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(ĕng'gəlwʊd) City (1990 pop. 24,850), Bergen co., NE N.J., a diverse residential suburb in the New York City–N New Jersey area; inc. 1899. It has light industry, producing metals and chemical products. The adjacent borough of Englewood Cliffs is a banking center.

 
 
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Wikipedia: Englewood, New Jersey
City of Englewood, New Jersey
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Coordinates: 40°53′36″N 73°58′33″W / 40.89333, -73.97583
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Bergen
Incorporated March 17, 1899
Government
 - Mayor Michael Wildes
 - City Manager
Area
 - City   sq mi (km²)
 - Land   sq mi ( km²)
 - Water   sq mi ( km²)
Elevation [2]   ft ( m)
Population (2006)[1]
 - City
 - Density /sq mi (/km²)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 07631
Area code(s) 201
FIPS code 34-214802
GNIS feature ID 08761953
Website: http://www.cityofenglewood.org

Englewood is a city located in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26,203.

Englewood was incorporated as a city by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township and the remaining portions of Englewood Township. With the creation of the City of Englewood, Englewood Township was dissolved. An earlier referendum on March 10, 1896, was declared unconstitutional.[3]

Geography

Englewood is located at 40°53'36" North, 73°58'33" West (40.893343, -73.975801)1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.8.km² (4.9 mi²). 12.7 km² (4.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.20% is water.

Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1900
—
1910 58.7%
1920 17.2%
1930 53.1%
1940 6.5%
1950 22.0%
1960 12.6%
1970 -4.1%
1980 -5.1%
1990 4.8%
2000 5.4%
Est. 2006 [1] 6.2%
Population 1930 - 1990.[4][5]

As of the census2 of 2000, there were 26,203 people, 9,273 households, and 6,481 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,056.3/km² (5,322.0/mi²). There were 9,614 housing units at an average density of 754.5/km² (1,952.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 42.49% White, 38.98% African American, 0.27% Native American, 5.21% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 8.50% from other races, and 4.50% from two or more races. 21.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

7.17% of Englewood residents identified themselves as being of Colombian American ancestry in the 2000 Census, the ninth highest percentage of the population of any municipality in the United States.[6]

There were 9,273 households out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.9% were married couples living together, 17.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families. 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.29.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $58,379, and the median income for a family was $67,194. Males had a median income of $41,909 versus $34,358 for females. The per capita income for the city was $35,275. 8.9% of the population and 6.6% of families were below the poverty line. 10.2% of those under the age of 18 and 8.6% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Government

Local government

Beginning in 1980, Englewood switched from a Mayor-Council form of government to a modified Council-Manager plan of government in accordance with New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law of 1950. Under this charter, the mayor retains appointive and veto powers, while the council acts as a legislative and policy making body, with some power to appoint and confirm appointments. The City Council consists of five members: four are elected from wards of roughly equal population and one additional member is elected at large. Administrative functions are responsibilities of the City Manager.

The current Mayor is Michael Wildes (D, term ends on December 31, 2010). The mayor is elected city-wide to a three-year term of office and has significant powers in appointing members to the Planning Board, the Library Board of Trustees, and, with council confirmation, the Board of Adjustment. The mayor serves on the Planning Board. The mayor attends and may speak at council meetings, but voting is confined only to breaking a deadlock with an affirmative vote for passage of an ordinance or resolution. The mayor has veto power over any city ordinance, but can be overridden with votes from four council members.

The City Council consists of five members, each elected for a three-year term. Four are elected from the individual wards in which they live and the other is elected by a city-wide vote as an at-large member. The city is divided into four wards which are approximately equal in population. The City Council is the legislative branch of government, whereby, deciding public policy, creating city ordinances and resolutions, passing the city budget, appropriating funds for city services, and hiring the City Manager. The City Council meets generally four times per month (except during summer months).

Members of the City Council are[7][8]:

  • At Large: Gordon M. Johnson (D, term ends in 2009)
  • Ward 1: Dr. Kenneth E. Rosenzweig (D, 2008)
  • Ward 2: Charlotte Bennett Schoen (D, 2007), Council President
  • Ward 3: Scott Reddin (D, 2008)
  • Ward 4: Jack Drakeford (D, 2007)

All members of the City Council are Democrats. However, Drakeford is a member of one local faction of the Democrats, and Johnson, Rosenzweig, Schoen and Reddin are part of another faction. These two factions of the party act essentially as two separate political parties because of the lack of a significant Republican presence.

On Election Day, November 7, 2006, Englewood voters selected a mayor and filled the at-large seat on the City Council. As of Election Day, the Mayor and Council were all Democrats, in a community in which registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a more than 6-1 margin. Incumbent Mayor Michael Wildes (with 4,673 votes) coasted to a win in his bid for a second term in office, defeating independent Robert O. Stern (2,443) and Republican Baruch Y. Prince (400). Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson (5,132 votes) defeated Republican Harry Kanner (1,501).[9][10] The election was characterized by mudslinging between the candidates and the factions within Englewood's dominant Democratic party.[11][12]

Federal, state and county representation

Englewood is in the Ninth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 37th Legislative District.[13]

New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District, covering the southern portion of Bergen County and sections of Hudson County and Passaic County, is represented by Steve Rothman (D, Fair Lawn). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).

The 37th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Loretta Weinberg (D, Teaneck) and in the Assembly by Valerie Huttle (D, Englewood) and Gordon M. Johnson (D, Englewood). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).

Bergen County's County Executive is Dennis McNerney (D). The executive, along with the Board of Chosen Freeholders administer all county business. Bergen County's Freeholders are Chairman Tomas J. Padilla (D, Park Ridge), Vice-Chairman Elizabeth Calabrese (D, Wallington), David L. Ganz (D, Fair Lawn), James M. Carroll (D, Demarest), Bernadette P. McPherson (D, Rutherford), Julie O'Brien (D) and Connie Wagner (D).

Other countywide elected officials are Sheriff Leo McGuire (D), Surrogate Court Judge Mike Dressler (D, Cresskill) County Clerk Kathleen Donovan (R, Rutherford).

Politics

As of April 1, 2006, out of a 2004 Census estimated population of 26,353 in Englewood, there were 14,049 registered voters (53.3% of the population, vs. 55.4% in all of Bergen County). Of registered voters, 6,151 (43.8% vs. 20.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,029 (7.3% vs. 19.2% countywide) were registered as Republicans and 6,866 (48.9% vs. 60.1% countywide) were registered as Undeclared. There were three voters registered to other parties.[14]

On the national level, Englewood leans very strongly toward the Democratic Party. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 74% of the vote here, defeating Republican George W. Bush, who received around 25%.[15]

Education

The Englewood Public School District serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. For high school, students from Englewood Cliffs attend Dwight Morrow High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Englewood Cliffs Public Schools.

Schools in the district are:

High school students from Englewood may also1 attend the public Bergen County Technical High Schools and Bergen County Academies, with the former located in Teterboro and Paramus and the latter located in Hackensack.

Englewood is the home to a number of private schools. Dwight-Englewood School has 935 students in preschool through twelfth grade. Elisabeth Morrow School serves 462 students in preschool through eighth grade. Moriah School of Englewood is a Jewish day school with nearly 1,000 students in preschool through eighth grade, and St. Cecilia Interparochial School is a Catholic school with 165 students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Transportation

New Jersey Transit bus lines 166, 171, 175, 178, 186, 756 and 780 serve Englewood.[16]

Route 4, Route 93, Interstate 95, County Route 501, and County Route 505 also serve Englewood. The northern terminus of Route 93 is at the intersection of Route 4 and Route 93, but the road continues north as CR 501.

History

Origin of Name

Englewood was so named because it was the first primarily English-speaking settlement on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River in former New Netherland after the annexation of New Netherland by England in 1664. Numerous other settlements in the United States were named for Englewood as settlement in North America expanded westward.

Pre-Colonial and Colonial

Englewood, like the rest of New Jersey, was originally populated by Lenni-Lenape Native Americans prior to European colonization. The Lenape who lived in the Englewood region were of the "turtle clan" which used a stylized turtle as its symbol, but little else is known of the original inhabitants.

When Henry Hudson sailed up what would become known as the Hudson River in 1607, he claimed the entirety of the watershed of the river, including Englewood, for the Netherlands, making the future region of Englewood a part of New Netherland. However, the region remained largely unsettled under Dutch rule as the Dutch did little to encourage settlement north of modern Hudson County, as the imposing New Jersey Palisades blocked expansion on the west bank of the Hudson.

In 1664, after the Dutch surrendered all of New Netherland to England, the rate of settlement picked up. The English were generous with land grants, and many families, not only English but also Dutch and Huguenot, settled the area. Street names in Englewood still show signs of the relative diversity of its earliest settlers; Brinckerhoff, Van Brunt, Lydecker, Van Nostrand and Durie (Duryea), all Dutch, Demarest (de Marais), DeMott and Lozier (Le Sueur), French Huguenot, and Moore, Lawrence, Cole and Day, English.

Historical notes

Main article: Direct distance dialing

The telephone industry made a United States "first" in Englewood with the introduction of what is known now as Direct distance dialing (DDD). On November 10, 1951, Englewood Mayor M. Leslie Downing made the first directly-dialed long distance call, to Mayor Frank Osborne of Alameda, California. As of that date, customers of the ENglewood 3, ENglewood 4 and TEaneck 7 exchanges (who could already dial New York City and area) were able to dial 11 cities across the United States, simply by dialing the three-digit area code and the seven digit number (or the three-digit area code and the local number of two letters and five digits).[17]


Main article: Vince Lombardi

Vince Lombardi began his coaching career at St. Cecelia High School two years after his graduation from Fordham University, and the NFL championship trophy is named in his honor.

Famous residents

Some noted current and former residents include:

Points of interest

References

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  2. ^ USGS GNIS: City of Englewood, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed April 21, 2007.
  3. ^ "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 77.
  4. ^ Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network. Accessed March 1, 2007.
  5. ^ Historical Population Trends in Bergen County (1900-2000). Bergen County Department of Planning & Economic Development (2001). Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
  6. ^ Colmbian Communities, accessed August 23, 2006.
  7. ^ Englewood City Council, City of Englewood. Accessed June 3, 2007.
  8. ^ "County of Bergen: 2007 County and Municipal Directory", Bergen County, New Jersey, p. 42.
  9. ^ Englewood Election Guide, The Record (Bergen County), November 1, 2006.
  10. ^ Englewood election results, The Record (Bergen County), November 8, 2006.
  11. ^ Mudslinging among Democrats mars Englewood race, The Record (Bergen County), October 31, 2006.
  12. ^ Bergen County 2006 General Election Results, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed February 1, 2007.
  13. ^ League of Women Voters: 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, p. 57, accessed August 30, 2006.
  14. ^ "County of Bergen: Voter Statistics by Municipality, Ward & District," Bergen County, New Jersey, dated April 1, 2006.
  15. ^ 2004 Presidential Election results: Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Elections, dated December 13, 2004.
  16. ^ New Jersey Transit Bus Schedules, New Jersey Transit. Accessed August 30, 2007.
  17. ^ 1951: First Direct-Dial Transcontinental Telephone Call, AT&T. Accessed June 8, 2007. "Nov. 10, 1951: Mayor M. Leslie Downing of Englewood, N.J., picked up a telephone and dialed 10 digits. Eighteen seconds later, he reached Mayor Frank Osborne in Alameda, Calif. The mayors made history as they chatted in the first customer-dialed long-distance call, one that introduced area codes."
  18. ^ Bryant, Scott Poulsen. "Regina: a showstopper with star power - singer Regina Belle - Cover Story", Essence (magazine) August 1993. "It was during her formative years in Englewood, New Jersey, that Belle developed her commitments to family and music."
  19. ^ Woliver, Robbie. " MUSIC; Bennett Stepping Out With Studio And Dropping in for a Performance", The New York Times, August 27, 2000. Accessed June 3, 2007. "TONY BENNETT certainly lives the good life. And he is about to share some of his sweet fortune with his former hometown of Englewood.... Mr. Bennett lived in Englewood from 1957 to 1971, and Dae Bennett operates a successful recording studio there."
  20. ^ The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats, The Star-Ledger, September 28, 2004.
  21. ^ Stewart, Nikita. "A man on a mission: Cory Booker", The Star-Ledger, October 3, 2000. Accessed September 2, 2007. "'I knew him when no cameras were rolling,' said Boteach, who lives in Englewood and sees Booker frequently."
  22. ^ The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures, Sports Illustrated, December 27, 1999.
  23. ^ Green, Robin. "Naked Lunch Box: The David Cassidy story", Rolling Stone, May 11, 1972. Accessed May 13, 2007. "David Bruce Cassidy was born on April 12th, 1950 in Englewood, New Jersey. He moved to Hollywood with his mother after his parents, Broadway actors Evelyn Ward and Jack Cassidy, were divorced when he was five."
  24. ^ City Manager's Office: Wayne A. Cauthen, accessed May 13, 2007. "A native of Englewood, N.J., Cauthen came to Kansas City from Denver, where he was chief of staff to Mayor Wellington E. Webb from March 1997 to March 2003."
  25. ^ Orestes Cleveland biography, United States Congress. Accessed *June 12, 2007.
  26. ^ Starita, Angela. " ON THE MAP; A Medical Haven for Indigent Jazz Musicians", The New York Times, October 10, 1999. Accessed May 13, 2007. "John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie, the trumpeter, lived in Englewood from 1964 until his death in 1993."
  27. ^ Coutros, Evonne. "Pro Athletes Help Train tomorrow's Heroes", The Record (Bergen County), January 7, 1999. "... Harper, who grew up in Englewood and now lives in Norwood ..."
  28. ^ Matthews, Adam. "And Then What", XXL (magazine), July 2005. Accessed May 13, 2007. "Kim sped off in a limo. But police paid a visit to her home in Englewood, N.J., the next day and soon arrested her associate Suif “C Gutta” Jackson and her former manager and housemate, Damion “D. Roc” Butler."
  29. ^ "Quick News on Serius Jones, Capone and Rawkus Records", XXL (magazine) may 9, 2007. Accessed May 13, 2007. "Englewood, NJ native, Serius Jones, is preparing for a big year with the release of his DTP debut album, Life is Serius."
  30. ^ Kenney, Kevin. "Swan Song premature for Kitty Kallen", The Record (Bergen County), April 20, 1991. Accessed May 13, 2007. "During a career of singing with Jimmy Dorsey, Harry James, and other stars from the big-band era, silky-voiced Kitty Kallen of Englewood got used to reading her reviews."
  31. ^ Markos, Kibret. "Judge sends Bergen County, N.J., contractor to jail.", The Record (Bergen County), October 16, 2004. Accessed May 13, 2007. "Robert Miller and Sara Lee Kessler hired a contractor in July 2002 to renovate their kitchen at their Englewood home."
  32. ^ Hevesi, Dennis. "John K. Lattimer, Urologist of Varied Expertise, Dies at 92", The New York Times, May 13, 2007. Accessed May 13, 2007.
  33. ^ a b "New Outlook", Time (magazine), August 29, 1932. Accessed May 21, 2007. "For nine days last fortnight a "birth watch" of newshawks and cameramen camped outside the gates of the Morrow estate at Englewood, N. J., waiting to flash the news of the advent of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's second child."
  34. ^ a b c James, George. " WORTH NOTING; Eddie Murphy Is Trading Places", The New York Times, January 16, 2005. Accessed May 21, 2007. "The neighborhood is Englewood's tony East Hill, which over the years has been home to staid Wall Street financiers and flashy show business personalities, from the actress Gloria Swanson to the soul belter Wilson Pickett and the rapper Lil' Kim."
  35. ^ Parisi, Albert J. " New Jersey Q & A: Charles Osgood; A New Face at CBS 'Sunday Morning'", The New York Times, April 24, 1994. Accessed October 19, 2007. "Charles Osgood will be saying a lot more than that in his new, high-visibility television assignment, one he says fills him with pride, joy, and a bit of anxiety about long hours at work and responsibilities at home in Englewood."
  36. ^ Jaeger, Barbara. "REBUILDING A FOUNDATION", The Record (Bergen County), May 22, 1994. Accessed October 20, 2007. "Veteran songwriter, record producer, and music publisher Clyde Otis of Englewood, whose song Take a Look won a Grammy this year for best jazz vocal performance by Natalie Cole, has announced the reactivation of the Take a Look Foundation."
  37. ^ Award-Winning Alumni, Bostonia, Fall 2004. Accessed September 20, 2007. "Sylvia Pressler (CAS’55) of Englewood, N.J., received the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s Medal of Honor for her contributions to improving the justice system."
  38. ^ Steven Rothman biography, United States Congress. Accessed June 7, 2007.
  39. ^ Nieves, Evelyn. "It Takes a Lot More Than a Mall to Make a Real Jersey Girl", The New York Times, November 17, 1996. Accessed October 19, 2007. "Jersey girls will often stay in Jersey even after they've made it big, like Whitney Houston, who'd rather buy half of Mendham Township than quit the state, or Brooke Shields, who commutes to work from Englewood."
  40. ^ Sweathog Heartthrob, Time, July 26, 1976. "The urge to perform runs in the Travolta family. John's mother, Helen Burke, an actress in Englewood, N.J., urged all her six children to take part in local theater."
  41. ^ Blackstreet, laurentpoms.com. Accessed June 7, 2007. "BLACKSTREET est un groupe américain de heavy-r'n'b et de hip-hop-soul fondé en 1992 à New York par TEDDY RILEY (chant, né le 08/10/1967 à Harlem, ex-GUY), MARK MIDDLETON (chant, né un 4 juin à Brooklyn), CHAUNCEY "BLACK" HANNIBAL (chant, né un 24 novembre à Patterson) et ERIC WILLIAMS (chant, né un 6 janvier à Englewood)."

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