Conveniently report a problem with our online form. Based on data from the 2010 census, Essex County is the 14th-most densely populated county in the United States, and was ranked second in the state after Hudson County (which ranked sixth in the nation at 13,731.4 per square mile). Note: 2020 and 2021 data is projected In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $60,030, the eighth-highest in New Jersey and ranked 153rd of 3,113 counties in the United States. [94][95] For the 2020–2021 session (Senate, General Assembly), the 40th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Kristin Corrado (R, Totowa) and in the General Assembly by Christopher DePhillips (R, Wyckoff) and Kevin J. Rooney (R, Wyckoff). Located on Virginia's Middle Peninsula, Essex County is centrally situated just outside the Washington to Norfolk urban crescent. Essex County was formed within East Jersey on March 7, 1683. The monorail is free except for service to and from the train station.[129]. [7], In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.10% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 31.10% from 25 to 44, 21.50% from 45 to 64, and 11.90% who were 65 years of age or older. [41], As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 793,633 people, 283,736 households, and 193,507 families residing in the county. [76], Four federal Congressional Districts cover the county, including portions of the 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th Districts. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.29. The county rises from generally flat in the east to the twin ridges of the Watchung Mountains in the western half, beyond which the land lowers again into the Passaic River valley. [126], The Newark Light Rail is completely contained within the county. Interactive map of Essex County, New Jersey, Interactive map of municipalities in Essex County, Places adjacent to Essex County, New Jersey. Essex County, New Jersey was created on March 1, 1683 as one of four original counties created in East Jersey.The county was named for the county of Essex in England . Individuals who wish to become a Notary Public may obtain an application from the County Clerk's Office. Routes that cross it. West Essex Middle School (WEMS) hold grades 7–8, and the high school hold grades 9-12. [122] The North Jersey Coast Line from Bay Head or Long Branch also stops at Newark Airport and Newark Penn Stations before continuing to Secaucus Junction and New York Penn Station or Hoboken Terminal. NJ Transit has five lines that make stops in the county. (WJZ) — Baltimore County Police are investigating a shooting in Essex that left one man injured Wednesday night. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.99 inches (76 mm) in February to 4.76 inches (121 mm) in July. Heading west on 280 there is a large hill that elevates from 150 feet (46 m) to 650 feet (200 m), a 500 feet (150 m) difference. Essex joins Atlantic, Bergen, Hudson and Mercer counties as one of the five of 21 New Jersey counties with an elected executive. Essex County Property Records are real estate documents that contain information related to real property in Essex County, Virginia. There were 312,954 housing units at an average density of 2,479.6 per square mile (957.4/km2). [134] It is called the Essex County Park System. It has one station in Bloomfield and one in Belleville on the old Orange Branch of the New York & Greenwood Lake Service of the Erie Railroad before entering Newark and turning onto the Morris Canal right of way. As a result, parts of the site may not function properly for you. When the provinces of East Jersey and West Jersey were combined in 1702, the county boundaries were retained. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.30% (159,117) of the population. The Bridge Street Bridge is another vehicular swing bridge across the Passaic from Newark to Harrison, as is the Clay Street Bridge, a swing bridge that connects Newark and East Newark. The Newark Bay Bridge carries Interstate 78 over Newark Bay from Newark to Bayonne and is currently the most southern bridge crossing the bay. Route 1/9 are concurrent and a freeway throughout their length in the county. From Broad Street it takes a different route stopping at Washington Park and NJPAC/Center Street before arriving at Penn Station. From there it follows Branch Brook Park before turning into downtown Newark as a subway. [119] Outside the county, it is the longest road of any kind in the state. In 2008, Newark had 67 homicides, down from 105 in 2007 and the record of 161 murders set in 1981. An example would be that in January on Interstate 280 it could be raining in East Orange. [53][54] Essex County's Freeholders, all serving concurrent terms of office ending December 31, 2020, are:[55][56][57], The seat representing District 3 that had been held by Britnee Timberlake became vacant following her resignation as a freeholder in January 2018 to take office in the New Jersey General Assembly to replace Sheila Oliver. The racial makeup was 42.59% (333,868) White, 40.88% (320,479) Black or African American, 0.39% (3,056) Native American, 4.57% (35,789) Asian, 0.04% (286) Pacific Islander, 8.38% (65,687) from other races, and 3.16% (24,804) from two or more races. These units have been trained in specialized areas of law enforcement. The east side of Newark is the Ironbound, a working-class Brazilian and Portuguese community. There are many buses that operate around the county, with NJ Transit (NJT) headquarters located just behind Newark Penn Station, a transit hub in the eastern part of the county. All of them stop at either Newark Penn Station or Newark Broad Street Station. U.S. Route 22 eastern terminus is in Newark the only municipality it crosses in the county. Most of them cross Newark Bay or the Passaic River into Hudson or Bergen counties. We require that you check our records before filing, to make sure that no one else has filed with the same name you are requesting.. 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Richardson (D, District 2 –, Robert Mercado (D, District 1 – Newark's North and East Wards, parts of Central and West Wards; Newark), Patricia Sebold (D, at large; Livingston), This page was last edited on 21 February 2021, at 22:30. The facility is located within the boundaries of the two cities of Newark and Elizabeth, just east of the New Jersey Turnpike and Newark Liberty International Airport.[131]. Newark Airport is served by Northeast Regional and Keystone Service trains. The Upper Bay Bridge, a vertical-lift bridge located just north of the Newark Bay Bridge, carries a freight train line over the bay from Newark to Bayonne. 7 hours ago. Five of the freeholders represent districts; four are elected from the county on an at-large basis. [6], Of the 283,712 households, 33.2% had children under the age of 18; 40.1% were married couples living together; 20.6% had a female householder with no husband present and 33.3% were non-families. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south and London to the south-west. They cultivate long, narrow plots of land along the river. We recommend updating your browser to its most recent version at your earliest convenience. The population density was 6,211.5 per square mile (2,398.3/km2). The last U.S. Route in the county is U.S. Route 46, which passes through Fairfield, where it is a major commercial road that parallels Interstate 80. County Wide Active Transportation System (CWATS), Privacy Policy and Freedom of Information. Interstate 280 passes through the county in a northeast–southwest direction and has exits in Roseland, Livingston, West Orange, Orange, East Orange and Newark, making it one of the most important roads for intracounty travel. Belleville and Bloomfield are suburbs with historic Italian communities that, in spite of retaining a core Italian-American population, now have many immigrants from Latin America and Asia. In Newark, Eastern Essex County, and Southern/Southeastern Essex County, temperatures are relatively cool to hot, even in the winter months. [7][42] Among those residents listing their ancestry, 11.6% residents were of Italian, 6.9% Irish and 5.0% West Indian ancestry. Essex County College students Kizito Eke and Noel Shaji, both majoring in Software Development Technology, placed third at the recent Hack-A-Roo Fall 2020 Competition hosted virtually by the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Leaving Penn Station, the line comes up from the subway and runs on streets or at grade for most of its length. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. The PATH also operates out of Newark Penn Station. Essex County; Regional; Constitutional Officers. Essex was originally formed as one of four administrative districts within Province of East Jersey in 1675, together with Bergen, Middlesex and Monmouth districts. [120] There are two major bus terminals in the county, Newark Penn Station and the Irvington Bus Terminal. It has direct service to Harrison, Jersey City, and Lower Manhattan. [90][91] For the 2018–2019 session (Senate, General Assembly), the 29th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Teresa Ruiz (D, Newark) and in the General Assembly by Eliana Pintor Marin (D, Newark) and Shanique Speight (D, Newark). Some of the NJ Transit bus lines follow former streetcar lines. It stops at NJPAC/Center Street, Atlantic Street, and Riverfront Stadium before reaching Broad Street Station. [118] It is a toll road, a freeway, and bans trucks of more than 7,000 pounds during its entire length in the county. The southern section starts at an overpass for Route 21 and passes over the Belleville Turnpike Bridge into border between Hudson and Bergen counties. The Dock Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places carries four tracks of the Northeast Corridor rail line and two tracks of the PATH on two vertical lift spans from Newark Penn Station to Harrison. Then-Montclair mayor Robert J. Russo gave a statement in 2003 about secession, "I've watched Essex County burden our people, with very little to show for it. The Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge carries Truck 1/9 across the Passaic River and is currently the southernmost crossing of the river before it reaches the bay. At an annual organization meeting, the freeholders choose a Freeholder President and Vice-President from among its members to serve one-year terms. If the 0 °C isotherm is used, Cfa only exists in eastern Newark and the rest of the county has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa). The PD Draw is an abandoned and partially dismantled railroad bridge across the Passaic River from Newark to Kearny. [121] DeCamp Bus Lines, Community Coach, and OurBus operate buses from Essex County to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City. We hope that you find the site's content helpful and … The settlements were mostly established by French people in the mid-18th century. [84], The county is part of the 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 34th and 40th Districts in the New Jersey Legislature. Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of New Jersey. Data found on this site is strictly for informational purposes only. The Essex County Airport in Fairfield is a general aviation airport. Newark Penn Station has service on the only high speed train in the Western Hemisphere, the Acela Express, to Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.. Newark Penn Station also offers services on the Cardinal to Chicago; Carolinian to Charlotte; Crescent to New Orleans; Keystone Service to Harrisburg; Palmetto to Charleston; Pennsylvanian to Pittsburgh; Northeast Regional to Newport News, Norfolk, and Lynchburg; Silver Star and Silver Meteor to Miami; and Vermonter to St. Albans all with intermediate stops. In 1857, Union County was created from parts of Essex County. [25], As the poorest place in the county, Newark has a median household income of $33,025 and a per capita income of $17,198;[26] at the other extreme, Essex Fells, one of the wealthier places in the county and the 4th wealthiest municipality in the state, has a median household income of $174,432 and a per capita income of $89,316. Essex was platted in 1870. Essex County was the first county in the United States to have its own parks department. [19] This is a turnaround from the deterioration and abandonment experienced in the post-riot 1970s, 1980s and early part of the 1990s. All of the passenger rail lines in the county are electrified; although, not all trains that use the lines are electric, because they connect to non-electrified track. From 2001 to 2003, Millburn, Montclair and Roseland all held nonbinding ballot referendums on the issue. 15.42% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Males had a median income of $41,374 versus $32,052 for females. Portions of Essex were taken in 1741 and transferred to Somerset County. All new businesses established in Essex County must file a Trade Name Certificate with the County Clerk's Office. Essex County has five public and five private institutions. Read the full Press Release by clicking on the link above. [21][22] Neighboring East Orange has also experienced a decline in crimes, dropping 50% in the three years (2005 to 2007). Around 1749, the first permanent settlements began to appear on what is now the south or Canadian side of the Detroit River, across from the French Fort Detroit. [85] For the 2018–2019 session (Senate, General Assembly), the 26th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Joseph Pennacchio (R, Rockaway Township) and in the General Assembly by BettyLou DeCroce (R, Parsippany-Troy Hills) and Jay Webber (R, Morris Plains). Essex, Maryland detailed profile. The district makes up the middle and high school; the elementary schools are in the four separate towns and include grades Pre-K to 6. The northern section starts at the Newark/Belleville border passes through Belleville and Nutley until in crosses into Clifton. The population density was 6,285 people per square mile (2,427/km2). Welcome to Essex County. ESSEX COUNTY, NJ —New Jersey keeps expanding the number of its available COVID-19 vaccination sites, with new locations recently added to the state's ever-evolving list. Essex (/ ˈ ɛ s ɪ k s /) is a county in the south-east of England, north-east of London.One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south and London to the south-west. ESSEX, Md. [51] the county executive was paid $161,615 in 2015. Whether you are a resident, visitor or business, discover what the County of Essex has to offer. Despite the name, this is not a river as such but a stra… The municipalities of western Essex County have discussed secession from the county, to create a new county or be annexed to Morris County, spurred mainly by a belief that tax policy benefits the poorer, urban, eastern portions of the county at the expense of the wealthier, more suburban municipalities in the west of the county. Essex County Council has responded to the Government’s landmark Kickstart scheme and has been approved as a flagship Gateway provider. [29], There are various attractions in Essex County, such as The Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey Historical Society, Montclair Art Museum, Turtle Back Zoo,[30] Thomas Edison National Historical Park,[31] and Grover Cleveland Birthplace. As one of Canada\'s most southerly municipalities, Essex enjoys hot summers and mild winters. Essex County also has four U.S. Welcome to the official website of the Town of Essex, Massachusetts, USA! Within this region are some of the most diverse and racially integrated municipalities in the state and nation, including Montclair, West Orange, South Orange and Maplewood. The Pulaski Skyway, the most famous bridge entirely in New Jersey, carries Route 1/9 across the Passaic River, Kearny Point, and the Hackensack River from Newark through Kearny to Jersey City. [27][citation needed], Essex County was the first county in the country to create a county park system (Essex County Park System), to ensure that it did not lose all its land to development. All of Essex County has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) if the -3 °C isotherm is used. [10][11] The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 94th-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the seventh-highest in New Jersey) as of 2009. [37] In Roseland, average monthly temperatures range from 29.2 °F in January to 74.6 °F in July. The elementary, middle, and high schools are in the same town. Tornado activity: Essex-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Maryland state average.It is 16% greater than the overall U.S. average.. On 6/9/1961, a category F3 (max. The Essex County Department of Corrections has evolved into a complex organization with many divisions and sub-divisions. [7] In 2010, the county dropped down to third-largest, behind Middlesex County, and was one of only two counties in the state to see a decline between 2000 and 2010 (Cape May County being the other). As of 2010[update], the county had a total of 1,667.98 miles (2,684.35 km) of roadways, of which 1,375.06 miles (2,212.94 km) are maintained by the local municipality, 213.12 miles (342.98 km) by Essex County and 60.68 miles (97.65 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 19.12 miles (30.77 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.[117]. New Jersey's Seventh Congressional District is represented by Tom Malinowski (D, Ringoes). Essex County is a mainly rural county in Southwestern Ontario, comprising seven municipalities. Western Essex County has similar temperatures to Eastern Essex, but the elevation increase within the Watchung Mountains allows for some minor differences. The wide area of Eastern Essex has significant pockets of high population, high building density, high poverty, and high crime rates. It has nine stops in Newark before terminating in Newark Penn Station. [20] By 2006, crime in Newark had fallen 60% over the previous decade to its lowest levels in 40 years. Essex is a county in the east of England, north-east of London. East-West Interstate 78 from near Harrisburg and New York City also crosses the county. The median age was 35 years. The 2010 Population was 784,037 and has seen a growth of 2.01% since this time. The county is named after Essex, a county in the East of England. The Jackson Street Bridge is a historic vehicular swing bridge across the Passaic from Newark to Harrison.
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