Montclair
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township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, suburb of NYC
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Essex
- Incorporated
- April 15, 1868 (as township)
- Reincorporated
- February 24, 1894 (as town)
- Type
- Faulkner Act (council–manager)
- Body
- Township Council
- Mayor
- Renee Baskerville ( D ) (term ends June 30, 2028)
- Township manager
- Michael Lapolla (interim)
- Municipal clerk
- Angelese Bermúdez Nieves
- Total
- 6.24 sq mi (16.17 km )
- Land
- 6.24 sq mi (16.16 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km ) 0.11%
- Rank
- 252nd of 565 in state, 6th of 22 in county
- Elevation
- 299 ft (91 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 41,076
- Density
- 6,560/sq mi (2,530/km )
- Median income
- $158,765 (± $11,562) (2018-2022)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Montclair is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated on the cliffs of the Watchung Mountains, Montclair is a commercial and cultural hub of North Jersey and a diverse bedroom community of New York City within the New York metropolitan area. The township is home to Montclair State University, the state's second-largest university.
As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 40,921, an increase of 3,252 (+8.6%) from the 2010 census count of 37,669, which in turn reflected a decline of 1,308 (−3.4%) from the 38,977 counted in the 2000 census. As of 2010, it was the 60th-most-populous municipality in New Jersey.
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