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The Newark Experience

Urban Transition Historical GIS Project: 1880

Urban Transition Historical GIS Project: Newark is one of 39 U.S. cities included in Urban Transition Historical GIS Project that maps detailed enumeration district level data from the 1880 Census.

Birds of a Feather: Social Bases of Neighborhood Formation in Newark, New Jersey, 1880: John R. Logan and Hyoung-jin Shin. Demography 53, 2016, pp.1085-1108

The Co-evolution of Residential Segregation and the Built Environment at the Turn of the 20th Century: A Schelling Model: Seth Spielman and Patrick Harrison. Transactions in GIS 18(1), 2014, pp. 25-45.

Integrating Space With Place in Health Research: A Multilevel Spatial Investigation Using Child Mortality in 1880 Newark, New Jersey: Hongwei Xu, John R. Logan, and Susan E. Short. Demography April, 2014.

"Measuring Ethnic Clustering and Exposure with the Q Statistic: An Exploratory Analysis of Irish, Germans, and Yankees in 1880 Newark": Antonio Paez et al. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 102(1), January 2012, 84-102. Rutgers-restricted Access

Newark Maps and Atlases: Through the 19th Century

Historical Map of Newark, New Jersey, 1666-1916: Compiled for the 250th celebration by Edward S. Rankin, C.E., August 1916, revised January 1918.

Maps of the City of Newark, 1666-1915: 43 maps from the collection of the Newark Public Library, digitized as part of a "Mapping Newark" project (2002-2003) funded by the New Jersey Historical Society and Rutgers University.

Newark Mountain circa 1696.: Map. Reconstruction (2005) of land holdings and roads for a portion of what was then Newark Township by Charles T. McGrath.

Newark Mountain: Third Division of Land Circa 1696 A.D..: Charles T. McGrath Jr. 2005.; Documentation for the above.

1764 Ball Map of the Newark Mountain Purchase Claim: Copy: of a Map made by Thomas Ball of the New Ark Mountain Purchase Claim Done in 1764. [inscription]

Newark about 1776: From the Newark Public Library Digital Collection

Map of Newark and East Newark, N.J. From the Most Authentic Surveys: 1836. New York Public Library Digital Collections.

Map of Essex County, New Jersey: With the Names of Property Holders, &c.: Newark, H.A. Belding, 1850.; Inset of Newark with index.

Map of Building Lots Belonging to the Smith & Alling Land Co. Situated in the 5th Ward of the City of Newark: Newark, N.J., Dunn & Thompson, Surveyors, March 1851.

Map of the City of Newark, N.J., 1858: Made by Dunn & Thompson, Surveyors. From the New York Public Library Digital Collections.

Newark, circa 1859: Street map hand colored to show wards and war numbers. Stephen Dod for B.T. Pierson's Newark Directory.

1872 Map of the City of Newark: F.W. Beers map from the 1872 State Atlas of New Jersey.

Combined Atlas of the State of New Jersey and the City of Newark : From Actual Surveys & Private Plans: Griffith Morgan Hopkins. Engraved by Edward Busch. Philadelphia, G.M. Hopkins & Co., 1873.; Special Collections Call Number: SNCNJF G1383 .N532H Available?

Newark, circa 1874: Bird's eye view. Zoomable map from the Library of Congress Panoramic Maps series.

Holbrook's Map of the City of Newark, 1875: Newark, A.S. Holbrook's Printing Office, 1875.; Street map hand colored to show wards and ward numbers.

Holbrook's Map of the City of Newark, 1876: Newark, A.S. Holbrook's Printing Office, 1876.; Street map hand colored to show wards and ward numbers.

Holbrook's Map of the City of Newark, 1878: Newark, A.S. Holbrook's Printing Office, 1878.; Street map hand colored to show wards and ward numbers.

Holbrook's Map of the City of Newark, 1879: Newark, A.S. Holbrook's Printing Office, 1879.; Street map hand colored to show wards and ward numbers.

Holbrook's Map of the City of Newark (1881)

Newark, circa 1895: Bird's eye view. Zoomable map from the Library of Congress Panoramic Maps series. See detail of the area where Rutgers-Newark is now located.

Devine's Newark City Street Guide: Terence Devine.. Newark, N.J., 1886

Atlas of the City of Newark, New Jersey: From Official Records, Private Plans & Actual Surveys: Scarlett and Scarlett. Newark, N.J., 1889; 37 detailed maps. Includes information on land owners and building materials

Map of the City of Newark, 1899: Street map.