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    Newark
    Newark
    Newark
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    Newark

    By William Francis

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    New Ark, as it is pronounced and appeared on colonial maps, is located in New Castle County near the borders of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Scotch-Irish and Welsh settlers developed Newark as a market town around the intersection of two Lenni Lenape trails. Newark remained little more than a village throughout its history, reaching a population of only 11,000 by 1960. Today it is over 30,000, with an additional 15,000 students at the University of Delaware.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateJul 5, 2010
    ISBN9781439641323
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      Newark - William Francis

      hometown.

      INTRODUCTION

      Newark is more than a college town. Never has that been more evident than with the changes that have taken place over the past 50 years. I knew Newark when the major thoroughfares were only two lanes wide, when most adults worked for Chrysler, Avon, the University of Delaware, or DuPont, and when the annual rivalry football game between Newark and Christiana High School was played on Thanksgiving morning. People went to Main Street to shop, bank, eat, or watch movies. Only a few suburban communities existed, and farmland was in abundance.

      Major change started after World War II, with the opening of the Chrysler Automobile Assembly Plant, which had been a tank manufacturer for the U.S. Army. Interstate 95 opened to traffic in 1963, and Pres. John F. Kennedy attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony in Delaware—one of his last official acts before his assassination. Interstate 95 made it convenient for people living and working in urban Wilmington to move to the suburbs. During the 1950s–1970s, developers ate up farmland to construct such communities as Silverbrook, Brookside, Todd Estates, Harmony Woods, Chestnut Hill Estates, and Arbour Park. Additional lanes were constructed on the busiest roads. Shopping centers, medical facilities, and business parks were built to meet the demand. A new school opened every year between 1950 and 1969.

      Just as that boom faded, the Delaware General Assembly and Gov. Pete du Pont passed the Financial Center Development Act of 1981. This act, for good or bad, eliminated consumer interest restrictions, allowing credit card firms to charge as much interest as they pleased, and applied a regressive corporate tax structure to income generated by banks. Banking firms poured into northern Delaware. MBNA, now owned by Bank of America, started in an abandoned A&P store in Ogletown and became a credit card giant. These firms brought with them a transplanted population that led to more road widening projects, new housing developments, and shopping malls.

      Through it all, a steady influence has been the University of Delaware. The institution traces its founding to a Presbyterian minister, Francis Alison, who started a school for boys in New London, Pennsylvania, in 1743. The school moved to Newark and received its charter as Newark Academy in 1769. It evolved to Newark College in 1834, and renamed itself Delaware College nine years later. In 1921, it merged with the Delaware Women’s College and became the University of Delaware. It too has seen great change and expansion to its campus but has maintained its historical, Colonial charm. The Princeton Review in 1999 called the university campus one of the most beautiful and scenic in the country. Its international appeal and educational value brings in students and lecturers from around the world.

      Newark is rich in history. The town grew from the confluence of two Lenni Lenape trails that were popular avenues for trade

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