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38-742: The Mid-Missouri franchise had a checkered history in the Frontier League. The team began in Newark, Ohio as the Newark Buffalos . The team was sold in 1996 and moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan , becoming the Kalamazoo Kodiaks from 1996 to 1998, never reaching higher than last place in their division. Before the 1999 season, the team moved again to London, Ontario and became the first Frontier League franchise located in Canada as

76-698: A doorway to over 200 majors on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus . The Newark Campus shares its facilities with a two-year technical college, COTC ( Central Ohio Technical College ). It serves some 3,000 other students in 45 certificate and associate degree programs. Newark is also home to a number of private religious schools, including St. Francis de Sales School, Blessed Sacrament School and Newark Catholic High School . C-TEC ( Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County ) offers high school and adult programs. Newark has

114-553: A golf course. As a result of a Licking County Common Pleas Court case, a trustee was named to manage the property from 1918 to 1933. In 1997 the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) signed a lease until 2078 with the country club. MBCC maintains, secures, and provides restricted public access to the land. Some citizens believe the country club is an inappropriate use of

152-643: A major basket-maker, had their new corporate headquarters in Newark designed as a gigantic "medium market basket," their most popular model. The main shopping center in the area is the Indian Mound Mall , located in nearby Heath . The mall is named for the internationally known, ancient complex called the Newark Earthworks , built 2,000 years ago by the Hopewell culture of central Ohio. It

190-568: A public library, a branch of the Licking County Library System. Licking County Transit provides demand-response and deviated fixed route transit service in the region. GoBus ' Columbus - Wooster route provides service to Newark. Newark Earthworks The Newark Earthworks in Newark and Heath, Ohio , consist of three sections of preserved earthworks : the Great Circle Earthworks,

228-720: A variety of shops indoors became known as shopping malls. At 60,000 square feet (5,600 m ), the Arcade is one-third the size of an average modern Wal-Mart . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 21.37 square miles (55.35 km ), of which 20.88 square miles (54.08 km ) is land and 0.49 square miles (1.27 km ) is water. Newark is located at 40°3′47″N 82°25′0″W  /  40.06306°N 82.41667°W  / 40.06306; -82.41667 (40.063014, −82.416779). In terms of population, Newark, Ohio

266-696: Is a National Historic Landmark and major elements of the earthworks are located less than a mile away from the shopping mall named for them. Newark City School District serves the city of Newark. Newark High School's enrollment is approximately 1,400 students, and competes at the OHSAA D1 level. Newark High School has a storied tradition in Academics and Sports, as well as Performing Arts. Newark High School has won 4 OHSAA Basketball titles (36', 38', 43', 08') and 3 AP Football titles. The Pride of Newark Marching Band has made an unprecedented 42 consecutive years to

304-518: Is a city in, and the county seat of, Licking County, Ohio , United States; it is located 40 miles (64 km) east of Columbus at the junction of the forks of the Licking River . The population was 49,934 at the 2020 census , making it the 18th-largest city in Ohio. It is most known for having the world's largest basket, former headquarters of the now defunct Longaberger Company . The city

342-446: Is also located in Newark. State Farm Insurance has Regional Headquarters here. The Park National Bank Corporation is headquartered in downtown Newark. Several industrial parks have been developed and house such major companies as Kaiser Aluminum , Dow Chemical Company , General Electric , Covestro , Boeing , THK, Harry & David , Communicolor, Diebold , Anomatic , International Paper, and Tamarack Farms Dairy. Longaberger ,

380-483: Is joined by parallel walls to Observatory Circle . In 1982 researchers from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana concluded that the complex was a lunar observatory, designed to track motions of the moon, including the northernmost point of the 18.6-year cycle of the lunar orbit. When viewed from the observatory mound, the moon rises at that time within one-half of a degree of the octagon's exact center. The earthwork

418-496: Is one of the largest circular earthworks in the Americas , at least in construction effort. A 5-foot (1.5 m) deep moat is encompassed by walls that are 8 feet (2.4 m) high; at the entrance, the dimensions are even more grand. Researchers have used archaeogeodesy and archaeoastronomy to analyze the placements, alignments, dimensions, and site-to-site interrelationships of the earthworks. This research has revealed that

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456-517: Is part of the Columbus metropolitan area . It is the site of much of the Newark Earthworks , a major ancient complex built by the Hopewell culture . The Great Circle portion and additional burial mounds are located in the neighboring city of Heath, Ohio . This complex has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and is operated as a state park by the Ohio History Connection . Cultures of indigenous peoples lived along

494-571: Is the largest circular earthwork in the Americas . The 8 feet (2.4 m)-high walls surround a 5 feet (1.5 m)-deep moat. At the entrance, the walls and moat are of greater and more impressive dimensions. Contemporary archaeogeodesy and archaeoastronomy researchers have demonstrated that the Hopewell and other prehistoric cultures had advanced scientific understandings which they used to create their earthworks for astronomical observations, markings and celebrations. Researchers analyzed

532-462: Is the second-largest Newark in the United States, after Newark , New Jersey . Newark, Ohio is part of the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area . The median income for a household in the city was $ 52,570, with 16.8% of the population below the poverty line. As of the census of 2010, there were 47,573 people, 19,840 households, and 12,057 families residing in the city. The population density

570-530: Is twice as precise as the complex at Stonehenge (assuming Stonehenge is an observatory, which is a disputed theory). From 1892 to 1908, the state of Ohio used the Octagon Earthworks as a militia encampment . Immediately after this, the Newark Board of Trade owned the property, until 1918. In 1910, the property was leased to Mound Builders Country Club (MBCC), which developed the site as

608-630: 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

646-813: The London Werewolves . They spent three seasons in Ontario (1999–2001), winning the Frontier League Championship in 1999, and making the playoffs in 2000. They played their home games at Labatt Memorial Park , believed to be the oldest operating baseball grounds in the world. After a last place finish in 2001, the team moved again, this time to Canton, Ohio , as Canton Coyotes . The team played at Thurman Munson Stadium . They would spend just one season in Canton, finishing fourth in their division before moving to Columbia, Missouri, for

684-870: The Ohio History Connection . A designated National Historic Landmark , in 2006 the Newark Earthworks was also designated as the "official prehistoric monument of the State of Ohio." This is part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks , one of 14 sites nominated in January 2008 by the U.S. Department of the Interior for potential submission by the United States to the UNESCO World Heritage List . It

722-714: The Ohio River Valley . The earthworks cover several square miles. The complex was one of hundreds of Native American ancient monuments identified and surveyed for the Smithsonian Institution in the mid-nineteenth century by Ephraim G. Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis , from 1837 to 1847. The work that was published by a nascent Smithsonian Institution was titled Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley . This study of

760-447: The prehistoric cultures in the area had advanced scientific understanding which they used as the basis of their complex construction. The Octagon Earthworks consists of an Observatory Mound (connected at the southwestern edge of Observatory Circle), Observatory Circle (20 acres), and the connected Octagon (50 acres). The Octagon has eight 550-foot (170 m)-long walls, from 5 feet (1.5 m) to 6 feet (1.8 m) high. The Octagon

798-1338: The 2003 season. The team folded after the 2005 season. As Newark 1994 : 26-35 4th Place Northern Division 1995 : 39-29 2nd Place (No Divisions in 1995): Lost 1st Round Playoff to Zanesville 2-0 As Kalamazoo 1996 : 25-49 4th Place Western Division 1997 : 33-47 4th Place Western Division 1998 : 25-54 4th Place Western Division As London 1999 : 54-30 1st Place Eastern Division: Won 1st Round Playoff 2-0 over Johnstown Won Frontier League Championship 2-0 over Chillicothe 2000 : 46-37 2nd Place Eastern Division: Lost 1st Round Playoff 2-0 to Johnstown 2001 : 37-47 5th Place Eastern Division As Canton 2002 : 41-43 4th Place Eastern Division ′′′Players: Chris Barbenetti, Trevor Bishop, Seth Brown, Matt Buckle, Chris Capozzi, Jeremy Durkee, Jeff Forbes, Wayne Foreman, Tim Friedman, Todd George, Matt Felts, Mark Haidet, Justin Hendrickson, Phil Kojak, Andy Larned, Ryan Lindburg, Heath McMurray, Lee Morrison, Criag Mosher, Gregg Neuman, Ben Orr, Ric Prussing, As Mid-Missouri 2003 : 33-57 6th Place Western Division 2004 : 28-66 6th Place Western Division 2005 : 31-63 6th Place Western Division Newark, Ohio Newark ( / ˈ nj uː ər k / NEW -ərk )

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836-690: The OMEA state finals. The Pride has earned a superior rating at State Marching Band finals 31 years, including 4 straight seasons (2015, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18). The Newark High School Sinfonia, under the direction of Susan Larson, tied for first runner-up at the National Orchestra Cup in New York City on April 5, 2009. The Sinfonia was featured in a front-page article of the April 14, 2009, edition of The New York Times , and received an invitation to

874-499: The Octagon Earthworks, and the Wright Earthworks. This complex, built by the Hopewell culture between 100 BCE and 400 CE, contains the largest earthen enclosures in the world, and was about 3,000 acres in total extent. Less than 10 percent of the total site has been preserved since European-American settlement; this area contains a total of 206 acres (83 ha). Newark's Octagon and Great Circle Earthworks are managed by

912-630: The White House in the fall of 2009. A regional campus of Ohio State University is also located in the city. The Ohio State University at Newark , founded in 1957, schools over 2,800 students and is the most diverse campus in the Ohio State system. Today, the campus features eleven buildings, including a recreation center and two residence halls. It offers Associate of Arts degrees, as well as Bachelor of Arts degrees in seven majors and master's degrees in education and social work. It also serves as

950-428: The age of 18 living with them, 40.7% were married couples living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.2% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.94. The median age in

988-527: The area at the time of European contact were distant descendants of the Hopewell peoples. 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 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 Clinton of New York and Morrow of Ohio dug

1026-719: The area's significant ancient history. The earthworks cover several square miles and about 206 acres. This is operated as a state park by the Ohio History Connection . The Observatory Mound, Observatory Circle, and the interconnected Octagon earthworks span nearly 3,000 feet (910 m) in length. The Octagon alone is large enough to contain four Roman Coliseums . The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt would fit precisely within Observatory Circle. The even larger 1,180-foot (360 m)-diameter Newark Great Circle, located in Heath,

1064-551: The city of Newark. Clearing and cultivation of fields for farming also destroyed much of the monument. The remaining segment of one wall of the square is less than 200 feet (61 m) long. The Wright Earthworks are named in honor of Mrs. Frances Rees Wright, who donated the site in 1934 to the Ohio Historical Society. Color photos are of the Great Circle, located in Heath. The black-and-white photos of

1102-481: The city was 37.3 years. Twenty-four percent of residents were under the age of 18; 9.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.6% were from 25 to 44; 26% were from 45 to 64; and 14.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.8% male and 52.2% female. Newark is the site of several major manufacturers. Holophane , founded in 1898, is one of the world's oldest manufacturers of lighting-related products. The main factory of Owens Corning Fiberglas

1140-477: The enclosure to a large oval yard. The Newark square's sides formerly ranged from about 940 feet (290 m) to 950 feet (290 m) in length, enclosing a total area of about 20 acres (8.1 ha). Much of the square enclosure and its associated mounds was destroyed during nineteenth-century European-American development: construction related to building the Ohio Canal , as well as the streets and houses of

1178-653: 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 , and later Newark maintained a station on

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1216-523: The placements, alignments, dimensions, and site-to-site interrelationships of the Hopewell earthworks to understand what had been done. Today, the Ohio Historical Society preserves the Great Circle Earthworks in a public park near downtown Newark, called Mound Builders Park (or the Newark Earthworks ) located at 99 Cooper Ave, Newark, Ohio. The area of the Octagon Earthworks had been leased to a country club, but new arrangements in 1997 provide for more public access to it. Later American Indian tribes inhabiting

1254-593: The prehistoric Mound Builders of North America was a landmark in American scientific research and the early development of archaeology as a scientific discipline. The book was the first volume of the Smithsonian Institution 's Contributions to Knowledge series and the Institution's first publication. Squier and Davis' detailed and measured plan of the site is shown on this page. The 1,200-foot (370 m)-wide Newark Earthworks Great Circle (located in Heath, OH)

1292-440: The river valleys for thousands of years before European contact. From more than two thousand years ago, 100 AD to 500 AD, people of the Hopewell culture transformed the area of Newark and Heath. They built many earthen mounds and enclosures , creating the single largest earthwork complex in the Ohio River Valley . The Newark Earthworks , designated a National Historic Landmark , have been preserved to document and interpret

1330-440: The sacred site. There has been increasing public interest in the earthworks. Activists have pressed for more public access to the site to witness the moonrise, which observance was planned in the design and construction by the original native builders. The Wright Earthworks consist of a fragment of a geometrically near-perfect square enclosure and part of one wall that originally formed a set of parallel embankments, which led from

1368-446: Was 2,278.4 inhabitants per square mile (879.7/km ). There were 21,976 housing units at an average density of 1,052.5 per square mile (406.4/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 92.8% White , 3.3% African American , 0.3% Native American , 0.6% Asian , 0.3% from other races , and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.2% of the population. There were 19,840 households, of which 30.8% had children under

1406-603: Was believed to have been scientific. Scholars have demonstrated that the Octagon Earthworks comprise a lunar observatory for tracking the Moon's orbit during its 18.6-year cycle. While limited, the Newark Earthwork site is the largest surviving Hopewell earthwork complex in North America. The culture built many earthen mounds . Over decades, they built what is the single largest earthwork enclosure complex in

1444-524: Was officially designated a World Heritage Site in September 2023 together with the earthworks at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park and Fort Ancient . Built by the Hopewell culture between 100 BCE and 400 CE, the earthworks were used by the indigenous Native Americans as places of ceremony, social gathering, trade, worship, and honoring the dead. The primary purpose of the Octagon earthwork

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