Verona, New Jersey
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| Township of Verona | |||
The Verona Park Boathouse, viewed from the north-west shore of Verona Lake
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 Location in Essex County and the state of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Verona, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°50′02″N 74°14′34″W / 40.834007°N 74.242877°WCoordinates: 40°50′02″N 74°14′34″W / 40.834007°N 74.242877°W | |||
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 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Essex | ||
| Settled | 1702 | ||
| Incorporated | April 30, 1907 | ||
| Named for | Verona, Italy | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) | ||
| • Body | Township Council | ||
| • Mayor | Kevin Ryan (term ends June 30, 2017) | ||
| • Manager | Matthew Cavallo | ||
| • Clerk | Jennifer Kiernan | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 2.776 sq mi (7.191 km2) | ||
| • Land | 2.755 sq mi (7.137 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.021 sq mi (0.054 km2) 0.76% | ||
| Area rank | 355th of 566 in state 18th of 22 in county |
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| Elevation | 335 ft (102 m) | ||
| Population (2010 Census) | |||
| • Total | 13,332 | ||
| • Estimate (2015) | 13,569 | ||
| • Rank | 187th of 566 in state 14th of 22 in county |
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| • Density | 4,838.4/sq mi (1,868.1/km2) | ||
| • Density rank | 114th of 566 in state 13th of 22 in county |
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| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) | ||
| ZIP code | 07044 | ||
| Area code(s) | 973 exchanges: 239, 571, 857 | ||
| FIPS code | 3401375815 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 1729716 | ||
| Website | www |
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Verona is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 13,332 reflecting a decline of 201 (-1.5%) from the 13,533 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 64 (-0.5%) from the 13,597 counted in the 1990 Census.
In 2008, New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Verona #1 in Essex County and #3 in New Jersey as "Top Places to Live in New Jersey".
Verona and several neighboring towns were all originally one town known as the Horseneck Tract. In 1702, a group of settlers left Newark and purchased a large tract of land northwest of their home city for the equivalent of a few hundred dollars from the Lenni Lenape Native Americans. This piece of land extended west and north to the Passaic River, south to the town center of what would become Livingston, and east to the First Watchung Mountain, and was called Horseneck by the natives because it resembled the neck and head of a horse. What was then known as Horseneck contained most of the present day northern Essex County towns: Verona, along with Caldwell, West Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell, and Roseland are all located entirely in Horseneck, and parts of what are today Livingston, Montclair, and West Orange also were contained in the Horseneck Tract.
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