Newark, a city and the capital of Licking co., Ohio, at the confluence of three branches of the Licking river, on the Ohio canal and on the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis railroads, 33 m. E. by N. of Columbus; pop. in 1850, 3,654; in 1860, 4,675; in 1870, 6,698. It is situated on a level plain, in the midst of a productive country, and is well built and laid out with spacious streets. In the vicinity are quarries of sandstone, an extensive coal mine, and several coal oil factories. The city contains two banks, graded public schools, and three newspapers.

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Newark, a municipal and parliamentary borough of Nottinghamshire, England, on an E. branch of the Trent, 114 m. N. N. W. of London, with which it is connected by the Northwestern and Midland railways; pop. in 1871, 12,195. It is well paved and lighted with gas. The ancient church of St. Mary Magdalene, partly rebuilt in the time of Henry VI., and recently restored, is one of the largest and finest churches in the kingdom. Newark has a spacious market place, a town hall, grammar school, public charities, and a large trade in corn, coal, cattle, wool, and especially malt and flour. Here are the ruins of a castle in which King John died in 1216. Charles II. incorporated the town for its loyalty to his father during the civil wars.