Newcastle, Ontario
| Newcastle | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Newcastle
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| Coordinates: 43°55′2″N 78°35′23″W / 43.91722°N 78.58972°WCoordinates: 43°55′2″N 78°35′23″W / 43.91722°N 78.58972°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Regional Municipality | Durham |
| Municipality | Clarington |
| Incorporated (town) | 1856 |
| Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Forward sortation area | L1B, L1C |
| Area code(s) | 289, 905 |
| NTS Map | 030M15 |
| GNBC Code | FERHE |
Newcastle is a community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. The Town of Newcastle was also the original name of what is now Clarington.
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 and Highway 115.
Newcastle was incorporated as a town in 1856. It remained a small community until the 1990s, when new residential development began and the population quickly swelled. Newcastle had a jail in the late 1800s. Maps of Newcastle from those years have not been discovered. Many have tried to find the location of this jail, but it is believed that it was either demolished or destroyed by the elements. There are jail cells in the Newcastle Community Hall.
Newcastle is surrounded by farms raising cattle, pigs, apples, grain, and corn. The town has a beautiful community hall, donated by the Massey family, one public high school (Clarke), two public elementary schools (Newcastle Public School and The Pines Senior Public School), one Catholic elementary school (St. Francis of Assisi), a post office, churches, a few plazas, several small parks, six restaurants, Tim Hortons, a recreation complex, an ice arena, a new fire hall, two grocery stores ( Foodland and No Frills), professional offices, hardware stores, a marina on Lake Ontario, and a golf course (Newcastle Golf Course).
The first Post office was opened in Newcastle in 1845 with John Short serving as Postmaster. Since 1845, there had been a total of 10 Postmasters in the village - Charles Gray being the last in 1991. With Gray's retirement Canada Post closed the Post office in accordance with its policy then to close many of the smaller Post offices. The Guardian Drug Store initiallygot the franchise to handle the retail mail business for the town, but this is now run by Shopper's Drugmart. Rural Route and Suburban Mail for the residents is now handled out of the Bowmanville Post office.
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