Glen Ridge
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borough in Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Essex
- Incorporated
- February 13, 1895
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Deborah Mans ( I , term ends December 31, 2027)
- Administrator
- Michael P. Zichelli
- Municipal clerk
- Tara Ventola
- Total
- 1.28 sq mi (3.31 km )
- Land
- 1.27 sq mi (3.30 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km ) 0.39%
- Rank
- 475th of 565 in state, 21st of 22 in county
- Elevation
- 197 ft (60 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 8,204
- Density
- 6,119.2/sq mi (2,362.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
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Encyclopedic overview
Glen Ridge is a borough in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,802, an increase of 275 (+3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 7,527, which in turn reflected an increase of 256 (+3.5%) from the 7,271 counted in the 2000 census. The borough is one of a few in New Jersey preserving the use of gas lamps for street lighting.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glen Ridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.