Irvington, New Jersey
| Irvington, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of Irvington | |
Morrell High School
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 Map of Irvington in Essex County. Inset: Essex County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Irvington, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°43′26″N 74°13′57″W / 40.72386°N 74.232517°WCoordinates: 40°43′26″N 74°13′57″W / 40.72386°N 74.232517°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Essex |
| Incorporated | March 27, 1874 |
| Named for | Washington Irving |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Tony Vauss (term ends June 30, 2018) |
| • Business Administrator | Musa A. Malik |
| • Municipal Clerk | Harold E. Wiener |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.930 sq mi (7.589 km2) |
| • Land | 2.928 sq mi (7.584 km2) |
| • Water | 0.002 sq mi (0.005 km2) 0.07% |
| Area rank | 338th of 566 in state 16th of 22 in county |
| Elevation | 128 ft (39 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 53,926 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 54,580 |
| • Rank | 30th of 566 in state 3rd of 22 in county |
| • Density | 18,417.0/sq mi (7,110.8/km2) |
| • Density rank | 8th of 566 in state 1st of 22 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC−4) |
| ZIP code | 07111 |
| Area code(s) | 973 |
| FIPS code | 3401334450 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0877363 |
| Website | www |
Irvington is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a total population of 53,926, having declined by 6,769 (−11.2%) from the 60,695 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 323 (−0.5%) from the 61,018 counted in the 1990 Census.
Clinton Township, which included what is now Irvington, Maplewood and parts of Newark and South Orange, was created on April 14, 1834. The area was known as Camptown until the mid-1800s. In 1850, after Stephen Foster published his ballad, Camptown Races, residents were concerned that the activities described in the song would be associated with their community. The town was renamed, Irvingtown, in honor of Washington Irving.
Irvington was incorporated as an independent village on March 27, 1874, from portions of Clinton Township. What remained of Clinton Township was absorbed into Newark on March 5, 1902. On March 2, 1898, Irvington was incorporated as a Town, replacing Irvington Village. In 1982, the town was one of four Essex County municipalities to pass a referendum to become a township, joining 11 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.
The 1967 Newark riots hastened an exodus of families from that city, many of them moving a few short blocks into neighboring Irvington. Until 1965, Irvington was almost exclusively white. By 1980, the town was nearly 40% black; by 1990 it was 70%. On July 1, 1980, Fred Bost, the first black to serve on the Town Council, was sworn in as East Ward Councilman. Michael G. Steele, the town's first black mayor, was elected in 1990, followed by Sarah Brockington Bost in 1994. The current Mayor is Tony Vauss.
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