A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. 5 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1909.
One of 60 National Register listings published here for Licking County · listed in 1966 · category: Site · a National Historic Landmark.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Newark Earthworks in 2020, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15953 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Newark Earthworks: 2 plants, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Creek Crushed Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Dry Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dry Creek Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Newark No. 214 Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| Newark Leader | 1917 to 1946 |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hull Place | 0.5 miles | 1979 |
| West Side Planing Mill (rear) | 0.5 miles | 1983 | |
 | Elias Williams House | 1.2 miles | 1979 |
 | Rodrick Bridge | 1.3 miles | 1998 |
 | Upham-Wright House | 1.4 miles | 1979 |
| Upham-Wright House | 1.4 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 66000614 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Licking County | All 60 listed properties in this county. |
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