West Caldwell, New Jersey
| West Caldwell, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of West Caldwell | |
West Caldwell Civic Center
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 Location in Essex County and the state of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of West Caldwell, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°50′50″N 74°17′40″W / 40.847227°N 74.294427°WCoordinates: 40°50′50″N 74°17′40″W / 40.847227°N 74.294427°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Essex |
| Incorporated | February 24, 1904 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Joseph Tempesta Jr. (R, term ends December 31, 2018) |
| • Administrator | Adam W. Brewer |
| • Clerk | Mary Donovan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.070 sq mi (13.129 km2) |
| • Land | 5.055 sq mi (13.091 km2) |
| • Water | 0.015 sq mi (0.038 km2) 0.29% |
| Area rank | 274th of 566 in state 8th of 22 in county |
| Elevation | 177 ft (54 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 10,759 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 11,060 |
| • Rank | 227th of 566 in state 16th of 22 in county |
| • Density | 2,128.5/sq mi (821.8/km2) |
| • Density rank | 282nd of 566 in state 18th of 22 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 07006-07007 |
| Area code(s) | 201 (cell) and 862/973 |
| FIPS code | 3401378510 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1729717 |
| Website | www |
West Caldwell is a township located in the West Essex area in northwestern Essex County, New Jersey. It is located approximately 16 miles (26 km) west of Manhattan and 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Newark. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 10,759, reflecting a decline of 474 (-4.2%) from the 11,233 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 811 (+7.8%) from the 10,422 counted in the 1990 Census.
West Caldwell was originally incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 24, 1904, from portions of Caldwell Township (now known as Fairfield Township). In 1981, the borough 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. The borough was named for Caldwell Township, which in turn was named for Presbyterian minister James Caldwell.
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked West Caldwell as its 60th best place to live in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.
Caldwell, West Caldwell, and several neighboring communities were all originally one combined area known as the Horseneck Tract. In the early 18th century, 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 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.
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