It also has museums and tall buildings including headquarters of large corporations. The High Street Historic District is in Central Ward.

East Ward includes a neighborhood called "Ironbound". South Ward has the large Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the first major airports in the United States. Branch Brook Park in North Ward has the biggest display of cherry blossoms in the eastern United States.