Editing Newark, Ohio (section)

===European-American settlement===
[[File:Pennsylvania Railway Station Newark Ohio.JPG|thumb|left|Newark's [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] station]]  After exploration by traders and trappers in earlier centuries, the first European-American settlers arrived in 1802, led by Gen. [[William C. Schenck]]. He named the new village after his [[New Jersey]] [[Newark, New Jersey|hometown]].

Nineteenth-century investment in infrastructure resulted in growth in the town after it was linked to major transportation and trade networks. On July 4, 1825, Governors [[DeWitt Clinton|Clinton]] of New York and [[Jeremiah Morrow|Morrow]] of Ohio dug the first shovelfuls of dirt for the [[Ohio and Erie Canal]] project, at the Licking Summit near Newark, Ohio. On April 11, 1855, Newark became a stop along the [[Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad]] that was built to connect [[Pittsburgh]] to [[Chicago]] and [[St. Louis]]. On April 16, 1857, the [[Central Ohio Railroad]] connected Newark west to [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], and later Newark maintained a station on the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]].

The [[Heisey Glass Company]] started in Newark in 1895. The factory operated there for 62 years, until the company's demise in 1957 due to changing tastes. The [[National Heisey Glass Museum]], operated by the Heisey Collectors of America, Inc., is located on Sixth Street in Newark.

In 1909, The Arcade was opened. Modeled after innovative European retail buildings, it became one of Newark's first successful retail emporiums. Later versions of buildings that contained a variety of shops indoors became known as shopping malls. At {{convert|60000|sqft|m2}}, the Arcade is one-third the size of an average modern [[Wal-Mart]].