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Englewood is a city located in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26,203.
Englewood was incorporated as a city by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township and the remaining portions of Englewood Township. With the creation of the City of Englewood, Englewood Township was dissolved. An earlier referendum on March 10, 1896, was declared unconstitutional.

Geography

Englewood is located at 40°53'36" North, 73°58'33" West (40.893343, -73.975801).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.8.km² (4.9 sq mi). 4.9 square miles (12.7 km²) of it's land and 0.20% is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 26,203 people, 9,273 households, and 6,481 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,322.0 people per square mile (2,056.3/km²). There were 9,614 housing units at an average density of 1,952.7/sq mi (754.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 42.49% White, 38.98% African American, 0.27% Native American, 5.21% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 8.50% from other races, and 4.50% from two or more races. 21.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
   7.17% of Englewood residents identified themselves as being of Colombian American ancestry in the 2000 Census, the ninth highest percentage of the population of any municipality in the United States.
   There were 9,273 households out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.9% were married couples living together, 17.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families. 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.29.
   In the city the population was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males.
   The median income for a household in the city was $58,379, and the median income for a family was $67,194. Males had a median income of $41,909 versus $34,358 for females. The per capita income for the city was $35,275. 8.9% of the population and 6.6% of families were below the poverty line. 10.2% of those under the age of 18 and 8.6% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Government

Local government

Beginning in 1980, Englewood switched from a Mayor-Council form of government to a modified Council-Manager plan of government in accordance with a Special Charter granted by the New Jersey Legislature.. Under this charter, the mayor retains appointive and veto powers, while the council acts as a legislative and policy making body, with some power to appoint and confirm appointments. The City Council consists of five members: four are elected from wards of roughly equal population and one additional member is elected at large. Administrative functions are responsibilities of the City Manager.
The current Mayor is Michael Wildes

(D, term ends on December 31, 2010). The mayor is elected city-wide to a three-year term of office and has significant powers in appointing members to the Planning Board, the Library Board of Trustees, and, with council confirmation, the Board of Adjustment. The mayor serves on the Planning Board. The mayor attends and may speak at council meetings, but voting is confined only to breaking a deadlock with an affirmative vote for passage of an ordinance or resolution. The mayor has veto power over any city ordinance, but can be overridden with votes from four council members.
The City Council consists of five members, each elected for a three-year term. Four are elected from the individual wards in which they live and the other is elected by a city-wide vote as an at-large member. The city is divided into four wards which are approximately equal in population. The City Council is the legislative branch of government, whereby, deciding public policy, creating city ordinances and resolutions, passing the city budget, appropriating funds for city services, and hiring the City Manager. The City Council meets generally four times per month (except during summer months).
Members of the City Council are:

At Large: Gordon M. Johnson (D, term ends in 2009)
Ward 1: Dr. Kenneth E. Rosenzweig (D, 2008)
Ward 2: Charlotte Bennett Schoen (D, 2010), Council President
Ward 3: Scott Reddin (D, 2008)
Ward 4: Jack Drakeford (D, 2010)

All members of the City Council are Democrats. However, Drakeford is a member of one local faction of the Democrats, and Johnson, Rosenzweig, Schoen and Reddin are part of another faction. These two factions of the party act essentially as two separate political parties because of the lack of a significant Republican presence.
In elections held on November 6, 2007, voters filled two seats on the city council. In the Second Ward, Democratic incumbent Charlotte Bennett-Schoen (618 votes) won re-election, defeating Republican Norman Gorlyn (411). In the Fourth Ward, democratic incumbent Jack Drakeford (498) won a fourth term in office, topping both independent candidate Dierdre Glenn Paul (362) and Republican challenger Alice Joy Frank Leonard (35). Democrats will retain complete control on the 2008 council.
On Election Day, November 7, 2006, Englewood voters selected a mayor and filled the at-large seat on the City Council. As of Election Day, the Mayor and Council were all Democrats, in a community in which registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a more than 6-1 margin. Incumbent Mayor Michael Wildes (with 4,673 votes) coasted to a win in his bid for a second term in office, defeating independent Robert O. Stern (2,443) and Republican Baruch Y. Prince (400). Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson (5,132 votes) defeated Republican Harry Kanner (1,501). The election was characterized by mudslinging between the candidates and the factions within Englewood's dominant Democratic party.

Federal, state and county representation

Englewood is in the Ninth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 37th Legislative District.

Politics

As of April 1, 2006, out of a 2004 Census estimated population of 26,353 in Englewood, there were 14,049 registered voters (53.3% of the population, vs. 55.4% in all of Bergen County). Of registered voters, 6,151 (43.8% vs. 20.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,029 (7.3% vs. 19.2% countywide) were registered as Republicans and 6,866 (48.9% vs. 60.1% countywide) were registered as Undeclared. There were three voters registered to other parties.
On the national level, Englewood leans very strongly toward the Democratic Party. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 74% of the vote here, defeating Republican George W. Bush, who received around 25%.

Education

The Englewood Public School District serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. For high school, students from Englewood Cliffs attend Dwight Morrow High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Englewood Cliffs Public Schools.
Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

D. A. Quarles Early Childhood Center

, Sheryl Sullivan - Principal (400 students))

Cleveland School

, Michael Brown - Principal (363 students)

Lincoln School

, Marsha Howard - Principal (428 students)

Janis E. Dismus Middle School

, Peter Elbert - Principal (534 students))

Dwight Morrow High School, James Smith - Principal (1,059 students))

Academies at Englewood

, James Smith - Principal High school students from Englewood may also apply on a competitive basis to attend the public Bergen County Technical High Schools and Bergen County Academies, with the former located in Teterboro and Paramus and the latter located in Hackensack.
Englewood is the home to a number of private schools. Dwight-Englewood School has 935 students in preschool through twelfth grade. Elisabeth Morrow School serves 462 students in preschool through eighth grade. Moriah School of Englewood is a Jewish day school with nearly 1,000 students in preschool through eighth grade, and St. Cecilia Interparochial School is a Catholic school with 165 students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Transportation

New Jersey Transit bus lines 166, 171, 175, 178, 186, 756 and 780 serve Englewood. Route 4, Route 93, Interstate 95, County Route 501, and County Route 505 also serve Englewood. The northern terminus of Route 93 is at the intersection of Route 4 and Route 93, but the road continues north as CR 501.

History

Origin of Name

Englewood was so named because it was the first primarily English-speaking settlement on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River in former New Netherland after the annexation of New Netherland by England in 1664. Numerous other settlements in the United States were named for Englewood as settlement in North America expanded westward.

Pre-Colonial and Colonial

Englewood, like the rest of New Jersey, was originally populated by Lenni-Lenape Native Americans prior to European colonization. The Lenape who lived in the Englewood region were of the "turtle clan" which used a stylized turtle as its symbol, but little else is known of the original inhabitants.
When Henry Hudson sailed up what would become known as the Hudson River in 1607, he claimed the entirety of the watershed of the river, including Englewood, for the Netherlands, making the future region of Englewood a part of New Netherland. However, the region remained largely unsettled under Dutch rule as the Dutch did little to encourage settlement north of modern Hudson County, as the imposing New Jersey Palisades blocked expansion on the west bank of the Hudson.
In 1664, after the Dutch surrendered all of New Netherland to England, the rate of settlement picked up. The English were generous with land grants, and many families, not only English but also Dutch and Huguenot, settled the area. Street names in Englewood still show signs of the relative diversity of its earliest settlers; Brinckerhoff, Van Brunt, Lydecker, Van Nostrand and Durie (Duryea), all Dutch, Demarest (de Marais), DeMott and Lozier (Le Sueur), French Huguenot, and Moore, Lawrence, Cole and Day, English.

Historical notes

The telephone industry made a United States "first" in Englewood with the introduction of what is known now as Direct distance dialing (DDD). On November 10, 1951, Englewood Mayor M. Leslie Downing made the first directly-dialed long distance call, to Mayor Frank Osborne of Alameda, California. As of that date, customers of the ENglewood 3, ENglewood 4 and TEaneck 7 exchanges (who could already dial New York City and area) were able to dial 11 cities across the United States, simply by dialing the three-digit area code and the seven digit number (or the three-digit area code and the local number of two letters and five digits). Vince Lombardi began his coaching career at St. Cecilia High School two years after his graduation from Fordham University, and the NFL championship trophy is named in his honor.

Famous residents

Some noted current and former residents include:

Faye Adams, singer (Shake A Hand)

Liam Aiken, actor - Current resident

John Aprea (1941-), actor, known for his role as "Young Sal Tessio" in (1974) and on television as "Lucas Castigliano" on the soap opera Another World.

Jack Armstrong (1965-), former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.

AZ, rapper

Byron Baer (1929-2007), served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1972 - 1993 and in the State Senate from 1994 - 2005

Kevin Baker (1958-), novelist and journalist.

Regina Belle, Grammy Award winning singer.

Tony Bennett, Grammy Award-winning singer.

George Benson, jazz singer and musician.

John Bergamo, percussionist and composer

Shmuley Boteach (1966-), Orthodox rabbi, radio and television host and author.

Dick Button, Olympic ice skater and commentator. Ranked #11 on the Sports Illustrated list of The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures.

David Cassidy, actor and musician, best known for his role on The Partridge Family.

Wayne A. Cauthen, current and first appointed African American City Manager of Kansas City, Missouri.

Sophie Clark, the only African American victim of the Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo

Orestes Cleveland, Mayor of Jersey City 1864-1867; 1886-1892, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 5th congressional district from 1869-1871.

Peter Coyote (1941-), Actor and author.

Vince Curatola (1953-), who played Johnny Sack on the HBO series The Sopranos.

John Fiedler (1925-2005) voice actor and character actor in stage, film, television and radio, perhaps best remembered for two roles: the voice of Piglet in Disney's many Winnie the Pooh productions and the role of Mr. Peterson, nervous patient on The Bob Newhart Show.

Genie Francis (1962-), best known for her role as Laura Spencer on General Hospital.

Ivor Francis (1918-1986), actor.

Bruce Harper, former professional football player, New York Jets.

Wil Horneff, actor

Ernie Isley (1952-), guitarist and member of The Isley Brothers.

Marvin Isley (1953-), bassist and member of the Isley Brothers.

Serius Jones (1982-), MC, battle rapper, mixtape awards winner.

Kitty Kallen (1922-), singer.

Sara Lee Kessler, TV reporter.

Dr. John Lattimer (1914-2007), urologist who did extensive research on the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations. His collection of military paraphernalia, included "medieval armor, Revolutionary and Civil War rifles and swords, a pile of cannonballs, World War II machine guns and German Lugers, and drawings by Adolf Hitler."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001), author and aviator, wife of Charles Lindbergh and daughter of Dwight Morrow.

Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974), aviator.

Bruce McKenna, television and movie screenwriter.

Dwight Morrow (1873-1931), former United States Senator, United States Ambassador to Mexico, Father-In Law of Charles Lindbergh and namesake of Dwight Morrow High School)

Eddie Murphy (1961-), comedian and actor.

Karen O (1978- as Karen Lee Orzołek), lead vocalist for the New York art punk band Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Roscoe Orman (1944-), television personality Gordon on Sesame Street

Charles Osgood (1933-), Television personality.

Clyde Otis (1924-2008), American music industry executive.

Bill Parcells (1941-), NFL Head Coach, formerly of the New York Giants and New York Jets

Wilson Pickett (1941-2006), singer.

Clarke Peters (1952-), actor; currently Det. Lester Freamon on HBO's The Wire

Sylvia Pressler was the Chief Judge of the Appellate Division the New Jersey Superior Court for 5 years, officially retiring from the bench in 2004.

Aidan Quinn (1959-), actor

Sylvia Robinson (1936-), singer, record producer, and co-founder of Sugar Hill Records and All Platinum Records

Steve Rothman (1952-), Congressmen representing Englewood, was Mayor of Englewood from 1983-1989.

Brooke Shields (1965-), actress.

Upton Sinclair, author; established a socialist commune called Helicon Home Colony in 1906 with proceeds from his novel The Jungle; it burned down in 1907

Sister Souljah (1964-), rapper/activist.

Gloria Swanson (1897-1983), actress.

Today (band), Late 80s-Early 90s New Jack Swing R&B group.

Tony Tolbert (1967-), Former NFL Player Dallas Cowboys

Robert Torricelli (1951-), former U.S. Senator; resided in Englewood throughout his career of elective political office.

Alexander Buel Trowbridge (1929-2006), former United States Secretary of Commerce.

Matt White (1980-), singer-songwriter

Eric Williams, singer and member of Blackstreet.

John T. Wright, First African American Councilman in Bergen County-Elected to City Council in 1952, his memory lives on in the dedication of the "John T. Wright" Arena located in Mackay Park.

Tom Wright (1952-), actor; born and raised in Englewood.

Points of interest

Brookside Cemetery

Saint Cecilia's Church

, located 55 West Demarest Avenue, was completed in 1910 as a Carmelite church in the Gothic tradition, built for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark based on a design by Thomas Henry Poole.Further Information

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