Belleville
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township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Essex
- Incorporated
- April 8, 1839
- Named after
- French language for "beautiful city"
- Type
- Faulkner Act (council–manager)
- Body
- Township Council
- Mayor
- Michael Melham (term ends June 30, 2026)
- Manager
- Brian Banda
- Municipal clerk
- Jacqueline E. Guamán
- Total
- 3.36 sq mi (8.71 km )
- Land
- 3.30 sq mi (8.54 km )
- Water
- 0.069 sq mi (0.18 km ) 2.05%
- Rank
- 319th of 565 in state, 14th of 22 in county
- Elevation
- 161 ft (49 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 38,672
- Density
- 11,597.1/sq mi (4,477.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Belleville (French: "Belle ville" meaning "beautiful town") is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 38,222. an increase of 2,296 (+6.4%) from the 2010 census count of 35,926,
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belleville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.