title: Newark, Texas
text: # Newark, Texas
  
  Newark is a city in Tarrant and Wise counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The 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 incorporated.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Newark is located at 33°0′49″N 97°29′18″W﻿ / ﻿33.01361°N 97.48833°W﻿ / 33.01361; -97.48833 (33.013542, –97.488418). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.89 square miles (2.3 $km^2),$ all land.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Newark racial composition as of 2020 (NH = Non-Hispanic) :
  
  | Race | Number | Percentage |
  | - | - | - |
  | White (NH) | 697 | 63.59% |
  | Black or African American (NH) | 18 | 1.64% |
  | Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 10 | 0.91% |
  | Asian (NH) | 4 | 0.36% |
  | Some Other Race (NH) | 4 | 0.36% |
  | Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 35 | 3.19% |
  | Hispanic or Latino | 328 | 29.93% |
  | Total | 1,096 | |
  
  As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,096 people, 351 households, and 280 families residing in the city.
  
  