Newark (California)

Newark is a small community in the East Bay portion of the San Francisco Bay Area region of California. It is an enclave of the larger city of Fremont.

Understand
Newark is unique in that it is completely surrounded by the larger city of Fremont. Newark was to be incorporated into the city of Fremont along with five other townships in the area (Mission San Jose, Niles, Centerville, Irvington, and Warm Springs), but decided to pull out when it was designated to be the industrial area of Fremont. Instead, Newark incorporated in 1955.

Like the other five townships, Newark has a rich history. It was founded as a railroad town in the 1850s. It was a small village with a hotel, church, and school. Newark was also the home to the Carter Brothers company, which manufactured hundreds of train cars for the ever growing train industry, as well as cable cars for San Francisco. The Rose of Sharon church, built in 1880, still stands on Sycamore Street, and the old Carter Hotel still stands on the corner of Thornton avenue and Ash street (there are plans to make it a museum). Newark also boasted a major steel foundry during this time, which manufactured stoves. Today, Newark's major industries are electronics and salt, and has been home to such tech giants as Sun Microsystems and Hewlett Packard. Newark is also home to the Cargill salt company (formerly Leslie Salt).

By plane
San Jose and Oakland International  airports are about 20 miles away.

By train
There is a BART station in nearby Fremont. There is also a train station that serves both Amtrak and the Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) in nearby Fremont.

By bus
The local AC transit serves the entire city of Newark, and its surrounding communities.

By car
Newark is small, and thus can be traversed quite easily by car

By bike
A bike may be the nicest way to see Newark. You are never far from any single place. Most streets have bike lanes, and there are very few "very busy" streets.

Go next
Nearby cities include Fremont, Union City, and Milpitas. The Peninsula—including Palo Alto, Stanford University, and several other charming destinations—are across the Dumbarton Bridge, accessible via Route 84 and Thornton Avenue westward. And, of course, don't forget San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose.