Ringwood, New Jersey
| Ringwood, New Jersey | |
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| Borough | |
| Borough of Ringwood | |
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 Map of Ringwood in Passaic County. Inset: Location of Passaic County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Ringwood, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 41°06′14″N 74°16′16″W / 41.103963°N 74.271138°WCoordinates: 41°06′14″N 74°16′16″W / 41.103963°N 74.271138°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Passaic |
| Incorporated | March 22, 1918 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | John M. Speer (R, term ends December 31, 2016) |
| • Borough Manager | Scott Heck |
| • Clerk | Kelley Halewicz |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.173 sq mi (72.966 km2) |
| • Land | 25.211 sq mi (65.295 km2) |
| • Water | 2.962 sq mi (7.671 km2) 10.51% |
| Area rank | 96th of 566 in state 2nd of 16 in county |
| Elevation | 282 ft (86 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 12,228 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 12,448 |
| • Rank | 199th of 566 in state 8th of 16 in county |
| • Density | 485.0/sq mi (187.3/km2) |
| • Density rank | 445th of 566 in state 15th of 16 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07456 |
| Area code(s) | 973 exchange: 962 |
| FIPS code | 3403163150 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885370 |
| Website | www |
Ringwood is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 12,228, reflecting a decrease of 168 (-1.4%) from the 12,396 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 227 (-1.8%) from the 12,623 counted in the 1990 Census.
It is the home of Ringwood State Park which contains the New Jersey Botanical Garden at Skylands and Skylands Manor, the Shepherd Lake Recreation Area and historic Ringwood Manor.
The Borough of Ringwood was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1918, from a "portion of the Township of Pompton", as one of three boroughs formed from Pompton Township, joining Bloomingdale and Wanaque, based on the results of a referendum held on March 22, 1918. The first organizational meeting of the Borough Council took place in the existing Borough Hall on May 6, 1918. The borough was named for an iron mining company in the area.
The Lenape, an Algonquian language-speaking tribe of Native Americans who occupied much of the mid-Atlantic coastal areas and the interior mountains including along the Delaware River resided in the area of present-day Ringwood when Europeans first entered the area. Some retreated to the mountains to escape colonial encroachment.
Colonists called the local band the Ramapough, and named the Ramapo River and other regional features after them. Their descendants and Afro-Dutch migrants from New York were among the people who formed the multiracial group known as the Ramapough Mountain Indians, recognized in 1980 as the "Ramapough Lenape Nation" Native American tribe by the state of New Jersey, though the federal government has denied their application for formal recognition.
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