Newark, Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Newark was chartered on August 15, 1781 by the Vermont State Legislature. 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 population was 581 at the 2010 census

Historical Data
Newark, Vermont USGenWeb Page

Vital Records
FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Military Records
Enrolled Militia Records, 1863-1866, are available on microfilm from the Family History Library.

Probate Records
The probate district for Newark is Caledonia Caledonia Probate Division 1126 Main St, Ste 1 St Johnsbury, VT 05819 Phone: (802) 748-6605

City Directories
1888 Newark Town Directory

Maps
1875 map of Newark

Cemeteries
The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Newark. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Caledonia County, website at this link.


 * Newark Street Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Packer Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1919 -2001, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Newark Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, deaths, and marriages, 1786-1858, Records of births, marriages, deaths, 1857-1918; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1857-1905, and Land records, 1808-1912; index to land records, 1808-1925.

Newark Town Clerk 1336 Newark Street Newark, VT 05871 Phone: (802) 467-3336 Email: tclerknewark@kingcon.com

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

The Caledonian Record

Libraries and Historical Societies
Northeast Kingdom Genealogy - Genealogy resources for towns in the counties of Essex, Orleans and Caledonia.