South Orange
| South Orange, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of South Orange Village | |
South Orange in 2011
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 Location in Essex County and the state of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of South Orange, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°44′56″N 74°15′41″W / 40.748811°N 74.261513°WCoordinates: 40°44′56″N 74°15′41″W / 40.748811°N 74.261513°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Essex |
| Incorporated | May 4, 1869 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Special Charter |
| • Body | Board of Trustees |
| • Village President | Sheena Collum (term ends May 14, 2019) |
| • Administrator | Barry R. Lewis Jr. |
| • Clerk | Shinell Smith (acting) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.857 sq mi (7.401 km2) |
| • Land | 2.855 sq mi (7.395 km2) |
| • Water | 0.002 sq mi (0.006 km2) 0.08% |
| Area rank | 346th of 566 in state 17th of 22 in county |
| Elevation | 144 ft (44 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 16,198 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 16,380 |
| • Rank | 156th of 566 in state 13th of 22 in county |
| • Density | 5,672.8/sq mi (2,190.3/km2) |
| • Density rank | 91st of 566 in state 12th of 22 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07079 |
| Area code(s) | 973 |
| FIPS code | 3401369274 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0880741 |
| Website | www |
South Orange, officially the Township of South Orange Village, is a suburban township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the village's population was 16,198, reflecting a decline of 766 (-4.5%) from the 16,964 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 574 (+3.5%) from the 16,390 counted in the 1990 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.
Of the 565 municipalities in New Jersey, South Orange Village is one of only four with a village type of government; the others are Loch Arbour, Ridgefield Park and Ridgewood.
South Orange Village dates back to May 4, 1869, when it was formed within South Orange Township (now Maplewood). On March 4, 1904, the Village of South Orange was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature and separated from South Orange Township. In 1978, the village's name was changed by referendum to "The Township of South Orange Village" , becoming the first of 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.
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