South Orange
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village in Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Essex
- Incorporated
- May 4, 1869
- Type
- Special charter
- Body
- Board of Trustees
- Mayor
- Sheena C. Collum (term ends May 17, 2027)
- Administrator
- Julie Doran
- Village clerk
- Ojetti E. Davis
- Total
- 2.85 sq mi (7.38 km )
- Land
- 2.85 sq mi (7.37 km )
- Rank
- 349th of 565 in state, 17th of 22 in county
- Elevation
- 138 ft (42 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 18,736
- Density
- 6,494.7/sq mi (2,507.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
- Zip code
- 07079
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- South Orange
- Population
- 18484
- Area
- 2.857
- Elevation
- 52
- Official website
- www.southorange.org
- Image
- South Orange Station Vie.JPG
- Households
- 5172
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- Commons category
- South Orange, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07079
- per capita income
- 65515
- date of incorporation
- 1869-05-04
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South Orange is a historic suburban village located in Essex County, New Jersey. It was formally known as the Township of South Orange Village from October 1978 until April 25, 2024. As of the 2020 United States census, the village population was 18,484, an increase of 2,286 (+14.1%) from the 2010 census count of 16,198, which in turn reflected a decline of 766 (−4.5%) from the 16,964 counted in the 2000 census. Seton Hall University is located in the township.
"The time and circumstances under which the name South Orange originated will probably never be known," wrote historian William H. Shaw in 1884, "and we are obliged to fall back on a tradition, that Mr. Nathan Squier first used the name in an advertisement offering wood for sale" in 1795. Other sources attribute the derivation for all of the Oranges to King William III, Prince of Orange.