Maplewood, New Jersey
Township in Essex County, New Jersey, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maplewood is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is an inner-ring suburban bedroom community of New York City in the New York metropolitan area.[19] As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 25,684,[9][10] an increase of 1,817 (+7.6%) from the 2010 census count of 23,867,[20][21] which in turn reflected a decline of one person from the 23,868 counted in the 2000 census.[22]
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Maplewood, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40.733607°N 74.271159°W / 40.733607; -74.271159[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Essex |
Incorporated | April 1, 1861 as South Orange Township |
Renamed | November 7, 1922 as Maplewood township |
Government | |
• Type | Township |
• Body | Township Committee |
• Mayor | Dean Dafis (D, term ends December 31, 2023)[4][5] |
• Administrator | Gregg Shuster[6] |
• Municipal clerk | Elizabeth J. Fritzen[7] |
Area | |
• Total | 3.88 sq mi (10.04 km2) |
• Land | 3.87 sq mi (10.03 km2) |
• Water | <0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2) 0.08% |
• Rank | 302nd of 565 in state 11th of 22 in county[1] |
Elevation | 115 ft (35 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 25,684 |
• Estimate | 25,220 |
• Rank | 101st of 565 in state 11th of 22 in county[12] |
• Density | 6,629.8/sq mi (2,559.8/km2) |
• Rank | 74th of 565 in state 9th of 22 in county[12] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code(s) | 973[15] |
FIPS code | 3401343800[1][16][17] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882220[1][18] |
Website | www |
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