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West Milford is a township located in Passaic County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 26,410.-1...
Passaic County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...
State nickname: The Garden State Official languages None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D) Acting, Outgoing Jon Corzine (D) (Governor-Elect) Senators Jon Corzine (D) (Outgoing) Bob Menendez (D) (named as Corzines replacement) Frank Lautenberg (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 47th 22...
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. ...
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History
West Milford started out as New Milford in western Bergen County in the 1700s settled by disenchanted Dutch from Milford, New Jersey (later renamed by the British as Newark). These same Dutch also built a town of New Milford in eastern Bergen County too. By chance both New Milfords applied for a post office in 1828. As the traditional story goes, a clerk in Washington, D.C. saw New Milford in eastern Bergen County and approved their application for a post office. Next seeing a second New Milford in western Bergen County, the word "NEW" was crossed out and the word "WEST" was written in, then the application was approved. Thus, the town found out when they received their approval and New Milford in western Bergen County had became West Milford with the stroke of a quill pen. Location in the state of New Jersey Formed 1683 Seat Hackensack Area - Total - Water 606 km² (234 mi²) 33 km² (13 mi²) 5. ...
Events and trends The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon with a land bridge 200 feet (60 m) high. ...
1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ...
West Milford became a municipality by an act of the New Jersey Legislature in 1834 when it was formed from the westernmost portions of both Franklin Township and Saddle River Township. In 1837, Passaic County was created from portions of Bergen County and Essex County, with West Milford as the western end of the newly formed county. 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. ...
1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Franklin Township existed in Bergen County, New Jersey and was established in 1771 when Saddle River Township was subdivided. ...
Saddle River Township was a Township that existed in pre-American Revolutionary War times that included all of Bergen County west of the Saddle River. ...
1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Location in the state of New Jersey Formed 1682 Seat Newark Area - Total - Water 336 km² (130 mi²) 9 km² (3 mi²) 2. ...
There are old name places in the township like Postville, Utterville, Corterville, Browns, Awosting, Echo Lake, Macopin, Charlotteburg (named after King George III's wife, Queen Charlotte and the town is now under the Charlotteburg Reservoir), Clinton (or sometimes called Clinton Furnance, now under the Clinton Reservoir, and the furnance still stands), Moe Mountain, Oak Ridge (a nameplace, but town is under the Oak Ridge Reservoir), Newfoundland, Asphawa, New City, and Smith Mills. Newfoundland is divided by the Pequannock River, which divides Passaic and Morris Counties; a small part of Newfoundland lays within Jefferson Township. A large part of the township is reservoir property owned by the City of Newark in Essex County for their water supply. Prior to the Second World War, the township was a resort area with trains coming from New York City to stations at Charlotteburg, Newfoundland, Oak Ridge in the south and Hewitt (also known as Sterling Forest station) and Awosting in the north. Railroad service in the south was from the New Jersey Midland starting around the 1850's and in the north around the 1870s from the Montclair Railroad, out of Montclair, New Jersey and later the Erie Railroad (before their merger with the Lackawanna Railroad). George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738–29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ...
Queen Charlotte was the name of at least three women: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III of the United Kingdom. ...
Newfoundland is the name given to a neighborhood of West Milford, New Jersey. ...
The Pequannock River is a tributary of the Pompton River, approximately 20 miles (32 km) long, northern New Jersey in the United States. ...
Location in the state of New Jersey Formed March 15, 1738 Seat Morristown Area - Total - Water 1,247 km² (481 mi²) 32 km² (12 mi²) (2. ...
Skyline of downtown Newark as seen from the Newark Bay Bridge. ...
Location in the state of New Jersey Formed 1682 Seat Newark Area - Total - Water 336 km² (130 mi²) 9 km² (3 mi²) 2. ...
Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest...
Events and Trends Technology The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ...
Montclair is a a township and a Census Designated Place located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
The Erie Railroad (AAR reporting mark ERIE) was a railroad that operated in New York State, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, connecting New York City with Lake Erie, and extending west to Cleveland, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois. ...
Greenwood Lake is an interstate lake approximately 9 miles long laying in both New Jersey and New York State. It was originally called Long Pond. It was dammed up to increase the size of the lake for water power down stream. During the resort era, several steamboats operated on the lake, the most fameous and grand was the two deck steamer, Montclair. These steamboats met the trains and took passengers to the various resorts around the lake in both states. Greenwood Lake is an interstate lake approximately 9 miles long straddling the border of New Jersey and New York State. ...
State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...
There is a seaplane area on Greenwood Lake, a few large marinas and lakeside restaurants with docks. There is a public airport called Greenwood Lake Airport just south of the lake on top of a mountain ridge and has two landing strips; one is long enough to handle small jets. Plus there is one private airport in the township on a private estate.
After World War II and for the next 20 years the area underwent a major change from a resort area to year round residences. Road maps of the 1950s showing the population on the backside said 2,000 winter and 10,000 summer, now say 26,485 [Source: Hagstrom Maps]. Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest...
// Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ...
West Milford Township is covered by several postal ZIP codes: Mr. ...
There are a number of residential lake communities, now converted over to year-round, that had been summer resorts. Vernons welcoming sign on Rt. ...
Newfoundland is the name given to a neighborhood of West Milford, New Jersey. ...
Hardyston Township is a township located in Sussex County, New Jersey. ...
Sussex County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...
Education The township schools are West Milford Township High School (known for their kilted pipers and Scotish-themed marching band - the Highlanders), Macopin Middle School, WestBrook School, Apshawa School, Upper Greenwood Lake School, Paradise Knoll School, and the Marshall Hill School. The old Newfoundland, two-room school house is now the Village Square Inn Pizzeria and Resteraurante. The old Hillcrest School is now the township community center. The few one-room school houses are all gone, the last one was the Hewitt School destroyed by fire set by vandals (it had been the former Methodist church before they built a new larger church). The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...
Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 208.3 km² (80.4 mi²), making it the largest township in New Jersey. 195.4 km² (75.4 mi²) of it is land and 12.9 km² (5.0 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 6.18% water. The most beautiful lake in West Milford is Lindy Lake. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
A square mile is the area equal to a square with sides each 1 mile long. ...
State nickname: The Garden State Official languages None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D) Acting, Outgoing Jon Corzine (D) (Governor-Elect) Senators Jon Corzine (D) (Outgoing) Bob Menendez (D) (named as Corzines replacement) Frank Lautenberg (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 47th 22...
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 26,410 people, 9,190 households, and 7,186 families residing in the township. The population density is 135.2/km² (350.1/mi²). There are 9,909 housing units at an average density of 50.7/km² (131.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the township is 95.08% White, 1.23% African American, 0.60% Native American, 1.02% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.61% from other races, and 1.45% from two or more races. 3.38% of the population are 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. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There are 9,190 households out of which 39.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.3% are married couples living together, 7.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 21.8% are non-families. 16.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.84 and the average family size is 3.23. Marriage is a relationship between individuals which has formed the foundation of the family for most societies. ...
In the township the population is spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 33.6% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.4 males.
The median income for a household in the township is $74,124, and the median income for a family is $80,264. Males have a median income of $51,105 versus $37,159 for females. The per capita income for the township is $28,612. 4.1% of the population and 2.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 6.1% of those under the age of 18 and 2.9% of those 65 and older are 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. ...
The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
Newfoundland and Green Pond Newfoundland is a neighborhood of West Milford located along the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W Rwy, formerly NYS&W RR) tracks (freight service only) and Route 23. It is home to Green Pond (just north of the Picatinny Arsenal in Rockaway Township, Morris County), a private lake community owned by Green Pond Corporation and Lake End Corporation, which lays in Rockaway Township as the Pequannock River divides Passaic County from Morris County. Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ...
The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W), also known as the Susie-Q, is a freight railway that runs from Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties in northern New Jersey northwest through Binghamton, New York with northern termini in Syracuse and Utica. ...
Route 23 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States. ...
M1913 Picatinny accessory rail ...
Rockaway Township is a township located in Morris County, New Jersey, USA. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 22,930. ...
Location in the state of New Jersey Formed March 15, 1738 Seat Morristown Area - Total - Water 1,247 km² (481 mi²) 32 km² (12 mi²) (2. ...
The Pequannock River is a tributary of the Pompton River, approximately 20 miles (32 km) long, northern New Jersey in the United States. ...
The 2003 film The Station Agent was set, and filmed, largely in Newfoundland. There was an early non-talking movie produced in the township at the Mine Hole in the Hewitt section of the township. A still photo of that movie is published in the township's Sesquicentennial book entitled The Day the Earth Shook and the Sky Turned Red, copyright 1984. 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Promotional poster for The Station Agent The Station Agent is a 2003 US independent film about a dwarf who moves to live in an abandoned train depot in rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude. ...
An anniversary is a day that commemorates an event that occurred on the same day of the year some time in the past. ...
Government
Local government The Township of West Milford operates under the Faulkner Act: New Jersey’s Optional Municipal Charter Law, Mayor-Council-Administrator Plan as of January 1, 2004. This plan is described as a "Faulknerized" version of the borough form of government. The Legislature accepted the recommendation of the commission, and added the Mayor-Council-Administrator plan to the Faulkner Act as the fourth optional form of municipal government in 1981. 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 Optional Municipal Charter Law or Faulkner Act provides New Jersey municipalities with a variety of models of local government. ...
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-Administrator form of government. ...
January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The voters of West Milford Township adopted the Mayor-Council-Administrator Plan at a Special Election held on December 10, 2002. The mayor-council-administrator plan provides that an elected mayor and council shall govern a municipality with an appointed municipal administrator. The council consists of the mayor and six council people, elected at large, in the partisan general elections in November. The mayor serves a four-year term. The six council members serve staggered three-year terms; each year two council seats are up for election. Initially, two members serve a one-year term, two serve a two-year term, and two serve a three-year term. All subsequently elected council members serve a term of three years. December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Mayor holds executive power under the mayor-council-administrator plan. The Mayor presides over meetings of the Township Council but does not vote except to break a tie. When the Township Council passes an ordinance, the Mayor has 10 days upon receiving it to exercise one of three options: 1. sign the ordinance into law; or, 2. veto all or any part of it by delivering it to the Township Clerk with a written statement of his objections for return to the Township Council; or 3. let the ordinance become law automatically by neither signing nor vetoing it within the ten days of receiving it.
If the Mayor vetoes an ordinance, the Township Council can override it by a 2/3rd majority vote. The Mayor’s veto, however, in the mayor-council-administrator plan, as in the borough form, is rather ineffectual. In both forms of government the four vote simple majority needed to pass an ordinance is also the 2/3rd extra-majority needed to override the Mayor’s veto. In both forms, the Mayor’s veto is more of a symbolic gesture.
The Mayor appoints, with the advice and consent of the Township Council, the Township Administrator, the Township Clerk, the Township Attorney, the Tax Assessor, the Tax Collector, the Treasurer and such other officers as may be provided by ordinance.
The Township Council’s responsibilities include enacting ordinances and resolutions, establishing policies, preparing the annual budget with the assistance of the Township Administrator and the Treasurer, and levying taxes. Additionally, the council makes appointments to both the policy and decision-making boards and various advisory committees in accordance with general law and Township ordinances and resolutions.
The Township Administrator in the mayor-council-administrator plan supervises the administration of each of the departments established by ordinance, may investigate the organization and operation of any municipal department, prescribe standards and rules of administrative practice and procedure, and consult with the department heads. The Township Administrator also directs the business affairs of the Township, and has, as provided by ordinance, such powers and performs such duties which are not required by the mayor-council-administrator plan or by general law to be exercised by the Mayor, Township Council or other officer, board or body. The Township Administrator serves during the term of the Mayor appointing him, however the Township Council may remove the administrator by a 2/3rd majority vote.
The Mayor of West Milford Township is Joseph A. Di Donato. Members of the Township Council are Paul S. Bailey, Joseph A. Elcavage, William G. Gervens, Robert Nolan, Carmelo P. Scangarello and James Warden. A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ...
Federal, state and county representation West Milford Township is in the Fifth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 26th Legislative District.
New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District, covering the northern portions of Bergen County, Passaic County and Sussex County and all of Warren County, is represented by Scott Garrett (R, Wantage Township). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken) and Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park). The New Jersey Congressional District Break-up is as follows: // First Congressional District 1st Congressional District Represented by Robert Andrews-D Burlington County Maple Shade Township Palmyra Riverton Camden County Audubon Audubon Park Barrington Bellmawr Berlin Berlin Township Brooklawn Camden Chesilhurst Clementon Collingswood Gibbsboro Gloucester City Gloucester Township Blackwood Glendora...
U.S. Congressional districts are determined after each census. ...
Location in the state of New Jersey Formed 1683 Seat Hackensack Area - Total - Water 606 km² (234 mi²) 33 km² (13 mi²) 5. ...
Passaic County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...
Sussex County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...
Warren County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...
E. Scott Garrett (born July 9, 1959 in Englewood, New Jersey) has been a conservative Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for New Jerseys Fifth Congressional District (map) since 2003. ...
The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...
Wantage Township is a township located in Sussex County, New Jersey. ...
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Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (born January 23, 1924) is an American politician. ...
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Map highlighting Cliffside Parks location within Bergen County. ...
The 26th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Robert Martin (R, Morris Plains) and in the Assembly by Alex DeCroce (R, Morris Plains) and Joseph Pennacchio (R, Morris Plains). The Acting Governor of New Jersey is Richard Codey (D, West Orange). 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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Assemblyman Alex DeCroce Alex DeCroce (born June 10, 1936) serves in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 26th legislative district since 1989. ...
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Assemblyman Joseph Pennacchio Joseph Pennacchio (born May 27, 1955) serves in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 26th legislative district since 2001. ...
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West Orange is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
Passaic County's Board of Chosen Freeholders are Freeholder Director Elease Evans of Paterson, Freeholder Deputy Director James Gallagher of Paterson, Lois A. Cuccinello of Hawthorne, Terry Duffy of West Milford, Peter C. Eagler of Clifton, Pat Lepore of West Paterson and Sonia Rosado of Ringwood. Passaic County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...
The Board of County Freeholders is the legislative body for each of the 21 counties in New Jersey. ...
Elease Evans has served on the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders since 2002 and for the past two years was selected by her fellow Freeholders to serve as Freeholder Director. ...
The skyline of Paterson, New Jersey, showing the canyon of the Passaic River in the foreground. ...
James Gallagher has served on the Passaic County (New Jersey) Board of Chosen Freeholders since 1997, winning re-election in 2000 and 2003, when he garnered the greatest number of votes among all six Freeholder candidates. ...
The skyline of Paterson, New Jersey, showing the canyon of the Passaic River in the foreground. ...
Lois A. Cuccinello has served on the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders since 1997, winning re-election in 2000 and 2003. ...
Hawthorne is a borough located in Passaic County, New Jersey. ...
Terry Duffy has served on the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders since 2004. ...
West Milford Township is a township located in Passaic County, New Jersey. ...
Assemblyman Peter C. Eagler Peter C. Eagler (born November 23, 1954) serves in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 34th legislative district. ...
Clifton is a city located in Passaic County, New Jersey. ...
Pat Lepore has served on the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders since 2004. ...
West Paterson is a borough located in Passaic County, New Jersey. ...
Sonia Rosado has served on the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders since 2001. ...
Ringwood is a borough located in Passaic County, New Jersey. ...
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