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West Orange
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township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States
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The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including 1863 establishments in New Jersey, Faulkner Act (mayor–council) and Populated places in the United States established in 1863.
Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Essex
- Incorporated
- April 10, 1863 (as township)
- Reincorporated
- February 28, 1900 (as town)
- Type
- Faulkner Act (mayor–council)
- Body
- Township Council
- Mayor
- Susan McCartney (term ends December 31, 2026)
- Business administrator
- Peter F. Smeraldo Jr.
- Municipal clerk
- Karen J. Carnevale
- Total
- 12.13 sq mi (31.41 km )
- Land
- 12.00 sq mi (31.09 km )
- Water
- 0.12 sq mi (0.32 km ) 1.01%
- Rank
- 189th of 565 in state, 3rd of 22 in county
- Elevation
- 512 ft (156 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 49,211
- Density
- 4,069.2/sq mi (1,571.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- West Orange
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Essex County
- Population
- 48843
- Area
- 12.171
- Elevation
- 135
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Roseland
- Headquarters
- West Orange
- Official website
- www.westorange.org
- Image
- Glenmont.JPG
- Households
- 16804
- Dialing code
- 973
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- Commons category
- West Orange, New Jersey
- category of associated people
- Category:People from West Orange, New Jersey
- topic's main category
- Category:West Orange, New Jersey
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in West Orange, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07052
- per capita income
- 49913
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of incorporation
- 1863-04-10
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Main Street in West Orange West Orange is a suburban township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 48,843, an increase of 2,636 (+5.7%) from the 2010 census count of 46,207, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,264 (+2.8%) from the 44,943 counted in the 2000 census.
West Orange is both an inner-ring suburb of New Jersey's largest city, Newark, and a commuter suburb of New York City; it is approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Manhattan. West Orange was home to the inventor Thomas Edison, who also maintained a laboratory and workshop in town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Orange” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.