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West Orange
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township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Essex
- Incorporated
- April 10, 1863 (as township)
- Reincorporated
- February 28, 1900 (as town)
- Type
- Faulkner Act (mayor–council)
- Body
- Township Council
- Mayor
- Susan McCartney (term ends December 31, 2026)
- Business administrator
- Peter F. Smeraldo Jr.
- Municipal clerk
- Karen J. Carnevale
- Total
- 12.13 sq mi (31.41 km )
- Land
- 12.00 sq mi (31.09 km )
- Water
- 0.12 sq mi (0.32 km ) 1.01%
- Rank
- 189th of 565 in state, 3rd of 22 in county
- Elevation
- 512 ft (156 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 49,211
- Density
- 4,069.2/sq mi (1,571.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- West Orange
- Population
- 48843
- Area
- 12.171
- Elevation
- 135
- Official website
- www.westorange.org
- Image
- Glenmont.JPG
- Households
- 16804
- Dialing code
- 973
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- Commons category
- West Orange, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07052
- per capita income
- 49913
- date of incorporation
- 1863-04-10
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Article
Main Street in West Orange West Orange is a suburban township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 48,843, an increase of 2,636 (+5.7%) from the 2010 census count of 46,207, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,264 (+2.8%) from the 44,943 counted in the 2000 census.
West Orange is both an inner-ring suburb of New Jersey's largest city, Newark, and a commuter suburb of New York City; it is approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Manhattan. West Orange was home to the inventor Thomas Edison, who also maintained a laboratory and workshop in town.