Newark (/ˈnjuːɑːrk/ NEW-ark)[note 1] is a small city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.

The town was officially established when it received a charter from George II of Great Britain in 1758.

Among the first graduates of the school were three signers of the Declaration of Independence: George Read, Thomas McKean, and James Smith.

Newark received a license from King George II to hold semi-annual fairs and weekly markets for agricultural exchange in 1758.

Jamaican reggae star, Bob Marley worked as an assembly-line worker at the plant during his short stint in Delaware in the 1960s.

[9] Originally constructed to build tanks for the US Army, the plant was 3.4 million square feet in size.

This turn was due largely to the decline of sales of the Durango and Aspen vehicle models that were being produced.

The plant was closed in late 2008 due to the recession and limited demand for larger cars.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.19 square miles (23.8 km2), all land.

To the north and west are small hills, but south and east of the city, the land is flat (part of Newark falls in the Piedmont geological region and part of the city is in the Coastal Plain geological region, as is the majority of the land in the State of Delaware).

Newark is surrounded by a large amount of public parkland—over 12,000 acres (49 km2) – although the city is located roughly halfway between Philadelphia (approximately 45 miles (72 km) away) and Baltimore (approximately 55 miles (89 km) away) and is part of densely populated New Castle County.

To the south is Iron Hill Park (part of the New Castle County Park System), to the west (in Cecil County, Maryland) is Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area, and to the North is White Clay Creek State Park and White Clay Creek Preserve (in Chester County, Pennsylvania).

Also nearby is Middle Run Valley Natural Area, which is part of the New Castle County Park System.

These parks provide ample hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding opportunities.

The Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area and large portions of White Clay Creek State Park consist of land formerly owned by the Du Pont family that was later ceded to the states of Maryland and Delaware, respectively.

The Christina School District manages public education for Newark and environs, and also for parts of Wilmington.

The school has programs in a broad range of subjects, but is probably best known for its business, chemical engineering, chemistry and biochemistry programs, drawing from the historically strong presence of the nation's chemical and pharmaceutical industries in the state of Delaware.

In 2006, UD's graduate engineering program was ranked number 11 in the nation by The Princeton Review.

Newark is a recognized center of US and international figure skating, mostly due to the many national, world, and Olympic champions (including many foreign nationals) that have trained at the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club (an independent club operating within UD facilities) and at The Pond Ice Rink.

From 2013 until 2018, they played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark on the University of Delaware campus.

SEPTA service to Newark consists of a few trains in both directions during the morning and evening rush hours on weekdays only.

6, 10, 33, 42, 46, 53, and 55, providing service to Wilmington, the Christiana Mall, and Middletown, as well as by Cecil Transit bus route No.

The Newark Transit Hub is located in the eastern part of the town and serves several of the bus routes.

[35] Natural gas service in Newark is provided by Delmarva Power, a subsidiary of Exelon.