NewarkArticle Free Pass Newark, city and port, Essex county,
northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies on the west bank of the
Passaic River and on Newark Bay, 8 miles (13 km) west of lower
Manhattan Island, New York City. Newark was incorporated as a
city in 1836. Pop. (2000) 273,546; Newark-Union Metro Division,
2,098,843; (2010) 277,140; Newark-Union Metro Division,
2,147,727. Puritans migrating from Connecticut founded Newark in
1666 on land purchased from Delaware Indians. The settlement,
first named Pesayak Towne and later New Milford, was probably
renamed for the home of the Reverend Abraham Pierson, who went
there from Newark-on-Trent, England. Another version holds that
the name was of biblical significance (New Ark). Newark became
the seat of Essex county (1682) and was chartered as a township
in 1693. After the American Revolution, Newark became (c. 1790)
noted for leather tanning, jewelry, and shoe manufacturing. The
shoe industry profited greatly from the inventiveness of Seth
Boyden, who, regarded b