Nutley, New Jersey
| Nutley, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of Nutley | |
Nutley Memorial Parkway
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 Location in Essex County and the state of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Nutley, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°49′14″N 74°09′22″W / 40.820568°N 74.156079°WCoordinates: 40°49′14″N 74°09′22″W / 40.820568°N 74.156079°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Essex |
| Incorporated | February 18, 1874 as Franklin Township |
| Reincorporated | March 5, 1902 as Nutley |
| Government | |
| • Type | Walsh Act |
| • Body | Board of Commissioners |
| • Mayor | Dr. Joseph P. Scarpelli (term ends May 2020) |
| • Clerk | Eleni Pettas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.428 sq mi (8.878 km2) |
| • Land | 3.384 sq mi (8.764 km2) |
| • Water | 0.044 sq mi (0.114 km2) 1.28% |
| Area rank | 316th of 566 in state 13th of 22 in county |
| Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 28,370 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 28,748 |
| • Rank | 79th of 566 in state 10th of 22 in county |
| • Density | 8,384.1/sq mi (3,237.1/km2) |
| • Density rank | 43rd of 566 in state 7th of 22 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07110 |
| Area code(s) | 973 |
| FIPS code | 3401353680 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1729715 |
| Website | www |
Nutley is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 28,370, reflecting an increase of 1,008 (+3.7%) from the 27,362 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 263 (+1.0%) from the 27,099 counted in the 1990 Census.
What is now Nutley was originally incorporated as Franklin Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 18, 1874, from portions of Belleville Township. Nutley was incorporated as a Town on March 5, 1902, replacing Franklin Township. In 1981, the town was one of seven Essex County municipalities to pass a referendum to become a township, joining four municipalities that had already made the change, of what would ultimately be more than a dozen Essex County municipalities to reclassify themselves as townships in order take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies that allocated townships a greater share of government aid to municipalities on a per capita basis.
Nutley derived its name from the estate of the Satterthwaite family, established in 1844, which stretched along the Passaic River and from an artist's colony in the area.
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Nutley as its 38th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.
Nutley grew slowly as Newark developed. The first European settler in the area, recorded in the minutes of a Newark town meeting in 1693, was a Dutch painter named Bastian Van Giesen. His house, known as Vreeland Homestead, still stands today on Chestnut Street and is the location of the Nutley Women's Club. John Treat and Thomas Stagg purchased lots adjacent to Van Geisen's in 1695 and 1698 respectively. The Van Riper House is another building from the era.
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