Newcastle, Ontario

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Newcastle is a community in Ontario, Canada. It is in the eastern part of Clarington, and was in the western part of Clarke Township until the creation of Durham Region in 1974.

Newcastle is located about 80 km east of Toronto, and about 18 km east of Oshawa and Bowmanville on Highway 401. It is also the southern terminus of Highway 35/115.(Highway 35).

1 Town of Newcastle, 1974-94
2 Nearest places
3 Statistics and location
4 History
5 External links

[edit] Town of Newcastle, 1974-94

The name "Town of Newcastle" was used from 1973-94 for the municipality now called the Municipality of Clarington. The name was changed in 1994 to alleviate long standing confusion between the municipality as a whole and the community of the same name. The community was commonly known as "Newcastle Village" to distinguish the two. Newcastle had a jail in the late 1800's, the location is not known for maps of Newcastle from those years have not been discovered, many have tried to find the location of this jail, however it is believed that it was either demolished or has been destroyed by the elements.

[edit] Nearest places

Newtonville, east
Orono, north
Bowmanville, west

[edit] Statistics and location

Population: about 10,000
Area: -
density: -
Location:
Altitude: about 150 m
- Latitude: about 43.8 (44°48') N
- Longitude: about 78.5 (78°30') W
Area code: +(00)1-905
Age: 150 years

[edit] History

Newcastle was incorporated as a town in 1856. It remained a small community until the 1990's, when new residential development began and the population quickly swelled. The town was the home of Daniel Massey, whose farm implement business eventually formed Massey-Ferguson.

Newcastle has a beautiful town hall, donated by the Massey family, one high school, several public schools, a post office, churches, a few plazas, several small parks, an ice arena, a marina on Lake Ontario, and a golf course.