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).
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[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.
[edit] Nearest places
- Newtonville, east
- Orono, north
- Bowmanville, west
[edit] Statistics and location
- Population: about 8,000
- 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 and a golf course.
[edit] External links
- Map and aerial photos
- Street Map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google
- Satellite images: Google
- Coordinates:
- Newcastle Chamber of Commerce
