Newark, New Jersey

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is New York (NY). It is located about 12 miles [19 km] to the east of Newark and has a population of 8,008,278 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Hempstead (NY). It is located about 29 miles [46 km] to the east of Newark and has a population of 755,924 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Norwalk (CT)	NE	46 mi [74 km]	83,185	0.28% increase
	Stamford (CT)	NE	41 mi [66 km]	119,303	1.9% increase
	Stamford (CT)	NE	40 mi [64.4 km]	119,303	1.9% increase
	Elizabeth	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	124,755	3.47% increase
	Jersey City	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	241,114	0.44% increase
	Paterson	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	145,643	2.4% decrease
	Trenton	SW	46 mi [74 km]	82,883	2.95% decrease
	Babylon (NY)	E	43 mi [69.2 km]	219,761	3.76% increase
	Greenburgh (NY)	NE	27 mi [43.45 km]	89,840	3.55% increase
	Huntington (NY)	E	42 mi [67.6 km]	201,594	3.23% increase
	North Hempstead (NY)	E	26 mi [41.84 km]	226,457	1.73% increase
	Oyster Bay (NY)	E	34 mi [54.7 km]	301,474	2.57% increase
	Ramapo (NY)	N	28 mi [45.06 km]	115,096	5.68% increase
	Smithtown (NY)	E	50 mi [80.5 km]	121,162	4.71% increase
	Yonkers (NY)	NE	22 mi [35.41 km]	201,588	2.81% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bayonne	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	57,448	7.11% decrease
	Belleville	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Bloomfield	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	East Orange	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	65,390	6.35% decrease
	Elm Park Village	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Harrison	NE	Less than 2 mi	15,201	5.39% increase
	Hillside	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Irvington	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Kearny	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	36,746	9.3% decrease
	Lyndhurst	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Maplewood	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Millburn	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Orange	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	South Orange	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Union	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	---

Essex County

Newark is located in Essex County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Essex: Bergen, Hudson, Morris, Passaic and Union.

While not sharing a border with Essex, the following counties are close to Newark: Richmond (NY), New York (NY) and Middlesex.

Below are counties that are near Newark (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Newark:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Newark
	Fairfield County (CT)	NE	Byram (CT)	33 miles [53 km]
	Bergen County	NE	Kingsland	6 miles [9 km]
	Hudson County	NE	Harrison	1 miles [1 km]
	Hunterdon County	W	Pottersville	28 miles [45 km]
	Mercer County	SW	North Princeton	35 miles [56 km]
	Middlesex County	SW	West Carteret	9 miles [14 km]
	Monmouth County	S	Cliffwood Beach	19 miles [30 km]
	Morris County	W	Afton	11 miles [17 km]
	Ocean County	S	Vista Center	39 miles [62 km]
	Passaic County	N	Delawanna	7 miles [11 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for New Jersey<3>

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Newark. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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