Map of West Orange Township in Essex County

West Orange is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 44,943. West Orange adjoins the South Mountain Reservation. Image File history File links West_orange_twp_nj_013. ... Image File history File links West_orange_twp_nj_013. ... 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. ... Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the state of New Jersey. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... 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. ... South Mountain Reservation covers 2,047. ...

Geography

West Orange is located at 40°47′19″N, 74°15′19″W (40.788650, -74.255416).^GR1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 31.7 km² (12.2 mi²). 31.4 km² (12.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.90%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 44,943 people, 16,480 households, and 11,684 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,431.7/km² (3,708.7/mi²). There were 16,901 housing units at an average density of 538.4/km² (1,394.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 67.55% White, 17.46% African American, 0.14% Native American, 8.09% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.52% from other races, and 3.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.04% of the population. The Fifteenth United States Census was taken in 1930. ... The Sixteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 132,164,569, an increase of 7. ... The Seventeenth United States Census was taken in 1950. ... The Eighteenth United States Census was taken in 1960. ... The Nineteenth United States Census was taken in 1970. ... The Twetieth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,542,199, an increase of 11. ... The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9. ... 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and 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. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... 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. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... 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 16,480 households out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.6% 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 3.19. In the township the population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.0 males. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

The median income for a household in the township was $69,254, and the median income for a family was $83,375. Males had a median income of $52,029 versus $39,484 for females. The per capita income for the township was $34,412. About 4.6% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.0% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Government

The Township of West Orange is governed by the Mayor-Council system of municipal government under the Faulkner Act. Within this form of government, each member of the Township Council is elected in nonpartisan elections and serves on an at-large basis, representing the entire township. 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. ... 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. ... In U.S. politics, nonpartisan denotes an election in which the candidates do not declare or do not formally have a political party affiliation. ... Bloc voting (or block voting) refers to a class of voting systems which can be used to elect several representatives from a single multimember constituency. ...

The Mayor^[3] and members of the Township Council^[4] are:

• John F. McKeon, Mayor (term ends June 30, 2010)
• John Skarbnik, Township Councilman (2008)
• Renard Barnes, Township Councilman (2010)
• Richard A. Giuditta, Jr., Township Councilman (2008; Council President as of July 1, 2007)
• Susan McCartney, Township Councilwoman (2010)
• Robert Parisi, Township Councilman (2008)

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Municipal Court

• Harry L. Starrett - Presiding Judge, West Orange Municipal Court
• Margaret Padovano - Municipal Judge, West Orange Municipal Court
• Mark Infante - Municipal Prosecutor

Township facilities

• The Municipal Building and Township Council offices are located at 66 Main Street
• The Police Department and Municipal Court are located at 60 Main Street
• The West Orange First Aid Squad is located at 25 Mount Pleasant Place
• The West Orange Fire Department is located at 415 Valley Road.

Federal, state and county representation

West Orange is split between the Eighth and Tenth Congressional and is part of New Jersey's 27th Legislative District.^[5]

New Jersey's Eighth Congressional District, covering the southern portion of Passaic County and northern sections of Essex County, is represented by Bill Pascrell Jr. (D, Paterson). New Jersey's Tenth Congressional District, covering portions of Essex County, Hudson County, and Union County, is represented by Donald M. Payne (D, Newark). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken). New Jerseys 8th Congressional District is made up of twenty-one towns in Passaic and Essex counties. ... Passaic County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ... Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the state of New Jersey. ... William J. Pascrell Jr. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... View of Paterson New Jersey 1880. ... New Jerseys Tenth Congressional District is currently represented by Democrat Donald Payne. ... Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the state of New Jersey. ... The skyline of Jersey City, as seen from Lower New York Bay. ... Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... Donald Milford Payne (b. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Nickname: Map of Newark in Essex County County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Government  - Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area [1]  - City 67. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Politics Portal      The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the... Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (born January 23, 1924) is a businessman and Democratic Party politician. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Map highlighting Cliffside Parks location within Bergen County. ... Robert Bob Menendez (born January 1, 1954) is a Democratic Senator from New Jersey. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Map of New Jersey highlighting Hoboken Image of Hoboken taken by NASA (red line shows where Hoboken is). ...

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 New Jersey Legislature convene at the State House building in Trenton. ... The New Jersey Legislature convene at the State House building in Trenton. ... The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature. ... Richard James Dick Codey (born November 27, 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician in the U.S. State of New Jersey. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. ... 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. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Map of City of Orange in Essex County The City of Orange Township is a City in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. ... Assemblyman John F. McKeon John F. McKeon (born June 3, 1958 in Montclair, New Jersey) has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2002 and represents the 27th legislative district. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Jon Corzine 54th Governor of New Jersey; Incumbent Christine Christie Todd Whitman, the first female governor of New Jersey The Governor of New Jersey is the chief executive of the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... Jon Stevens Corzine (born January 1, 1947) is the Governor of New Jersey. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Map of New Jersey highlighting Hoboken Image of Hoboken taken by NASA (red line shows where Hoboken is). ...

West Orange is represented on the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders by Freeholders Linda Lordi-Cavanaugh (District 4), Donald M. Payne, Jr. (At-Large) and Freeholder Blonnie R. Watson (At-Large). The Board of Chosen Freeholders is the legislative body in each of the 21 counties in New Jersey. ... The Board of County Freeholders is the legislative body for each of the 21 counties in New Jersey. ...

Politics

On the national level, West Orange leans toward the Democratic Party. In 2004, Democrat John Kerry received 65% of the vote there, as opposed to Republican George W. Bush, who received around 34%.

Education

Main article: West Orange Public Schools

The West Orange Public Schools serves students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. The district consist of a total of eleven school facilities: seven elementary schools (all K-5, except as noted) — Gregory, Hazel Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantdale (PreK-5), Redwood, St. Cloud and Washington — three middle schools — Edison (6), Liberty (7&8) and Roosevelt (7&8) — and one high school, West Orange High School, for grades 9-12. The West Orange school district has been ranked among the top 1% of schools in the nation by The Washington Post. The West Orange Public Schools is a comprehensive public school district serving students in Kindergarten through 12th grade in West Orange in Essex County, New Jersey The district consist of a total of 10 school facilities: 7 elementary schools, two (soon three) middle schools and one high school. ... The West Orange Public Schools is a comprehensive public school district serving students in Kindergarten through 12th grade in West Orange in Essex County, New Jersey The district consist of a total of 10 school facilities: 7 elementary schools, two (soon three) middle schools and one high school. ... West Orange High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school, serving students in grades 9 -12 from West Orange in Essex County, New Jersey. ... The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. ...

History

West Orange was initially a part of the city of Newark, and remained such until November 27, 1806, when the territory now encompassing all of The Oranges was detached to form Orange Township.^[6] On April 13, 1807, the first government was elected. On January 31, 1860, Orange was incorporated as a town, and on April 3, 1872, it was officially incorporated as a city.^[6] Almost immediately, Orange 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 April 1, 1861, Fairmount (later to become part of West Orange) on March 11, 1862 and East Orange on March 4, 1863.^[6] West Orange (including what had been the independent municipality of Fairmount) was formed as a township on April 10, 1863, and was reformed as a town on February 28, 1900.^[6] Nickname: Map of Newark in Essex County County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Government  - Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area [1]  - City 67. ... is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Oranges are a group of four municipalities in Essex County, New Jersey, all of which have the word Orange in their name. ... Map of City of Orange in Essex County The City of Orange Township is a City in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1807 (MDCCCVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 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 Town in the context of New Jersey local government refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government. ... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Map of South Orange Village in Essex County South Orange is a village in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Map of East Orange in Essex County East Orange is a city in Essex County, New Jersey, USA. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 69,824. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ...

Mass Media and Telecommunications

For years West Orange has been a hotbed for the mass-media and telecommunications industries, From the mid-1970s until the early 1990s Channel 68 TV maintained their offices, studios and transmitter on Eagle Rock Avenue which was then occupied by WNBC-TV and WPXN-TV as a backup transmitter facility after Channel 68 moved to West Market Street in Newark. As of March 2007, the 416 Eagle Rock Avenue property is now an empty lot, the main building which housed Channel 68 was recently demolished and the transmitter tower now stands alone. WFME Radio has their offices studios and transmitter while their sister station WFME-TV has their executive offices in the same building on Mount Pleasant Avenue next to an MCI Communications (Now part of Verizon Communications) Fiber optics and satellite transmission facility and a Fiber Optic and satellite transmission facility on Eagle Rock Avenue next to the old Channel 68 building. Former Upsala College radio station WFMU's transmitter is on Marcella Avenue just down the street from WFME. Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless all have cell towers located throughout the township to provide clear coverage and Verizon maintains a huge Central Office on Prospect Avenue. WFUT is the TeleFutura affiliate for the New York City area. ... WNBC, channel 4, is the flagship station of the NBC television network. ... WPXN-TV, which broadcasts on channel 31 in New York City, is the flagship station of the ION Television network, formerly known as Pax TV and i. ... Nickname: Map of Newark in Essex County County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Government  - Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area [1]  - City 67. ... WFME is a radio station on 94. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... MCIs original corporate logo MCI Communications was an American telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly of American telephony. ... Verizon redirects here: this article is about the corporation; see also Verizon Wireless, Verizon Online DSL and Verizon FiOS. Verizon Communications, Inc. ... Optical fibers An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length by confining as much light as possible in a propagating form. ... Upsala College in 1902. ... WFMU-FM is a listener supported, noncommercial radio station in Jersey City, New Jersey, broadcasting at 91. ... Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. ... Verizon Wireless is the largest American wireless company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues. ... In the field of telecommunications, a central office or telephone exchange houses equipment that is commonly known as simply a switch, which is a piece of equipment that connects phone calls. ...

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of West Orange include:

• Brendan T. Byrne - Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982.
• Joan Caulfield - Movie, theatre, television actress of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Born in East Orange, she moved to West Orange during childhood and lived here until her high school graduation from a private school in Orange.
• Richard J. Codey - State Senator, and Acting Governor of New Jersey in 2002 and Governor from 2004 until 2006.^[7]
• Brandon Costner- Sophomore foward for the NC State Wolfpack basketball team.
• Charles Cullen - Serial killer who grew up on Kling Street.^[8]
• John Dandola - Author, screenwriter, playwright, and historian whose mystery novels are set in West Orange during the 1940s.^[9]
• Ginny Duenkel - Winner of a Gold and Bronze medal in two swimming events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Ginny Duenkel Municipal Pool is named in her honor.
• DJ Whoo Kid - Official DJ of G-Unit
• Charles Edison - United States Secretary of the Navy 1940, Governor of New Jersey 1941 to 1944 and son of Thomas Edison.
• Thomas Alva Edison - Invented the phonograph, the incandescent electric lightbulb, and the first practical motion picture camera. Edison's Black Maria, the first movie studio, was located in West Orange.
• Eugenio Fernandi - a leading tenor with the Metropolitan Opera who rose to prominence in the late 1950s and 1960s. He is credited with having received twenty-two curtain calls for his performance in Lucia di Lammermore.
• General Paul J. Kern was the commanding general of the United States Army Materiel Command from 2001-2004.
• Carole King & Gerry Goffin - Husband & wife songwriting team. From the late 1950s through the 1980s they were one of the most talented and successful of all pop song writers. In 1969, she expanded her career to singing with her 1971 album Tapestry, one of the most popular of all-time. In the early to mid 1960's they resided off Pleasant Valley Way along with other song writers. This location gave rise to the song Pleasant Valley Sunday, recorded by the Monkees in 1966.
• Bettye LaVette - Soul singer who released her first record at age 16 and found success with I've Got My Own Hell to Raise at age 59 in 2005.
• George B. McClellan - Major General and briefly general-in-chief of the Union Army during the Civil War. He ran as a Democrat against Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. He went on to become governor of New Jersey (1878-1881).
• Fred Ott - an employee of Thomas Edison's in the 1890s who "starred" in two of the earliest surviving motion pictures – Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (a.k.a. Fred Ott's Sneeze) and Fred Ott Holding a Bird – both from 1894.
• Michael Pitt - Actor who was in Murder by Numbers, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Last Days, among other films.
• Leo Fitzpatrick - Actor who was in Kids and Bully which also stars former West Orange resident Michael Pitt.
• Anwar Robinson- a finalist on American Idol. Was also a music teacher at Edison Middle School.
• Peter W. Rodino - United States Congressman from 1949 to 1989.
• Amos Alonzo Stagg - known as “The Grand Old Man” of college football. During the founding year of the College Football Hall of Fame, he was inducted as both a player and a coach. He was among the first group of inductees into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959. He is also credited with the invention of the batting cage in baseball and the tackling dummy in football. West Orange’s Stagg Field playground is named in his honor. Ranked #4 on the Sports Illustrated list of The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures.^[10]
• "Uncle" Floyd Vivino - Actor, comedian, kids TV show host, musician, and radio show host.
• Scott Wolf - Actor who is best known as Bailey Salinger on the TV series Party of Five.
• Ian Ziering - Actor who is best known for the role of Steve Sanders on the TV series Beverly Hills 90210.
• Abner Zwillman - Jewish mobster. He was found hanging dead at his mansion home at 15 Beverly Road on February 27, 1959.

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Trivia

• The Essex County Parks and Recreation Department erected a memorial inside of Eagle Rock Reservation to the memory of those Essex County residents who were killed during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The memorial is located on a site that overlooks the New York City skyline, and was dedicated on October 20, 2002.^[11]
• West Orange was frequently used as a locale in the HBO mafia series The Sopranos. Filming locations included the Green Hill Retirement Community on Pleasant Valley Way depicted as the Green Grove Nursing Home where Tony's mother Livia resided and the Police Department headquarters located at 60 Main Street was depicted as the East Haledon Police Department in the episode Johnny Cakes.
• The New Jersey Devils, a NHL team, currently uses the Richard J. Codey Arena at South Mountain as their practice facility.
• Thomas Edison bought a property known as Glenmont in 1886 as a wedding gift for his bride. It occupies 13.5 acres (55,000 m²) in the Llewellyn Park district. The remains of both Thomas and Mina Edison are now buried there. Glenmont is maintained by the National Park Service as part of the Edison National Historic Site.
• The first motion picture studio, The Black Maria, was located on the grounds of Edison's factory in West Orange.
• The first Linens-N-Things store which has since permanently closed was located on the upper level of the Essex Green Shopping Center.
• Turtle Back Zoo, founded in 1963 and currently one of only four zoos in New Jersey, is located in the South Mountain Reservation.
• West Orange has the largest population of Jewish and Roman Catholic residents in Essex County.^{[citation needed]}
• In 1999, West Orange was chosen to participate in Nickelodeon's Big Help-a-Thon kids volunteer movement.
• In 2000, West Orange was chosen as one of the cities to host the annual CowParade.

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See also

• The Oranges

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References

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External links

• The Township of West Orange Government
• The West Orange First Aid Squad
• West Orange Board of Education / Public Schools
• West Orange Public Schools's 2005-06 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the West Orange Public Schools
• West Orange Free and Public Library
• West Orange Chamber of Commerce
• Essex County Parks and Recreation - Eagle Rock Reservation
• Essex County Parks and Recreation - South Mountain Reservation
• Essex County Parks and Recreation - Turtle Back Zoo
• U.S. National Parks Service - Thomas Alva Edison National Historical Site
• West Orange Message Board (Hosted by NJ.COM)
• West Orange NJ.net (community message boards)
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Cities	East Orange | Newark
Towns
Townships	Belleville | Bloomfield | Cedar Grove | City of Orange | Fairfield | Irvington | Livingston | Maplewood | Millburn | Montclair | Nutley | South Orange Village | Verona | West Caldwell | West Orange
Neighborhoods	Broadway | Downtown Newark | Fairmount | Forest Hill | Ironbound | Llewellyn Park | Roseville | Seventh Avenue | Springfield/Belmont | University Heights | Upper Montclair | Vailsburg | Weequahic