 Map of West Caldwell Township in Essex County West Caldwell is an upper-middle class township located in the West Essex area in northwestern Essex County, New Jersey. It is located approximately 16 miles west of Manhattan and six miles northwest of Newark. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 11,233. Image File history File links West_caldwell_twp_nj_013. ...
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Modern forms of municipal government Walsh Act/Commission 1923 Municipal Manager Faulkner Act forms of municipal government Mayor-Council Council-Manager Small Municipality Mayor-Council-Administrator A township, in the context of New Jersey local government, refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government. ...
West Essex is the far western region of Essex County, New Jersey, bordering Morris County, New Jersey. ...
Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the state of New Jersey. ...
Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ...
The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...
Skyline of downtown Newark as seen from the Newark Bay Bridge. ...
The United States Census of year 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...
Though today the Caldwell area is considered to be a suburb of both Newark and New York, the area originally developed as its own individual, self-contained town and economy rather than as urban sprawl from a larger city. When it was formed, a few miles of woods separated downtown Caldwell from Newark or any of its developing suburbs.
History Caldwell, West Caldwell, and several neighboring towns were all originally one town known as "Horseneck". In the early 1700s, a group of settlers left Newark and purchased a large tract of land northwest of their home city for the equivalent of a few hundred dollars from the Lenni Lenape Native Americans. This piece of land extended west and north to the Passaic River, south to the town center of what would become Livingston, and east to the First Watchung Mountain, and was called Horseneck by the natives because it resembled the neck and head of a horse. Caldwell is a borough located in northwestern Essex County, New Jersey. ...
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The Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans) were, in the 1600s, loosely organized bands of Native American people practicing small-scale agriculture to augment a largely mobile hunter-gatherer society in the region around the Delaware River, the lower Hudson River, and western Long Island Sound. ...
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The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey The Passaic River is a tributary of Newark Bay, approximately 80 mi (129 km long), in northern New Jersey in the United States. ...
Map of Livingston Township in Essex County Livingston is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
The Watchung Mountains are a pair of two long low ridge lateral morraines formed by glaciers in the most recent ice age, between 400 ft. ...
What was then known as Horseneck contained most of the present day northern Essex County towns: West Caldwell, along with Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell, Roseland, and Verona are all located entirely in Horseneck, and parts of what are today Livingston, Montclair, and West Orange also were contained in the Horseneck tract. After the Revolutionary War, Horseneck changed its name to "Caldwell Township" in honor of a local war hero and pastor, James Caldwell, who used burning pages from his church's bibles to ignite the ammo in soldiers' cannons and helped to drive the British out of Horseneck. Cedar Grove Township is a census-designated place and township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
Essex Fells is a borough located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
Fairfield is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
Map of North Caldwell in Essex County North Caldwell is a borough located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
Map of Roseland in Essex County Roseland is a borough located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
Map of Verona Township in Essex County Verona is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
Map of Livingston Township in Essex County Livingston is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
Map of Montclair Township in Essex County Montclair is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
Map of West Orange Township in Essex County West Orange is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...
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The Reverend James Caldwell (April, 1734 – November 24, 1781) was a clergyman who played a prominent part in the American Revolution. ...
By the late 1880s, Caldwell had become quite a developed and populated town, however the vast majority of the development, residents, and businesses were located in the center of the town along Bloomfield Avenue, its main connecting route with Newark and New York City. The outskirts of town remained farms and swampland in many places. This bothered the people living in the center of town and in 1892, Caldwell's center area decided to form its own municipality, naming itself Caldwell Borough and leaving the outskirts of town remaining as Caldwell Township. // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ...
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Caldwell Borough contained what is today the towns of West Caldwell and Caldwell. Soon after, the area of Caldwell Township just to the east of Caldwell Borough between Caldwell Borough and Montclair (present-day Verona and Cedar Grove) decided to follow Caldwell's lead and incorporated itself as its own borough, Verona. Some of the already-developed eastern neighborhoods of Caldwell Township chose to become part of Montclair, as it was a rapdily developing suburb of Newark and Paterson. At around the same time, the area north of Caldwell Borough became its own town, North Caldwell. The ritzy, wooded area directly to the south of downtown Caldwell Borough became Essex Fells. Meanwhile, the farmland to the south of the western portion of Caldwell township attempted to become its own municipality known as South Caldwell. This failed, as much of developed sections of that area lied on its southernmost and easternmost borders, along the expanding Newark suburbs of Livingston and West Orange respectively. Those areas were engulfed by those two towns once they became incorporated municipalities of several small villages and developments. This left only the most rural farmland south of Caldwell Borough and Essex Fells to become its own township, Roseland. At this point, all that remained of the original Caldwell Township was a large piece of undeveloped land in the northwestern-most part of Essex County; eventually, in the early 1950s, Caldwell Township changed its name to Fairfield in order to avoid being confused with Caldwell Borough. The skyline of Paterson, New Jersey, showing the canyon of the Passaic River in the foreground. ...
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Immediately following the separation of the original Caldwell, the western part of Caldwell Borough generally remained less developed than downtown Caldwell Borough and contained several farms and a large area of undeveloped swampland known as Hatfield Swamp. However, two individual settlements, known as Franklin and Westville, soon formed in the western part of Caldwell Borough. As development increased and population grew in the western part of Caldwell, the town's more rural western population and more urban east often could not reconcile their differences. This led to the areas of Franklin and Westville consolidating into their own township known as West Caldwell in 1904, leaving only the one square mile of original downtown Horseneck development as the borough of Caldwell. Caldwell Borough became Caldwell Township in the 1980s. To this day, the town of Caldwell remains by far the most urbanized, densely populated, and ethnically, racially, and income-diverse in the West Essex area. However, the other former Horseneck areas, including West Caldwell, are now almost entirely devloped as well, but generally retain a more suburban feel. Hatfield swamp is a wetlands area in the US state of New Jersey, forming what might be considered the second bank of the Passaic River between Morris and Essex counties. ...
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The town is home to a county park, called Grover Cleveland Park (also partially located in Caldwell and Essex Fells, named in honor of the President of the United States who was born in the neighboring town of Caldwell. Grover Cleveland Park, the seventh largest park in the Essex County, New Jersey county park system, is a heavily wooded park covering 41. ...
Essex Fells is a borough located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
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Additionally, West Caldwell contains a number of smaller parks and land preserves, such as Memorial Park and Francisco Park. Hatfield Swamp, located in the western section of the town along its borders with the towns of Fairfield, Roseland, and East Hanover, is a protected preservation that usually very little building is allowed to be done on. Hatfield swamp is a wetlands area in the US state of New Jersey, forming what might be considered the second bank of the Passaic River between Morris and Essex counties. ...
East Hanover Township is a township located in Morris County, New Jersey. ...
West Caldwell has several stores and strip malls, and two public town pools, Cedar Street Pool and Westville Pool. The town is generally a safe place with few violent crimes and only two murders in its history.
West Caldwell is the setting of the HBO series The Sopranos. The Sopranos is an American television drama broadcast on HBO about a Mafia family in Northern New Jersey. ...
Geography West Caldwell is located at 40°50'54" North, 74°17'20" West (40.848349, -74.288970)GR1. The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 13.1 km² (5.1 mi²), none of which is covered by water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 11,233 people, 3,990 households, and 3,112 families residing in the township. The population density was 858.8/km² (2,224.4/mi²). There were 4,044 housing units at an average density of 309.2/km² (800.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 93.84% White, 0.89% African American, 0.04% Native American, 3.85% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.61% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races. 2.80% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There were 3,990 households out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.1% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.17. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
In the township the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $83,396, and the median income for a family was $94,379. Males had a median income of $67,108 versus $45,365 for females. The per capita income for the township was $38,345. 2.1% of the population and 1.2% of families were below the poverty line. 2.5% of those under the age of 18 and 2.4% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
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Government
Local government West Caldwell has a Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) form of government with the Mayor elected for a four-year term, and the six Council members elected for 3 year terms. There are six standing committees of the Township Council and each Council member chairs one of the committees. The Mayor is Joseph Tempesta, Jr. Council President is Dominick J. Aiello. Other members of the Council are William E. Payne, Richard C. Norgard, Richard C. Otterbein, Joseph A. Fischer, and Rosemarie M. Sutherlin. Modern forms of municipal government Walsh Act/Commission 1923 Municipal Manager Faulkner Act forms of municipal government Mayor-Council Council-Manager Small Municipality Mayor-Council-Administrator The Faulkner Act or Optional Municipal Charter Law provides for New Jersey municipalities to adopt a Mayor-Council government. ...
A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ...
Federal, state and county representation West Caldwell is part of New Jersey's 27th Legislative District and is in the Eleventh Congressional District.
New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District, covering western portions of Essex County, all of Morris County, and sections of Passaic County, Somerset County and Sussex County, is represented by Rodney Frelinghuysen (R, Harding Township). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Robert Menendez (D, Union City). New Jerseys Eleventh Congressional District is currently represented by Republican Rodney Frelinghuysen. ...
Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the state of New Jersey. ...
Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 25 mi (40 km) west of New York City. ...
Passaic County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...
Somerset County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...
Sussex County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...
Frelinghuysen tours a Superfund site in his district. ...
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Harding Township is a township located in Morris County, New Jersey. ...
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The 27th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Richard Codey (D, West Orange) and in the Assembly by Mims Hackett (D, Orange) and John F. McKeon (D, West Orange). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken). The Legislature of New Jersey is the U.S. state of New Jerseys legislative branch, seated in the New Jersey State House at the states capital, Trenton. ...
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Richard Codey, Governor of New Jersey Richard James Codey (born November 27, 1946 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American politician. ...
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Map of West Orange Township in Essex County West Orange is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
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Assemblyman Mims Hackett Mims Hackett (born September 28, 1941) has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2002 and represents the 27th legislative district. ...
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Orange is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
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Map of West Orange Township in Essex County West Orange is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
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Essex County's County Executive is Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. The executive, along with the Board of Chosen Freeholders administer all county business. Essex County's Freeholders are Freeholder President Johnny Jones, Freeholder Vice President Patricia Sebold, Freeholder-At-Large Blonnie R. Watson, Freeholder-At-Large Donald M. Payne, Jr., Freeholder District 1 Samuel Gonzalez, Freeholder District 2 D. Bilal Beasley, Freeholder District 3 Carol Y. Clark, Freeholder District 4 Linda Lordi Cavanaugh and Freeholder District 5 Ralph R. Caputo. Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the state of New Jersey. ...
A County Executive is the title assigned to a person hired to run the day to day operations of a county. ...
The Board of Chosen Freeholders is the legislative body in each of the 21 counties in New Jersey. ...
Education The towns of Caldwell and West Caldwell share a school district, the Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools. There are four elementary schools between the two towns, all of which are named after American presidents: Washington School, Jefferson School, and Wilson School, all located in West Caldwell; and Lincoln School, located in Caldwell. Students are districted to go to a certain one of the four elementary schools between Kindergarten and fifth grade, based on where they live. Presently, based on the local boundaries, and where the schools lie in relation to the borders of the two towns, students from portions of both towns attend Lincoln, Jefferson, and Washington schools, which are all located quite close to the border between the two Caldwells. Wilson School, however, is located in the middle of southern West Caldwell near its border with Roseland and relatively far from Caldwell; so its students are exclusively from the town of West Caldwell, in its western-most neighborhoods. Depending on the towns' current demographic population trends, the Board of Education is often tinkering with the elementary school districting. Sometimes, entire neighborhoods regularly become redistricted from year to year. The Gardens area of far western West Caldwell, for example, has been districted to three of the four different elementary schools within the past fifteen years. The Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools is a regional public school district serving the communites of Caldwell and West Caldwell in Essex County, New Jersey There are four elementary schools between the two towns, all of which are named after American presidents: Jefferson School (246 students), Washington School (410 students...
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Between sixth and eighth grades, all students in both Caldwell and West Caldwell attend Grover Cleveland Middle School, located in Caldwell. All students also attend the same high school, James Caldwell High School, located in the center of West Caldwell, which is named after the Reverend James Caldwell, the same American Revolutionary War hero that the towns are named for. In accordance with New Jersey state law that requires towns to bus students to school if they live further than 2 miles, the high school was built, in the early 1960s to ensure that it was within a 2 mile radius of all households in both towns. Previously, Grover Cleveland Middle School in the center of Caldwell had been Grover Cleveland Jr. High School and High School, but its distance more than two miles from the outer neighborhoods of West Caldwell require that several students from the Wilson School area are bused to it. For this reason, the older, non-centrally located building became the town's middle school and the current high school was built to be within reasonable walking distance to all students' houses. The Reverend James Caldwell (April, 1734 – November 24, 1781) was a clergyman who played a prominent part in the American Revolution. ...
Combatants American Revolutionaries, France, Netherlands, Spain, Native Americans Great Britain, German mercenaries, Loyalists, Native Americans Commanders George Washington, Comte de Rochambeau, Nathanael Greene William Howe, Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis (more commanders) The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence,[1] was a conflict that...
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Additionally, West Caldwell is home to the Essex County Vocational High School for regional students who do not wish to attend their public high schools or who wish to learn a trade.
The West Essex Campus of Essex County College is located in West Caldwell. Essex County College is an accredited, co-educational, two-year, public, community college located in Ocean County, New Jersey. ...
Celebrities The Caldwells area has been home to a number of celebrities. - Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito and his wife, Martha, live in West Caldwell. His Daughter, Laura, attends James Caldwell High School.
- Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the USA, was born on Bloomfield Avenue in Caldwell and lived there for the first couple of years of his life.
- Musician Wyclef Jean has lived in North Caldwell for several years.
- John F. Kennedy, Jr. took off from Caldwell's airport in his fatal flight to Martha's Vineyard.
- The Amazing Kreskin was born and raised in West Caldwell and went through the Caldwell-West Caldwell School System. He attended high school in the 1940s at Grover Cleveland Jr. High and Grover Cleveland High School, which is now Grover Cleveland Middle School.
- G. Gordon Liddy was raised in West Caldwell. His mother lived in West Caldwell until her death.
- Actress Camryn Manheim was born in West Caldwell.
- 1990s pop singer Tommy Page was born and raised in West Caldwell.
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Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ...
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G. Gordon Liddy George Gordon Battle Liddy (born November 30, 1930) was the chief operative for President Richard Nixons White House Plumbers unit when they broke into the Watergate complex, which at the time was the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, in 1972. ...
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Camryn Manheim Camryn Manheim (born Debra Frances Manheim March 8, 1961, in Caldwell, New Jersey) is a Jewish-American actress best known for her role as attorney Ellenor Frutt on the ABC legal drama The Practice. ...
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External links Coordinates: 40.848349° N -74.28897° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...
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