Newark, city, seat of Licking County, central Ohio, where three tributaries join to form the Licking River; incorporated 1860. It is the commercial center of an agricultural area and has manufactures that include fiberglass (which was developed here), motor-vehicle parts, aluminum products, plastic, and electrical and electronic equipment. Located in Newark are a U.S. Air Force Aerospace Center, the Ohio State University at Newark (1957), and a junior college. At three sites within the city limits are huge prehistoric Native American earthwork mounds; these sites constitute a state park and memorial. Also here is the National Heisey Glass Museum. The community, platted in 1802, is named for Newark, New Jersey. Industrialization was spurred by the Ohio and Erie Canal, the construction of which began here in 1825, and by the discovery of natural gas in the vicinity in the 1850s. Population 41,200 (1980); 44,389 (1990); 46,279 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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