Englewood, New Jersey
| Englewood, New Jersey | |
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| City | |
| City of Englewood | |
Downtown Englewood, New Jersey
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 Map highlighting Englewood's location within Bergen County. Inset: Bergen County's location within New Jersey |
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 Census Bureau map of Englewood, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°53′28″N 73°58′21″W / 40.891197°N 73.972515°WCoordinates: 40°53′28″N 73°58′21″W / 40.891197°N 73.972515°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Bergen |
| Incorporated | March 17, 1899 |
| Named for | Engle family or "English Neighborhood" |
| Government | |
| • Type | Special Charter |
| • Body | City Council |
| • Mayor | Frank Huttle (D, term ends December 31, 2018) |
| • Manager | Timothy J. Dacey |
| • Clerk | Yancy Wazirmas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.937 sq mi (12.786 km2) |
| • Land | 4.914 sq mi (12.727 km2) |
| • Water | 0.023 sq mi (0.060 km2) 0.47% |
| Elevation | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 27,147 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 28,539 |
| • Rank | 88th of 566 in state 6th of 70 in county |
| • Density | 5,524.6/sq mi (2,133.1/km2) |
| • Density rank | 96th of 566 in state 26th of 70 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07631 |
| Area code(s) | 201 |
| FIPS code | 3400321480 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885209 |
| Website | www |
| Operational area | |
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| State | New Jersey |
| City | Englewood |
| Address | 81 South Van Brunt Street |
| Agency overview | |
| Established | 1887 |
| Annual calls | ~2,200 |
| Employees | ~60 |
| EMS level | BLS First Responder |
| IAFF | L3260/3263 |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Stations | 1 |
| Engines | 3 |
| Trucks | 2 |
| Rescues | 1 |
| HAZMAT | 1 |
| Fireboats | 1 |
| Website | |
| www.englewoodfirefighters.com | |
Englewood is a city located in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 27,147, reflecting an increase of 944 (+3.6%) from the 26,203 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,353 (+5.4%) from the 24,850 counted in the 1990 Census.
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.
Englewood Township, the city's predecessor, is believed to have been named in 1859 for the Engle family. The community had been called the "English Neighborhood", as the first primarily English-speaking settlement on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River after New Netherland was annexed by England in 1664, though other sources mention the Engle family and the heavily forested areas of the community as the derivation of the name. Other sources indicate that the name is derived from "wood ingle", meaning "woody nook", or that the name was coined anew.
Numerous other settlements in the United States were named for Englewood as settlement in North America expanded westward. J. Wyman Jones is credited with convincing residents to choose Englewood for the city's name when it was incorporated over such alternatives as "Brayton" and "Paliscena".
Englewood, like the rest of New Jersey, was populated by 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 those inhabitants.
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