Newark is a city in Tarrant and Wise Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 1,096 in 2020.

History

According to the Handbook of Texas, settlement began in the mid-1850s, referring to the community as Caddo Village because of numerous remnants of the Caddo Indian culture found along the banks of the West Fork of the Trinity River. After the Rock Island Railroad reached the town in 1893, officials surveyed town lots; the community was named after Newark, New Jersey, perhaps the hometown of G. K. Foster, the civil engineer who helped survey the town. Newark was a prosperous farming community until the 1920s. It regained its status as a retail market for area farmers by the end of the 1940s. In 1951, Newark was incorporated.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Newark had a population of 1,096 residents. The median age was 34.9 years, 28.8% of residents were under the age of 18, 13.0% were 65 years of age or older, there were 94.3 males for every 100 females, and there were 87.1 males for every 100 females age 18 and over.

Of the 370 households enumerated by the census, 42.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 51.9% were married-couple households, 15.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, 26.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present, 18.3% of all households were made up of individuals, 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, and 280 families resided in the city.

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census

! Race !! Number !! Percent

|-

| White || 796 || 72.6%

|-

| Black or African American || 24 || 2.2%

|-

| American Indian and Alaska Native || 18 || 1.6%

|-

| Asian || 4 || 0.4%

|-

| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%

|-

| Some other race || 98 || 8.9%

|-

| Two or more races || 156 || 14.2%

|-

| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 328 || 29.9%

|}

References

  • City of Newark official website
  • History of Newark