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North Caldwell, New Jersey

North Caldwell is a borough in northwestern Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,694, an increase of 511 (+8.3%) from the 2010 census count of 6,183,  which in turn reflected a decline of 1,192 (−16.2%) from the 7,375 counted in the 2000 census.

North Caldwell was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 31, 1898, from portions of Caldwell Township (now known as Fairfield Township). The borough derives its name from Presbyterian minister James Caldwell.

New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked North Caldwell as its 10th-best place to live in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey, and its third-best place to live in its 2013 ranking. In 2017, a Bloomberg analysis ranked North Caldwell the 34th richest town in the United States.

History
North Caldwell was part of the Horseneck Tract, which was an area that consisted of what are now the municipalities of Caldwell, West Caldwell, North Caldwell, Fairfield, Verona, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Roseland, and portions of Livingston and West Orange. In 1702, settlers purchased the 14,000 acre from the Lenape Native Americans for goods equal to $325. The explanation for the name "Horse Neck" lies in the language of its first Dutch settlers and not (as has been inaccurately reported) because of its irregular shape. This purchase encompassed much of western Essex County, from the First Mountain to the Passaic River.

In 1982, the borough was one of four Essex County municipalities to pass a referendum to become a township, joining 11 municipalities that had already made the change. Ultimately, more than a dozen Essex County municipalities reclassified themselves as townships in order take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies that allocated townships a greater share of government aid to municipalities on a per capita basis. Effective January 1, 1992, it again became a borough.

The borough housed the Essex County Penitentiary, constructed in 1872 and used as the Essex County Jail Annex until 2004. It was sold to K. Hovnanian Companies in 2002, which redeveloped the site into a residential community.

In 1994, the "Unabomber", Theodore Kaczynski, sent a mail bomb that killed Thomas J. Mosser, an advertising executive who lived in the borough.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 3.07 square miles (7.96 km2), including 3.07 square miles (7.95 km2) of land and 0.01 square miles (0.01 km2) of water (0.16%). The highest point in Essex County is located in the Hilltop of North Caldwell at 691 ft.

The borough is bordered by the municipalities of Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield Township, Verona and West Caldwell in Essex County; and Little Falls and Wayne in Passaic County.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 6,183 people, 2,092 households, and 1,820 families in the borough. The population density was 2,053.2 per square mile (792.7/km2). There were 2,134 housing units at an average density of 708.6 per square mile (273.6/km2). The racial makeup was 91.69% (5,669) White, 0.73% (45) Black or African American, 0.03% (2) Native American, 5.73% (354) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 0.49% (30) from other races, and 1.34% (83) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.21% (260) of the population.

Of the 2,092 households, 41.3% had children under the age of 18; 78.1% were married couples living together; 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present and 13.0% were non-families. Of all households, 10.7% were made up of individuals and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.19.

27.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 19.6% from 25 to 44, 33.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.8 years. For every 100 females, the population had 99.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 97.0 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $151,953 (with a margin of error of +/− $28,824) and the median family income was $178,750 (+/− $38,265). Males had a median income of $140,729 (+/− $14,382) versus $74,750 (+/− $15,480) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $71,798 (+/− $8,574). About none of families and 2.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census there were 7,375 people, 2,070 households, and 1,834 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,464.6 PD/sqmi. There were 2,108 housing units at an average density of 704.5 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the borough was 79.63% White, 14.51% African American, 0.03% Native American, 4.71% Asian, 0.26% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.16% of the population.

There were 2,070 households, out of which 42.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 80.5% were married couples living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.4% were non-families. 9.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 23.1% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 118.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 124.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $117,395, and the median income for a family was $125,465. Males had a median income of $87,902 versus $47,904 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $48,249. About 0.8% of families and 1.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Local government
North Caldwell is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey. The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.

The borough form of government used by North Caldwell is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.

, the mayor of North Caldwell is Democrat Joshua H. Raymond, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Anthony Floria-Callori (D, 2023), Matthew J. Atlas (D, 2023), Robert C. Kessler (R, 2024), Arthur J. Rees (D, 2025), Kenneth Tilton (R, 2023; appointed to serve an unexpired term) and Stephen C. Weinstein (D, 2025).

In January 2023, the borough council appointed Kenneth Tilton to fill vacant seat expiring in December 2023 that had been held by Francis Astorino.

In October 2014, the borough council appointed Robert Kessler to fill the vacant seat of Patricia Fost.

Federal, state and county representation
North Caldwell is located in the 11th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 40th state legislative district.

Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 4,712 registered voters in North Caldwell, of which 1,123 (23.8%) were registered as Democrats, 1,591 (33.8%) were registered as Republicans and 1,994 (42.3%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 4 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.

In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 61.1% of the vote (2,043 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 37.5% (1,253 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (45 votes), among the 3,361 ballots cast by the borough's 4,856 registered voters (20 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 69.2%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 56.8% of the vote (2,047 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 41.5% (1,495 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (25 votes), among the 3,603 ballots cast by the borough's 4,704 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.6%. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 58.9% of the vote (2,137 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 40.4% (1,465 votes) and other candidates with 0.3% (15 votes), among the 3,628 ballots cast by the borough's 4,502 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 80.6.

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 72.9% of the vote (1,446 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 26.1% (517 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (20 votes), among the 2,012 ballots cast by the borough's 4,920 registered voters (29 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 40.9%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 60.6% of the vote (1,495 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 32.0% (789 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 6.4% (157 votes) and other candidates with 0.3% (8 votes), among the 2,469 ballots cast by the borough's 4,695 registered voters, yielding a 52.6% turnout.

Education
The North Caldwell Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 672 students and 62.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1. Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are Grandview School 391 students in grades Pre-K–3 and Gould School 276 students in grades 4–6. Gould / Mountain School was one of nine schools in New Jersey honored in 2020 by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, which recognizes high student achievement.

North Caldwell is home to the West Essex Regional School District, which also serves public school students from Fairfield, Essex Fells and Roseland in seventh through twelfth grades. Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are West Essex Middle School with 564 students in grades 7–8 and West Essex High School with 1,123 students in grades 9–12. Seats on the nine-member board of education of the high school district are allocated based on population, with three seats assigned to North Caldwell.

Roads and highways
, the borough had a total of 35.53 mi of roadways, of which 29.55 mi were maintained by the municipality and 5.98 mi by Essex County.

The main roads serving North Caldwell include County Route 527 and County Route 506.

Public transportation
NJ Transit provides bus service to Newark on the 29 route.

In popular culture

 * In the HBO television show The Sopranos, the house used to portray the home of Tony Soprano and his family is located in North Caldwell. Many scenes from the show were filmed in North Caldwell and other communities in North Jersey.
 * Stuckeyville, the fictional town in the NBC television series Ed, was modeled after North Caldwell.
 * The 1994 film North included scenes which were filmed in North Caldwell.
 * Sylvester Stallone filmed scenes from the movie Cop Land in 1997 at the Hilltop Reservations.
 * Jermaine Jackson filmed the "Dynamite" music video in 1984 at the Essex County Jail Annex.

Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with North Caldwell include:

 * Martin Brodeur (born 1972), former goalie for the New Jersey Devils
 * Jane Burgio (1922–2005), politician who served as Secretary of State of New Jersey and as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly
 * Rob Burnett (born 1962), producer, director, and writer, who is the executive producer of the Late Show with David Letterman and president and CEO of Worldwide Pants
 * David Chase (born 1945), creator of The Sopranos
 * Ken Daneyko (born 1964), former New Jersey Devils defenseman
 * Julio M. Fuentes (born 1946), Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, who is the first Hispanic judge to serve the Third Circuit
 * Josh Gottheimer (born 1975), Congressman who represents New Jersey's 5th congressional district
 * Wyclef Jean (born 1969), hip hop and R&B music artist
 * Jamie Langenbrunner (born 1975), winger who played for the New Jersey Devils
 * Veronica Miele Beard, fashion designer
 * David Newsom (born 1962), producer, actor, and fine-arts photographer
 * Joe Piscopo (born 1951), comedian and actor best known for his work on Saturday Night Live
 * Barbara Rachelson, politician who has served in the Vermont House of Representatives since 2014
 * Frederic Remington (born 1929), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1978 to 1992
 * Josh Saviano (born 1976), actor who played the role of "Paul Pfeiffer" on The Wonder Years
 * Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861–1936), opera singer
 * Johnny Sylvester (1915–1990), who as a young boy achieved national fame when Babe Ruth dedicated home runs to him in the 1926 World Series
 * Thea White (1940–2021), voice actress best known for her work as Muriel Bagge in the animated TV show Courage the Cowardly Dog
 * Richard Wilbur (1921–2017), poet, critic, and translator that won two Pulitzer Prizes and served as United States Poet Laureate
 * Joe Yeninas (1934–2020), cartoonist and illustrator for the Newark Evening News, the Associated Press, and The Journal of Commerce

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Nutley, New Jersey

Nutley is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 30,143, an increase of 1,773 (+6.2%) from the 2010 census count of 28,370,  which in turn reflected an increase of 1,008 (+3.7%) from the 27,362 counted in the 2000 census.

What is now Nutley was originally incorporated as Franklin Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 18, 1874, from portions of Belleville Township. Nutley was incorporated as a town on March 5, 1902, replacing Franklin Township. In 1981, the town was one of seven Essex County municipalities to pass a referendum to become a township, joining four municipalities that had already made the change, of what would ultimately be more than a dozen Essex County municipalities to reclassify themselves as townships in order take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies that allocated townships a greater share of government aid to municipalities on a per capita basis.

Nutley derived its name from the estate of the Satterthwaite family, established in 1844, which stretched along the Passaic River and from an artist's colony in the area.

History

Nutley grew slowly as Newark developed. The first European settler in the area, recorded in the minutes of a Newark town meeting in 1693, was a Dutch painter named Bastian Van Giesen. His house, known as Vreeland Homestead, still stands today on Chestnut Street and is the location of the Nutley Women's Club. John Treat and Thomas Stagg purchased lots adjacent to Van Geisen's in 1695 and 1698 respectively. The Van Riper House is another building from the era. During the revolutionary war, the Continental Army, under the command of General George Washington, retreated from New York through Essex County and what is now Nutley.

The first brownstone quarry in Nutley is believed to have been in operation by the early 18th century and was the town's first major industry. Jobs at the brownstone quarry in the Avondale section of Nutley provided work for many Italian and Irish immigrants. Mills situated along the Third River in the area now known as Memorial Park I became Nutley's second major industry.

John and Thomas Speer, Joseph Kingsland, and Henry Duncan all operated mills in the town during the 1800s. Current streets in Nutley are named after these mill owners. Henry Duncan built several mills throughout the town and established the village of Franklinville consisting of 30 homes and a few small businesses which later became the center of Nutley. One of Duncan's buildings has been modified and now serves as the town hall. Kingsland Manor is a national historic place.

During the late 1880s, painter Frank Fowler founded an artists' colony on The Enclosure, a dead-end street that is near the Third River, a stream that runs through the town's parks. Later artist residents of the street included Frederick Dana Marsh, Reginald Marsh and muralist Michael Lenson.

Nutley's town historian, John Demmer, is the author of the book in the "Images of America" series titled Nutley; Demmer is also part of The Nutley Historical Society, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serve the educational, cultural and historical needs of the community. The Nutley Historical Society manages the operation of The Nutley Historical Museum, housed in a former town schoolhouse at 65 Church Street.

Several other historical works on Nutley have been written by local historians, notably the late Ann Troy's Nutley: Yesterday – Today; "Nutley" by Marilyn Peters and Richard O'Connor in the "Then and Now" series; and books about the Nutley Velodrome. The board track racing facility was used in the 1930s for racing midget cars. Local resident Chris Economaki wrote extensively about the Nutley Velodrome in his autobiographical racing history Let Them All Go! as the Velodrome was the first racetrack he had visited as a child.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 3.42 square miles (8.86 km2), including 3.37 square miles (8.74 km2) of land and 0.05 square miles (0.12 km2) of water (1.37%).

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Avondale, Franklin, Glendale and Yanticaw.

The township borders the municipalities of Belleville and Bloomfield in Essex County; Lyndhurst in Bergen County; and Clifton in Passaic County.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 28,370 people, 11,314 households, and 7,660 families in the township. The population density was 8,384.1 per square mile (3,237.1/km2). There were 11,789 housing units at an average density of 3,484.0 per square mile (1,345.2/km2). The racial makeup was 82.50% (23,405) White, 2.21% (628) Black or African American, 0.13% (36) Native American, 9.95% (2,824) Asian, 0.01% (4) Pacific Islander, 2.97% (842) from other races, and 2.22% (631) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.82% (3,354) of the population.

Of the 11,314 households, 29.6% had children under the age of 18; 52.8% were married couples living together; 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present and 32.3% were non-families. Of all households, 27.5% were made up of individuals and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.10.

20.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.7 years. For every 100 females, the population had 88.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 86.0 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $76,167 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,896) and the median family income was $98,042 (+/− $4,394). Males had a median income of $64,736 (+/− $4,840) versus $52,410 (+/− $3,558) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $37,706 (+/− $1,918). About 3.1% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census, there were 27,362 people, 10,884 households, and 7,368 families residing in the township. The population density was 8,123.0 PD/sqmi. There were 11,118 housing units at an average density of 1, 273.8/km2 (3,300.6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the township was 87.95% White, 1.87% African American, 0.05% Native American, 7.10% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.75% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.69% of the population.

As of the 2000 Census, 36.0% of town residents were of Italian ancestry, the 12th-highest percentage of any municipality in the United States, and fifth-highest in New Jersey, among all places with more than 1,000 residents identifying their ancestry.

There were 10,884 households, out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the town the population was spread out, with 21.8% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $59,634, and the median income for a family was $73,264. Males had a median income of $51,121 versus $37,100 for females. The per capita income for the township was $28,039. About 3.4% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

Economy
Nutley had been the U.S. headquarters of Hoffmann-La Roche and was the site of the creations of the medications Valium and Librium, later becoming one of the major R&D sites for Roche, hosting major research areas in oncology, virology and inflammation. Roche announced in June 2012 that operations at the site would end in 2013, leading to the elimination of 1,000 positions at the company, and that the facility would be shuttered by year end 2015. Located in Nutley since 1929, the company had reached a peak of 10,000 employees on the site, and the $9 million paid by the company in local property taxes accounted for 9% of the township's tax revenues.

Parks and recreation
Nutley's parks include Booth Park, DeMuro Park, Father Glotzbach Park, Msgr Owens Park, Flora Louden Park, Kingsland Park, Memorial Park I, II, III, Nichols Park, and Rheinheimer Park. They offer fields for baseball, football, basketball, lacrosse, roller hockey, and soccer among other sports. The township hosts a weekly Market Walk and Talk beginning and ending at the township farmer's market where participants take a one-hour loop through the local scenic parks.

Local representation
Nutley has operated a commission form of government under the Walsh Act since 1912. The township is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use the commission form of government. The governing body is comprised of five commissioners, who are elected on a non-partisan basis to serve four-year concurrent terms as part of the May municipal election. The commissioners also serve as department heads in addition to their legislative functions. The Commissioners elect one Commissioner as Mayor. Historically the Commissioner that receives the most votes is appointed Mayor. The mayor is only responsible for his or her departments and serves as the chair of the commission. The Nutley Police Department provides law enforcement services.

and continuing through May 16, 2028, members of Nutley's Board of Commissioners are Mayor John V. Kelly III (Commissioner of Public Affairs), Thomas J. Evans (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance), Alphonse Petracco (Commissioner of Public Safety), Joseph P. Scarpelli (Commissioner of Public Works) and Mauro G. Tucci (Commissioner of Parks and Public Property).

Federal, state and county representation
Nutley is located in the 11th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 34th state legislative district.

Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 18,833 registered voters in Nutley, of which 5,737 (30.5%) were registered as Democrats, 3,753 (19.9%) were registered as Republicans and 9,327 (49.5%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 142 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.

In the 2016 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump received 49.9% (7,061 votes), edging out Democrat Hillary Clinton with 46.9% (6,634 votes). In the 2012 presidential election, incumbent Democrat Barack Obama received 50.33% of the vote (6,507 votes), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 48.52% (6,273 votes) and other candidates with 1.14% (148 votes), among the 12,928 ballots cast by the township's 19,623 registered voters, for a turnout of 65.88%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 52.4% of the vote (7,325 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 45.6% (6,374 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (163 votes), among the 13,985 ballots cast by the township's 18,853 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.2%. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 54.5% of the vote (7,579 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 43.8% (6,099 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (106 votes), among the 13,914 ballots cast by the township's 18,087 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 76.9.

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 57.4% of the vote (4,497 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 41.3% (3,234 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (100 votes), among the 7,950 ballots cast by the township's 19,559 registered voters (119 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 40.6%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 52.9% of the vote (4,684 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 38.6% (3,416 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 6.8% (601 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (92 votes), among the 8,859 ballots cast by the township's 18,793 registered voters, yielding a 47.1% turnout.

Education
The Nutley Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of seven schools, had an enrollment of 4,034 students and 328.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1. Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are Lincoln School with 448 students in grades K-6, Radcliffe School with 346 students in grades K-6, Spring Garden School with 439 students in grades PreK-6, Washington School with 484 students in grades K-6, Yantacaw School with 480 students in grades K-6, John H. Walker Middle School with 618 students in grades 7-8 and Nutley High School with 1,163 students in grades 9-12.

Roads and highways
, the township had a total of 67.94 mi of roadways, of which 57.00 mi were maintained by the municipality, 7.71 mi by Essex County, 2.45 mi by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 0.78 mi by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

The Garden State Parkway clips the southwest corner of the township, entering in the south from Bloomfield before reentering Bloomfield in the north. Route 7 runs through the north of Nutley at its border with Clifton in Passaic County to its border with Belleville, using segments of Cathedral Avenue, Kingsland Street and Washington Avenue; part of the route on Kingsland Street dips into Clifton and then back into Nutley. Route 21 follows the township's eastern border between Clifton and Belleville.

Public transportation
NJ Transit provides bus service between the township and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on the 192 route, to Newark on the 13, 27, 72 and 74 routes, with local service on the 709 route.

Until 1966, the Newark Branch of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad served the township with stations at Walnut Street, Highfield Street and at Franklin Avenue. The Newark Branch tracks are now used for freight only, operated by Norfolk Southern.

Operation Nutley Cares
After Hurricane Katrina devastated the central gulf coast region on August 29, 2005, Mayor Joanne Cocchiola and Commissioner Carmen A. Orechio reached out to local residents who wanted to help victims of the devastation, and formed the Operation Nutley Cares Committee. A decision was made to adopt Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, as a sister city, Bay St. Louis, population 8,500, which sits just northeast of New Orleans, and had at least 60% of the community completely destroyed by Katrina and another 20% condemned. Monetary donations are still being accepted to help fund efforts to assist Bay St. Louis.

Notable people

 * Alaa Abdelnaby (born 1968), former NBA basketball player
 * Dorothy Allison (1924–1999), psychic
 * Edith "Big Edie" Ewing Bouvier Beale (1895–1977), socialite, amateur singer and aunt of former U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; featured along with her daughter, also named Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, in the 1975 documentary film Grey Gardens
 * Julian Bigelow (1913–2003), pioneering computer engineer
 * Phyllis Birkby (1932–1994), architect and feminist
 * Julian "Bud" Blake (1918–2005), cartoonist (Tiger)
 * Robert Blake (1933–2023), actor (Baretta)
 * Carol Blazejowski, (born 1956), general manager of the WNBA's New York Liberty
 * Ray Blum (1919–2000), speed skater who represented the United States at the 1948 Winter Olympics
 * Anthony Bowens, professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling
 * Alan Branigan (born 1975, class of 1993), Ivorian-born professional soccer player
 * Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855–1896), novelist
 * Barbara Buono (born 1953), New Jersey State Senator who has represented the 18th Legislative District since 2002
 * Jane Burgio (1922–2005), member of the New Jersey General Assembly who served as secretary of state of New Jersey
 * Tina Cervasio (born 1974), sportscaster, best known for her work as the Boston Red Sox sideline reporter on NESN telecasts
 * P. C. Chang (1892–1957), Chinese academic, philosopher, playwright, human rights activist, and diplomat
 * Clams Casino (born 1987 as Mike Volpe), hip hop producer
 * Rena DeAngelo (class of 1984), Emmy Award winning and Academy Award nominated set decorator for her work on the films Bridge of Spies and the 2021 remake of West Side Story
 * David DiFrancesco (born 1949), photoscientist, inventor, cinematographer, and photographer
 * Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. (born 1952), county executive of Essex County since 2003
 * Doug Edert (born 2000), college basketball player for the Saint Peter's Peacocks of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
 * Gary T. Erbe (born 1944), self-taught oil painter, best known for his trompe-l'œils, who maintains his studio in Nutley
 * Ken Eulo (born 1939), Eugene O'Neill Award-winning writer and bestselling author whose novels have collectively sold over 13 million copies worldwide
 * Mary Sargant Florence (1857–1954), British painter of figure subjects, mural decorations in fresco and occasional landscapes in watercolour and pastel
 * Philip Sargant Florence (1890–1982), economist
 * Frank Fowler (1852–1910), painter
 * Ron Fraser (1933–2013), "Wizard of College Baseball", Baseball coach at University of Miami
 * Garry Furnari (born 1954), politician who served in the New Jersey Senate and in New Jersey Superior Court and was Mayor of Nutley from 1996 to 2003
 * Paul Goldberger (born 1950), Pulitzer Prize winner and architecture critic for The New Yorker
 * Frances Goodrich (1890–1984), dramatist and screenwriter, best known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett
 * Lloyd Goodrich (1897–1987), art historian
 * Al Haig (1922–1982), jazz pianist, best known as one of the pioneers of bebop
 * Ben Hawkins (1944–2017), professional American football wide receiver who played in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns, and for the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League
 * Christine E. Haycock (1924–2008), nurse and surgeon who served as a colonel in the United States Army Reserve and as a professor of surgery and Director of Emergency Services at the New Jersey Medical School
 * Lloyd Huck (1922–2012), business executive, philanthropist and aviation enthusiast, who was chairman of pharmaceutical firms Merck & Co. and of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
 * John V. Kelly (1926–2009), served in the New Jersey General Assembly and elected as Mayor of Nutley in 1988
 * Frank Kirkleski (1904–1980), football player who played in the early years of the National Football League
 * Frank Lautenberg (1924–2013), United States senator
 * Michael Lenson (1903–1971), painter and muralist
 * Anne Steele Marsh (1901–1995), painter and printmaker whose watercolors, oil paintings and wood engravings were widely exhibited
 * Frederick Dana Marsh (1872–1961), illustrator
 * Reginald Marsh (1898–1954), painter
 * Frank McDonald (born c. 1933), football player who played as an end for the Miami Hurricanes football team
 * Abram Molarsky (1880–1955), Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painter best known for his landscapes
 * Annie Oakley (1860–1926), sharpshooter
 * Carl Orechio (1914–1991), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1972 to 1982
 * Carmen A. Orechio (1926–2018), President of the New Jersey Senate who spent 40 years as a commissioner in Nutley
 * Carlo Jackie Paris (1926–2004), jazz singer and guitarist
 * Andrew Pecora (born 1957), hematologist and oncologist who has been involved in the research on the use of stem cells and oncolytic viruses to treat diseases, including cancer
 * William Pène du Bois (1916–1993), author, artist
 * Stephen Petronio (born 1956), choreographer
 * Eileen Poiani, mathematician who was the first female mathematics instructor at Saint Peter's University
 * Mark Radice, singer, musician, and producer
 * Kevin J. Ryan (born 1969), former member of the New Jersey General Assembly
 * Frederick Scalera (born 1958), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2003 to 2011 and serves on the Board of Education of the Nutley Public Schools
 * Connie Siskowski, activist for young people who are caring for ill, disabled, or aging family members
 * Raphael Sonenshein (born 1949), executive director of the Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission and chairman of the political science department at California State University, Fullerton
 * Frederic Dorr Steele (1873–1944), illustrator
 * Martha Stewart (born 1941 as Martha Helen Kostyra), author, businesswoman, magazine publisher and television personality
 * Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902), writer, best known for his short story "The Lady or the Tiger?"
 * Alix Strachey (1892–1973), psychoanalyst, born Alix Sargant-Florence, translated Sigmund Freud's works into English
 * Sharon Van Etten (born 1981), singer-songwriter
 * Geerat J. Vermeij (born 1946), professor of geology at the University of California, Davis
 * Frank Vincent (1937–2017), actor who played prominent roles in the HBO series The Sopranos and in several films for director Martin Scorsese: Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995)
 * Nick Zano (born 1978), actor
 * Eli Zaret (born 1950), sports broadcaster and journalist

Cultural references

 * Aerosmith played at the Nutley prom in the 1960s.
 * Antiwar activist and Quaker Carl Hinke became the last American arrested for the Vietnam War draft Opposition to the Vietnam War on December 12, 1976. He had moved to Canada due to his pacifist convictions after being offered a one-way ticket to North Vietnam by Nutley's American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars chapters. Hinke was pardoned by Jimmy Carter on January 21, 1977, in his first official act as president.
 * Weird NJ runs regular features on past and present Nutley destinations such as Franklin Avenue beat coffee house, Angelo Nardone's Villa Capri which town council tried to close for decades and various Nutley "old man" bars such as the Old Canal Inn Nutley was also used as a shooting location for the 1999 film Weird N.J.
 * The courtroom in NBC's television show Ed was an exact replica of Nutley's municipal courtroom, and various locations in the township were used during filming, including the outside of the Public Safety building.
 * The short-lived Fox television show Quintuplets was set in Nutley.
 * ECW wrestler Balls Mahoney was billed as being from Nutley.
 * On Saturday Night Live, aired January 12, 2001, episode hosted by Derek Jeter. Derek Jeter stars in a fake commercial for Derek Jeter's Taco Hole, which is located in Nutley, NJ. Premise: Derek Jeter is a great chef and during the off-season he sells tacos. Lyrics sung to The Beach Boys' Kokomo song: "... Just off Route 3, There's a place called Nutley, New Jersey, If good Mexican food is your goal, There's just one place you should go, Derek Jeter's Taco Hole".
 * In What We Do in the Shadows Season 3, Episode 6 "The Escape," a home in Nutley, NJ becomes the residence for The Sire, The Baron, and a hellhound.
 * In Gutenberg! The Musical!, main characters Bud Davenport and Doug Simon are from Nutley, NJ

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Orange, New Jersey

The City of Orange (known simply as Orange) is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 34,447, an increase of 4,313 (+14.3%) from the 2010 census count of 30,134,  which in turn reflected a decline of 2,734 (+8.3%) from the 32,868 counted in the 2000 census.

The New Jersey Legislature originally incorporated Orange as a township on November 27, 1806, from parts of Newark Township. Parts of the township were taken on April 14, 1834, to form the now-defunct Clinton Township. On January 31, 1860, Orange was reincorporated as a town. Parts of the town were taken to form South Orange Township (April 1, 1861, now known as Maplewood), Fairmount (March 11, 1862, now part of West Orange), East Orange Township (March 4, 1863) and West Orange Township (April 10, 1863). On April 3, 1872, Orange was reincorporated as a city. In 1982, the city was one of four Essex County municipalities to pass a referendum to become a township, joining 11 municipalities that had already made the change, of what ultimately were more than a dozen Essex County municipalities to reclassify themselves as townships to take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies that allocated townships a greater share of government aid to municipalities on a per capita basis. The city derives its name from William III of England or William IV, Prince of Orange.

Despite the differences in the municipalities' character, Orange, East Orange, South Orange and West Orange are sometimes jointly called The Oranges.

In 2020, the township had New Jersey's 12th-highest property tax rate, with an equalized rate of 4.679% compared to 2.824% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.

History
Orange has its origins in Connecticut's New Haven Colony. In 1666, 30 of New Haven's families traveled by water to found "a town on the Passayak" River. They arrived on territory now encompassing Newark, the Oranges, and several other municipalities. The area was in the northeast portion of a land grant conveyed by King Charles II of England to his brother James, Duke of York. In 1664, James conveyed the land to two proprietors, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. Since Carteret had been Royal Governor of the Isle of Jersey, the territory became known as "New Jersey."

Orange was initially part of the city of Newark, but it was originally known as "Newark Mountains". On June 7, 1780, the townspeople of Newark Mountains officially voted to adopt the name Orange. At the time, a significant number of people favored secession from Newark. This did not occur until November 27, 1806, when the territory now encompassing all of the Oranges was finally detached.

On April 13, 1807, the first government was elected, but not until March 13, 1860, was Orange officially incorporated as a city. Immediately, the new city began fragmenting into smaller communities, primarily because of local disputes about the costs of establishing paid police, fire, and street departments. South Orange was organized on January 26, 1861; Fairmount (later to become part of West Orange) on March 11, 1862; East Orange on March 4, 1863; and West Orange (including Fairmount) on March 14, 1863.

Early center of transportation
Orange is on the Newark and Mount-Pleasant Turnpike, the main road from Newark to Morristown, and ultimately to Easton, Pennsylvania. The town became a busy thoroughfare for travelers, and hotels abounded. Initially, the stagecoach was the primary method of transportation. Omnibuses of the Eclipse and the Morris & Newark Lines serviced Orange.

The Morris and Essex Railroad arrived in Orange in November 1836, its first cars drawn by horses. On October 2, 1837, the first steam locomotive appeared, and the horses were, with minor exception, relegated to pasture. The "M&E" later became a part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W), which exists today as NJ Transit's Morristown Line.

Trolley cars appeared much later, with the Orange and Newark Horse Car Railroad Company running its first car up Main Street in May 1862. The Orange Crosstown Line, eventually extending from Morris Street, Orange, to Bloomfield, was started in June 1888. (The first electric trolley in the State of New Jersey operated over a section of this line.) Eventually, all the trolleys, and the buses that replaced them, became part of the sprawling Public Service Coordinated Transport System.

Orange became an industrial city early in its history, with the tanning industry expanding rapidly after settlers found growths of hemlock trees that were a source for the tannic acid they needed, leading to the growth of many factories producing shoes and boots.

Orange was once the United States' hat-making capital. The industry can be traced there to 1792. By 1892, 21 firms were engaged in that trade, employing over 3,700 people in plants that produced about 4.8 million hats, which had a combined value in excess of $1 million (equivalent to $ million in ). Several brothers founded the "No-Name Hat Company" in Orange before one of them moved on to make fedoras in Philadelphia under the family name, "Stetson." By 1921, only five hat-making firms were left, many having departed for places such as Norwalk and Danbury, Connecticut. By 1960, all had left.

Beer was a major industry in Orange beginning in the early 1900s, when the three Winter Brothers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, arrived in the city and built the first brewery. The Orange Brewery was constructed in 1901 at a reported cost of $350,000 (equivalent to $ million in ). The production of beer ceased with prohibition in 1920, and after the repeal of the Volstead Act in 1933, the brewery was sold to John F. Trommers of Philadelphia. Trommers brewed beer under that label until 1950, when the concern was again sold to Liebmann Breweries, Incorporated, which bottled Rheingold Beer. Eventually, after passing through several other owners, the plant was closed permanently in 1977.

Other notable firms in Orange were the Monroe Calculating Company, manufacturers of the adding machines of the same name, and the Bates Manufacturing Company, producers of office accessories such as staplers and stampers.

The United States Radium Corporation refined ore and extracted the radium used to make luminous paint for dials and hands of watches and other indicators. Years later, the carcinogenic effects of this material became known, and the polluted site of the factory became a liability for the city.

Famous residents and visitors
Orange has produced such notables as baseball's Monte Irvin and heavyweight boxer Tony Galento. Actor William Bendix lived and worked here for a short while. Presidents, presidential candidates, and governors visited. Orange held major celebrations for its 100th anniversary, and another when it turned 150.

Late 20th century political and social changes
Once a multi-ethnic, economically diverse city, Orange suffered indirectly from the 1967 riots in Newark (even though Newark and Orange do not share a border) and directly from the construction of Interstate 280 through the heart of the downtown area, triggering middle-class "white flight" from aging industrial towns to the new automobile suburbs being built in western Essex County and elsewhere. By the end of the 1970s, Orange had many of the urban ills normally associated with larger cities. However, the city still features many tree-lined streets with well-maintained homes.

In 1982, citizens voted overwhelmingly to change the designation of Orange from a city to a township, thereby making it eligible for federal Revenue Sharing funds. In 1985, the State of New Jersey named Orange as a State Urban Enterprise Zone, creating tax breaks and investment incentives.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 2.22 square miles (5.74 km2), including 2.21 square miles (5.73 km2) of land and <0.01 square miles (0.01 km2) of water (0.09%).

The East Branch of the Rahway River travels through Orange.

Orange borders the Essex County municipalities of East Orange, Glen Ridge, Montclair, South Orange and West Orange.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 30,134 people, 11,202 households, and 6,878 families in the township. The population density was 13705.7 /sqmi. There were 12,222 housing units at an average density of 5558.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup was 12.80% (3,857) White, 71.83% (21,645) Black or African American, 0.57% (173) Native American, 1.51% (455) Asian, 0.02% (6) Pacific Islander, 9.95% (2,999) from other races, and 3.32% (999) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.67% (6,531) of the population.

Of the 11,202 households, 31.0% had children under the age of 18; 28.6% were married couples living together; 24.6% had a female householder with no husband present and 38.6% were non-families. Of all households, 32.7% were made up of individuals and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.38.

25.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 89.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 84.1 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $40,818 (with a margin of error of +/− $1,616) and the median family income was $44,645 (+/− $4,033). Males had a median income of $34,986 (+/− $3,168) versus $36,210 (+/− $2,706) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $19,816 (+/− $1,027). About 16.2% of families and 18.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.6% of those under age 18 and 20.6% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census there were 32,868 people, 11,885 households, and 7,642 families residing in the township. The population density was 14,903.7 PD/sqmi. There were 12,665 housing units at an average density of 5,742.8 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 13.20% White, 75.10% Black or African American, 0.34% Native American, 1.26% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 5.21% from other races, and 4.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.47% of the population.

There were 11,885 households, out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.7% were married couples living together, 26.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.38.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $35,759, and the median income for a family was $40,852. Males had a median income of $33,442 versus $29,520 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $16,861. About 15.4% of families and 18.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.6% of those under age 18 and 16.7% of those age 65 or over.

As part of the 2000 Census, 75.10% of Orange's residents identified themselves as being African American, one of the highest percentages of African American people in the United States, and the fourth-highest in New Jersey (behind Lawnside at 93.60%, East Orange at 89.46%, and Irvington at 81.66%) of all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.

Orange has a large Haitian American population, with 11.4% of residents identifying themselves as being of Haitian ancestry, the highest of any municipality in New Jersey and the eighth-highest in the United States.

Although still a small percentage of total residents, Orange and East Orange have the largest concentrations of Guyanese Americans in the country. In the 2000 Census, 2.9% of Orange residents identified as being of Guyanese ancestry. While Queens and Brooklyn had larger populations in terms of raw numbers, Orange and East Orange (with 2.5%) had the highest percentages of people of Guyanese ancestry as a portion of the total population of all places in the United States.

Local government
Orange is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council form of municipal government. The city is one of 71 (of the 564) municipalities statewide that use this form of government. The governing body is comprised of the directly elected mayor and the seven-member City Council. There are four ward representatives on the city council and three at-large representatives. Councilmembers are elected to serve four-year terms of office in non-partisan elections on a staggered basis with the three at-large seats and the mayor up for election together and the four ward seats up together on an alternating cycle in even-numbered years as part of the May municipal election.

, the Mayor of Orange is Dwayne D. Warren, whose term of office ends June 30, 2024. Members of the City Council are Council President Kerry J. Coley (East Ward, 2026), Council Vice President Tency A. Eason (North Ward, 2026), Quantavia L. Hilbert (West Ward, 2026), Weldon M. Montague III (at-large, 2024), Clifford Ross (at-large, 2024), Jamie Summers-Johnson (South Ward, 2022) and Adrienne Wooten (at-large, 2024).

Federal, state and county representation
The City of Orange Township is in the 10th Congressional District and New Jersey's 34th state legislative district.

Politics
As of March 2011, there were 14,943 registered voters in Orange, of whom 8,490 (56.8%) were registered as Democrats, 302 (2.0%) as Republicans, and 6,147 (41.1%) as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered as either Libertarian or as affiliated with the Green Party.

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 96.7% of the vote (9,828 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 2.9% (291 votes), and other candidates with 0.4% (42 votes), among the 10,230 ballots cast by the township's 16,243 registered voters (69 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 63.0%. In the 2008 presidential election, Obama received 95.5% of the vote (10,001 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 3.8% (397 votes) and other candidates with 0.3% (27 votes), among the 10,476 ballots cast by the city's 15,388 registered voters, for a turnout of 68.1%. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 89.6% of the vote (8,000 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 9.1% (811 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (67 votes), among the 8,931 ballots cast by the city's 14,409 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 62.0.

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 85.0% of the vote (3,809 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 14.4% (643 votes), and other candidates with 0.6% (27 votes), among the 4,560 ballots cast by the township's 16,607 registered voters (81 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 27.5%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 91.7% of the vote (4,993 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 5.5% (302 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 1.4% (74 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (31 votes), among the 5,442 ballots cast by the city's 14,891 registered voters, yielding a 36.5% turnout.

Fire department
The City of Orange is served by the professional firefighters of the city of Orange Fire Department (OFD). Founded in 1872, the OFD operates out of two fire stations, located at 419 Central Avenue and 257 Washington Street. The firefighting apparatus consists of two fire engines, two quints and a ladder truck.

Education
The Orange Board of Education serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of 12 schools, had an enrollment of 5,629 students and 507.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are Orange Early Childhood Center (188 students; in Pre-K), John Robert Lewis Early Childhood Center (NA; Pre-K), Central Elementary School (319; K–2), Cleveland Street School (303; K–7), Forest Street Community School (410; Pre-K–7), Heywood Avenue School (355; Pre-K–7), Lincoln Avenue School (708; K–7), Oakwood Avenue Community School (425; Pre-K–7), Park Avenue School (569; K–7), Rosa Parks Central Community School (999; Grades 3–7; formerly Main Street School and Central School), Scholars Academy (NA), Orange Preparatory Academy (679; 8–9, formerly Orange Middle School), Orange High School (840; 10–12) and STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges (160; 9–12).

The Orange Public Library collection contains 200,000 volumes and circulates 43,000 items annually. Built as the Stickler Memorial Library, the imposing structure designed by McKim, Mead, and White opened in 1901.

Economy
Portions of the city are part of an Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), one of 32 zones covering 37 municipalities statewide. Orange was selected in 1983 as one of the initial group of 10 zones chosen to participate in the program. In addition to other benefits to encourage employment and investment within the Zone, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% sales tax rate (half of the $6 5/8$% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants. Established in November 1992, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in November 2023.

Roads and highways
, the city had a total of 44.64 mi of roadways, of which 39.14 mi were maintained by the municipality, 4.43 mi by Essex County and 1.07 mi by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

Interstate 280 is the most significant highway serving the city, traversing along an east-west alignment from the border with West Orange to the East Orange city line. The only other significant roadway serving Orange is County Route 508, which follows Central Avenue. Principal local roads include Valley Street, Lincoln Avenue, Scotland Road and Highland Avenue.

Public transportation
The Orange and Highland Avenue stations provide NJ Transit train service along the Morris & Essex Lines (formerly Erie Lackawanna Railway). Service is available via the Kearny Connection to Secaucus Junction and Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan and to Hoboken Terminal. Passengers can transfer at Newark Broad Street or Summit station to reach the other destination if necessary.

NJ Transit buses in Orange include the 21, 24, 34, 41, 44, 71, 73 and 79 routes providing service to Newark and local service on the 92 and 97 routes.

Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Orange include:

 * Anthony Accetturo (born 1938), former caporegime and leader of the New Jersey faction of the Lucchese crime family, The Jersey Crew
 * Robert Adams (born 1937), photographer who has focused on the changing landscape of the American West
 * Stephanie Adams (1970–2018), model and author who was the November 1992 Playboy Playmate
 * Walter G. Alexander (1880–1953), first African American member of the New Jersey Legislature
 * Jay Alford (born 1983), defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders drafted in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft (81st overall)
 * Peter Allgeier, served as U.S. Deputy Trade Representative from May 2001 until August 2009
 * George Armstrong (1924–1993), catcher who played eight MLB games in 1946 with the Philadelphia Athletics
 * Tom Auth (born 1968), rower who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics
 * Bobby Bandiera (born 1953), rock guitarist, singer and songwriter who was lead guitarist for Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
 * James J. Barry Jr. (born 1946), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and as Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
 * Dan Baum (1956–2020), journalist and author who wrote for The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Wired, Playboy, and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications
 * Stephen J. Benkovic (born 1938), chemist
 * Douglas J. Bennet (1938–2018), political official who served as the fifteenth president of Wesleyan University
 * John L. Blake (1831–1899), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1879 to 1881
 * Ken Blanchard (born 1939), author, whose works include The One Minute Manager
 * Thomas Aloysius Boland (1896–1979), prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Newark from 1952 to 1974
 * Cory Boyd (born 1985), former starting tailback for the University of South Carolina and drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 7th round (238th pick overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft
 * Sandra Boynton (born 1953), humorist, songwriter, director, music producer, children's author and illustrator
 * Garrett Brown Jr. (born 1943), former United States District Judge and later the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
 * Lesley Bush (born 1947), diver who represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she received a gold medal in platform diving
 * Samuel P. Bush (1863–1948), industrialist and patriarch of the Bush political family
 * Bisa Butler (born 1973), fiber artist known for her quilted portraits and designs celebrating black life
 * Peter Cain (1959–1997), artist who is best known for his meticulously executed paintings and drawings of surreal and aberrant versions of automobiles
 * Ernest Trow Carter (1866–1953), organist and composer who won the Bispham Award
 * Herbert S. Carter (1869–1927), physician and writer
 * Dennis M. Cavanaugh (born 1947), retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
 * Robert Hett Chapman (1771–1833), Presbyterian minister and missionary and the second president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 * Evans Clark (1888–1970), writer strongly committed to first to Communist and Socialist causes and then liberal socio-economic issues
 * Harold L. Colburn Jr. (1925–2012), physician and politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 8th Legislative District from 1984 to 1995
 * Richard Codey (born 1946), politician who served in the New Jersey Legislature since 1974 and was the 53rd Governor of New Jersey, from 2004 to 2006
 * Steven A. Cohen (born 1953), academic who has taught public management and environmental policy at Columbia University since 1981
 * Corinne Alsop Cole (1886–1971), politician who served two terms as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
 * Samuel Colgate (1822–1897), manufacturer and philanthropist, who headed the soap company that is now part of Colgate-Palmolive and was a benefactor of Colgate University
 * John Condit (1755–1834), United States Representative and Senator from New Jersey
 * Silas Condit (1778–1861), represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1831 to 1833
 * Peter Cortes (born 1947), rower who competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1976 Summer Olympics
 * Bob Cottingham (born 1966), Olympic fencer who competed in the sabre events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics
 * John Crotty (born 1969), former NBA basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets
 * Bobby Czyz (born 1962), champion prizefighter
 * Brian E. Daley (born 1940), professor of theology who received the Ratzinger Prize in 2012
 * William Howe Davis (1904–1982), politician who served as Mayor of Orange for 12 years and as the Director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control during the Administration of Governor Robert B. Meyner
 * Pete D'Alonzo (1929–2001), football player who played two seasons with the Detroit Lions of the NFL
 * Constance Adams DeMille (1874–1960), actress and wife of director Cecil B. DeMille
 * Wayne Dickens, former American football player and coach who was head football coach at Kentucky State University from 2009 to 2012 and The College of New Jersey from 2013 to 2015
 * S. Kip Farrington (1904–1983), sport fisherman and journalist
 * David Ferry (1924–2023), poet and translator who won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2012
 * Dale S. Fischer (born 1951), United States district court judge
 * Gail Fisher (1935–2000), actress best known for her role on Mannix
 * Buddy Fortunato (born 1946), newspaper publisher and politician who served four terms in the New Jersey General Assembly
 * Charles N. Fowler (1852–1932), represented 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911
 * Tony Galento (1910–1979), heavyweight boxer
 * Robert E. Grady (born 1959), venture capitalist and investment banker
 * Al Harrington (born 1980), professional basketball player for the NBA's Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors and Washington Wizards
 * Edward V. Hartford (1870–1922), founder and President of the Hartford Suspension Company who perfected the automobile shock absorber
 * George Huntington Hartford (1833–1917), Mayor from 1878 to 1890 and owner of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, the country's largest food retailer at the time of his death
 * Beatrice Hicks (1919–1979), founder of the Society of Women Engineers in 1950
 * Cleo Hill (1938–2015), professional basketball player who played one season in the NBA for the St. Louis Hawks
 * Dulé Hill (born 1975), actor, known for starring in TV series Psych and The West Wing
 * Monte Irvin (1919–2016), former Negro leagues and MLB outfielder, MLB executive and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
 * Bobby M. Jones (born 1972), pitcher who played for the New York Mets during his MLB career
 * Mark Kelly (born 1964), astronaut who first went into space as the pilot for STS-108 Endeavour (December 5–17, 2001), and returned to space with STS-121 in 2006 as the pilot; His twin brother, Scott Kelly, is also in the Astronaut Corps
 * Thomas Kiernan (1933-2003), writer who was the author of a biographies that featured figures including Laurence Olivier, Jane Fonda, John Steinbeck, and Yasser Arafat.
 * Jay Lynch (1945–2017), cartoonist best known for his comic strip Nard n' Pat
 * Phyllis Mangina (born 1959), college basketball coach who is currently an assistant women's basketball coach at Saint Peter's
 * William F. Marsh (1916–1995), politician who served in the California State Assembly for the 42nd district from 1953 to 1959
 * John B. Mason (1858–1919), stage actor
 * Lowell Mason (1792–1872), composer of over 1600 hymn tunes, including his arrangement of "Joy to the World"
 * Elmer Matthews (1927–2015), lawyer and politician who served three terms in the New Jersey General Assembly
 * George McClellan (1826–1885), American Civil War general and later Governor of New Jersey, died here
 * Donald W. McGowan (1899–1967), United States Army Major General and Chief of the National Guard Bureau
 * James T. McHugh (1932–2000), prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Camden (1989–1998) and Bishop of Rockville Centre (2000)
 * John Milnor (born 1931), mathematician known for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems and recipient of the Fields Medal, Wolf Prize, and Abel Prize
 * Daniel F. Minahan (1877–1947), served as mayor of Orange from May 1914 until August 1919, and represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1919 to 1921 and again from 1923 to 1925
 * Tina Nenoff (born 1965), materials scientist and chemical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories
 * Gordon Allen Newkirk Jr. (1928–1985), astrophysicist best known for his research on the solar corona
 * Yosh Nijman (born 1995), American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League
 * Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907), founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, first well-known person of European ancestry to make a formal conversion to Buddhism, helped create a Buddhist renaissance, assisted in designing the Buddhist flag, a national hero of Sri Lanka
 * Chris Petrucelli (born 1962), soccer manager who is currently the head coach of the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League
 * Joel A. Pisano (1949–2021), United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 2000 to 2001
 * Carolyn Plaskett (1917–2001), American-born illustrator, international scholar and former first lady of Barbados
 * Nicole Pride, academic administrator who was the twelfth president of West Virginia State University
 * Daniel Quillen (1940–2011), mathematician known for being the "prime architect" of higher algebraic K-theory and recipient of the Fields Medal
 * Bill Raftery (born 1943), basketball analyst and former college basketball coach
 * Jim Ringo (1931–2007), NFL player for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
 * Stuart Risch, United States Army major general who serves as the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the United States Army
 * Jack Robinson (1921–2000), professional baseball pitcher whose MLB career consisted of three games played for the Boston Red Sox in 1949
 * Robert E. Rose (1939–2022), politician who served as the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, from 1975 to 1979
 * Johnny Sansone (born 1957), electric blues singer, songwriter, harmonicist, accordionist, guitarist and piano player
 * Dick Savitt (1927–2023), tennis player who reached a ranking of No. 2 in the world
 * Roy Scheider (1932–2008), actor known for films such as Jaws, All That Jazz and The French Connection
 * Morton Schindel (1918–2016), educator, producer, and founder of Weston Woods Studios, which specializes in adapting children's books into animated films
 * Peter Shapiro (born 1952), financial services executive and former politician who was the youngest person ever elected to the New Jersey General Assembly and went on to serve as Essex County Executive
 * John M. Smith (1935–2019), prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as the ninth Bishop of Trenton, from 1997 to 2010
 * John B. Stetson (1830-1906), hat manufacturer who invented the cowboy hat
 * Leigh Howard Stevens (born 1953), marimba artist best known for developing, codifying and promoting the Stevens technique
 * Lucy Stone (1818–1893), abolitionist and suffragist who staged a tax protest in 1857 over her lack of representation as a homeowner in Orange
 * Gregory J. Studerus (born 1948), prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Newark
 * Salamishah Tillet (born 1975), feminist activist, scholar and writer
 * Robert F. Titus (born 1926), United States Air Force brigadier general and fighter pilot
 * George Tully (1904–1980), NFL player with the Frankford Yellow Jackets
 * Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III (1925–2008), scholar of ancient art and curator of classical art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1957 to 1996
 * Dionne Warwick (born 1940), singer, actress, television host, and former Goodwill Ambassador for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization
 * Khalil Wheeler-Weaver (born 1996), serial killer

Points of interest

 * Orange Reservoir
 * Rosedale Cemetery
 * St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
 * St. Johns Church
 * Columbus Hall

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Roseland, New Jersey

Roseland is a borough in western Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,299, an increase of 480 (+8.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,819,  which in turn reflected an increase of 521 (+9.8%) from the 5,298 counted in the 2000 census.

In 2015, New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Roseland as its seventh-best place to live in its "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey rankings. The borough was ranked 14th best place to live in the magazine's 2008 rankings. In 2017, New Jersey Monthly Ranked Roseland as its 106th best place to live in its 2017 Rankings. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Roseland as its 14th best place to live in New Jersey in its 2019 rankings.

History
Roseland was part of the Horseneck Tract, which was an area that consisted of what are now the municipalities of Caldwell, West Caldwell, North Caldwell, Fairfield, Verona, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Roseland, and portions of Livingston and West Orange. In 1702, settlers purchased the 14,000 acre Horseneck Tract—so-called because of its irregular shape that suggested a horse's neck and head—from the Lenni Lenape Native Americans for goods equal to $325. This purchase encompassed much of western Essex County, from the First Mountain to the Passaic River.

Originally named Centerville, the name of the community was changed in 1874 to Roseland to avoid confusion with the several other Centervilles spread across the state, most specifically Centerville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, which already had a post office under that name. Roseland was chosen over the alternative proposed name of "Roselyn".

One of the most notable places of interest in the borough was the Becker Farm Railroad, otherwise known as the Centerville & Southwestern Railroad. A miniature railroad operated from 1938 until 1972 on the Becker Farm, which once comprised nearly half of the total area within Roseland and which is now mostly a large business complex. Some vestiges of the railroad still exist.

In 1907, a delegation of residents petitioned Livingston Township officials to construct a school for the growing population in Roseland. The rejection of their request led to the efforts to create an independent municipality, which was established on April 10, 1908.

Roseland was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 10, 1908, from portions of Livingston Township.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 3.64 square miles (9.43 km2), including 3.62 square miles (9.37 km2) of land and 0.03 square miles (0.06 km2) of water (0.69%). Roseland is located about 20 mi west of New York City and is part of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The borough borders the municipalities of Essex Fells, Livingston, West Caldwell and West Orange in Essex County; and East Hanover Township in Morris County.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 5,819 people, 2,345 households, and 1,667 families in the borough. The population density was 1,644.4 per square mile (634.9/km2). There were 2,432 housing units at an average density of 687.3 per square mile (265.4/km2). The racial makeup was 90.74% (5,280) White, 1.82% (106) Black or African American, 0.07% (4) Native American, 5.79% (337) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 0.50% (29) from other races, and 1.08% (63) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.50% (262) of the population.

Of the 2,345 households, 28.2% had children under the age of 18; 60.4% were married couples living together; 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 28.9% were non-families. Of all households, 25.0% were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.00.

21.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 20.8% from 25 to 44, 31.1% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.7 years. For every 100 females, the population had 90.3 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 86.4 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $100,289 (with a margin of error of +/− $10,283) and the median family income was $116,118 (+/− $20,786). Males had a median income of $83,864 (+/− $16,862) versus $58,611 (+/− $12,592) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $53,042 (+/− $7,511). About 1.9% of families and 1.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.8% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census there were 5,298 people, 2,142 households, and 1,525 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,463.6 PD/sqmi. There were 2,187 housing units at an average density of 604.2 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the borough was 93.43% White, 0.72% African American, 0.04% Native American, 4.72% Asian, 0.43% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.28% of the population.

As of the 2000 Census, 32.0% of Roseland residents were of Italian ancestry, the 27th-highest percentage of any municipality in the United States, and 10th-highest in New Jersey, among all places with more than 1,000 residents identifying their ancestry.

There were 2,142 households, out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.6% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 29.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.6 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $82,499, and the median income for a family was $93,957. Males had a median income of $61,049 versus $41,688 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $41,415. None of the families and 1.7% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 2.7% of those over 64.

Economy
Companies based in Roseland include Automatic Data Processing, law firms Lowenstein Sandler Connell Foley, Curtiss-Wright, jams and jellys manufacturer Polaner, pickles and relish products maker B&G Foods, and pharmaceutical company Organon International, which opened its worldwide headquarters here in 2003.

Arts and culture
Cash Cash members Jean Paul Makhlouf, Alexander Makhlouf and Samuel Frisch signed to Atlantic Records with the top 40 hit song "Take Me Home".

Local government
Roseland is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey. The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. The borough form of government used by Roseland is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.

, the mayor of Roseland is Democrat James R. Spango, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026. Members of the Roseland Borough Council are Christopher J. Bardi (D, 2026), John Biront (D, 2026), Eileen Fishman (D, 2024), Neal Goldstein (D, 2024; appointed to serve an unexpired term), Jean Perrotti (R, 2025) and Marcelino "Moose" Trillo (D, 2025).

In March 2024, the borough council selected Neil Goldstein from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring on December 2024 that became vacant when Roger Freda resigned from office the previous month.

Roseland TV - Public Access Television Station
The Borough of Roseland has a local access television channel, Roseland TV. On Comcast, residents can watch Roseland TV on Channel 35. On Verizon FiOS, residents can watch on Channel 46, though the channel will switch to 2146 in HD by the end of 2021.

Federal, state and county representation
Roseland is located in the 11th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 27th state legislative district.

Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 4,686 registered voters in Roseland, of which 1,428 (30.5%) were registered as Democrats, 1,499 (32.0%) were registered as Republicans and 1,756 (37.5%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties.

In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 58.4% of the vote (1,983 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 40.9% (1,391 votes), and other candidates with 0.7% (23 votes), among the 3,425 ballots cast by the borough's 4,832 registered voters (28 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 70.9%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 57.5% of the vote (2,065 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 40.8% (1,466 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (29 votes), among the 3,593 ballots cast by the borough's 4,728 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.0%. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 59.4% of the vote (2,062 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 39.6% (1,376 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (24 votes), among the 3,471 ballots cast by the borough's 4,425 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 78.4.

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 69.9% of the vote (1,559 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 29.2% (652 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (19 votes), among the 2,275 ballots cast by the borough's 4,858 registered voters (45 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 46.8%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 58.7% of the vote (1,579 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 33.1% (891 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 7.2% (193 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (11 votes), among the 2,691 ballots cast by the borough's 4,658 registered voters, yielding a 57.8% turnout.

Education
The Roseland School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade at Lester C. Noecker Elementary School. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 467 students and 44.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1.

Students in public school for seventh through twelfth grades attend the West Essex Regional School District, a regional school district serving students from four municipalities in western Essex County. Communities served by the district's schools are Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell and Roseland. Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are West Essex Middle School with 548 students in grades 7-8 and West Essex High School with 1,048 students in grades 9-12. Seats on the nine-member board of education of the high school district are allocated based on population, with two seats assigned to Roseland.

Roads and highways
, the borough had a total of 24.95 mi of roadways, of which 14.08 mi were maintained by the municipality, 8.31 mi by Essex County and 2.56 mi by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

Interstate 280 passes for 2.5 mi through the borough, connecting East Hanover Township and Livingston. County Route 527 also passes through the borough.

Public transportation
NJ Transit offers bus service to Newark on the 71 route.

The Whippany Line of the Morristown & Erie Railway, a small freight line, traverses and serves a food products manufacturer in the township. Established in 1895, the line runs from Morristown and runs through East Hanover Township and Hanover Township to Roseland.

Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Roseland include:

 * Denise Borino-Quinn (1964–2010), actress who played the role of Ginny Sacramoni, the wife of New York mob boss Johnny Sack in The Sopranos
 * Mary Jo Codey (born 1955), mental health advocate and schoolteacher who is the former First Lady of New Jersey
 * Richard Codey (born 1946), member of the New Jersey Senate
 * Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. (born 1952), County Executive of Essex County since 2003
 * Kevin Monangai (born 1993), running back for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League
 * Kyle Monangai, American football running back for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights
 * Janet G. Woititz (1938–1994), psychologist and researcher best known for her writings and lectures about the adult children of alcoholic parents
 * Adella Wotherspoon (1903–2004), survivor of the 1904 General Slocum disaster, in which more than 1,000 passengers were killed in a fire

title: Roseland, New Jersey