Newark is one of the few towns
in Vermont about whose name nothing at all is known. It has
generally been assumed that it was named for one of England's
Newarks, the best known of which is in Nottinghamshire, where the
name means "a new work" (i.e., a new fort or new building).
Vermont's Newark is antedated by Newark, New Jersey, where it is
thought the name is derived directly from the Biblical "New Ark,"
meaning a new project or new undertaking. However, no evidence has
been found to link the grantees of Newark, Vermont, with any other
Newark, so perhaps it can be assumed that they were using the name
the same way the New Jersey settlers did, referring to their town
as the place of a new undertaking.
Remote from main roads at first and later from the railroad,
Newark was slow to acquire population, and never did get many
residents. The census of 1880 recorded 679 people in the town, and
from then on the population has more or less steadily declined. The
land is rough and uneven, with many hills and little farmland.
Thus, logging and maple sugaring have always been the biggest
crops.
Caledonia County
Chartered: Aug 15,
1781
Area:23,833 Acres
= 37.24 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 166* ]
Altitude: 1738
feet ASL
Population (US
Census, 2000): 470 [ Population Rank: 214* ]
About the cache There
is a small parking space with a nice view of Newark Pond. There is
a pipe with water running from it, (free water) that is used by the
locals as a source for spring water.
Cache is in a small lock n lock
hidden up the hill a bit from the spring. It should be findable
year round...