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The
Borough of Norwood was incorporated in 1905 after seceding from
Harrington
Township
. Henry Essig, Jr. who was the first Mayor of Norwood was the
driving force in
Norwood
adopting the Borough form of government. On Monday, April 3,
1905 the first meeting of the newly incorporated Borough of Norwood
was held with the oath of office administered to the officials by
Wendell J. Wright, Master in Chancery in the State of
New Jersey
. Today
Norwood
is still governed by a mayor and six council members all elected at
large. The Mayor is the Chief Executive Officer and the
Council is charged with the legislative functions.
The name
Norwood
emanated from the old description "North-Woods". The
Lenni Lenape Indians roamed the land as evidenced by an occasional
arrowhead dug up in a local garden. Norwood is till proud of
their "North-Woods: and in 2006 the Mayor and Council entered
into a Deed of Conservation Easement with the Meadowlands
Conservation Trust to preserve 100+ acres of property in perpetuity
as open space.
As
of the census of 2000, there were 5,751 people, 1,857 households,
and 1,563 families residing in the borough. The population density
was 2,091.4 people per square mile (807.4/km˛). There were 1,888
housing units at an average density of 686.6/sq mi (265.1/km˛).
The racial makeup of the borough was 77.86% White, 0.83% African
American, 0.02% Native American, 18.99% Asian, 0.94% from other
races, and 1.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any
race were 2.99% of the population.
The
Norwood
Public
School District
serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Students
in public school for grades 9 - 12 attend Northern Valley Regional
High School at Old Tappan one of the two schools of the Northern
Valley Regional High School District, which serves a total of
approximately 2,500
students from the neighboring communities of Closter, Demarest,
Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan.
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