Haledon, New Jersey

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Haledon, New Jersey
—  Borough  —
Map of Haledon in Passaic County. Inset: Location of Passaic County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Haledon, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°56′12″N 74°11′19″W / 40.93667°N 74.18861°W / 40.93667; -74.18861Coordinates: 40°56′12″N 74°11′19″W / 40.93667°N 74.18861°W / 40.93667; -74.18861
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Passaic
Incorporated May 21, 1908
Government[1]
 • Type Borough (New Jersey)
 • Mayor Domenick Stampone (2014)[2]
Area
 • Total 1.2 sq mi (3.0 km2)
 • Land 1.2 sq mi (3.0 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[3] 226 ft (69 m)
Population (2010 Census)[4]
 • Total 8,318
 • Density 6,931.7/sq mi (2,772.7/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 07508, 07538
Area code(s) 862/973
FIPS code 34-29070[5][6]
GNIS feature ID 0885240[7]
Website http://www.haledonboronj.com

Haledon (pronounced HALE-dun[8]) is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 8,318.[4]

Haledon was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1908, replacing the now-defunct Manchester Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 21, 1908.[9]

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[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2).1.2 square miles (3.0 km2) of it is land and some of the area is covered with water. (The Passaic River inlet known as Molly Ann's Brook.)

[edit] Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1930 4,812
—
1940 5,303 10.2%
1950 6,204 17.0%
1960 6,161 −0.7%
1970 6,767 9.8%
1980 6,607 −2.4%
1990 6,951 5.2%
2000 8,252 18.7%
2010 8,318 0.8%
Population sources:
1930-1990[10] 2000[11] 2010[4]

As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 8,252 people, 2,820 households, and 1,974 families residing in the borough. The population density was 7,111.4 people per square mile (2,746.7/km2). There were 2,906 housing units at an average density of 2,504.3 per square mile (967.3/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 73.59% White, 7.09% African American, 0.17% Native American, 4.57% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 10.09% from other races, and 4.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22.60% of the population.[11]

In the 2000 census, 2.6% of Haledon's residents identified themselves as being of Arab American ancestry. This was the eleventh highest percentage of Arab American people in any place in the United States with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.[12]

There were 2,820 households out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.0% were non-families. 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.41.[11]

In the borough the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.[11]

The median income for a household in the borough is $45,599, and the median income for a family is $49,014. Males had a median income of $37,143 versus $29,830 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $19,099. About 6.2% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.9% of those under age 18 and 20.8% of those age 65 or over.[11]

[edit] Government

[edit] Local government

Haledon is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.[1]

As of 2011, the Mayor of the Borough of Haledon is Domenick Stampone, a Democrat who defeated incumbent Ken Pengitore in November 2006. Members of the Haledon Borough Council are Council President Maha Kandis, Mounir Almaita, Michael Johnson, Reynaldo Martinez and Michael Tirri.[13]

[edit] Federal, state and county representation

Haledon is in the 8th Congressional district and is part of New Jersey's 35th state legislative district.[14] The legislative district was kept unchanged by the New Jersey Apportionment Commission based on the results of the 2010 Census.[4]

New Jersey's Eighth Congressional District is represented by Bill Pascrell (D, Paterson). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).

The 35th District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Nellie Pou (D, North Haledon) and in the General Assembly by Shavonda E. Sumter (D, Paterson) and Benjie E. Wimberly (D, Paterson).[15] The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham).[16] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).[17]

Passaic County is governed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders, who are elected to staggered three-year terms office on an at-large basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year.[18] As of 2011, Passaic County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Bruce James (D, term ends December 31, 2011; Clifton), Freeholder Deputy Director Pat Lepore (D, 2013; Woodland Park), Deborah E. Ciambrone (R, 2012; Wayne), Terry Duffy (D, 2013; West Milford), Greyson P. Hannigan (D, 2011; Paterson), Michael Marrotta (R, 2012; Wayne) and Edward O'Connell (R, 2012; Wanaque).[19]

[edit] History

Haledon developed along the northern side of the industrial city of Paterson, New Jersey. It was settled by farmers with colonial Dutch heritage including the Van Riper, Berdan, Banta, Post and Zabriskie families. Prior to the Civil War they were joined by the Roe, Leonard, and Stansfield families who helped established St. Mary's Episcopal Church and leading businesses like a general store and the Leonard Wax Company.

The area became a streetcar suburb of Paterson in the years following the Civil War, with the central area known as Haledon, while the area surrounding the large pond along High Mountain Road was called Oldham. The Paterson and Haledon Horse Rail Road Company, formed in 1871, laid trolley tracks from Paterson along the current day Belmont Avenue, which were electrified by 1888. Many of the trolley company's owners were among the founders of the Cedar Cliff Land Company, which bought up large portions of the area, and the street names in the borough reflect these industrialists and businessmen such as: Morrissee, Hoxey, Van Dyke, John Ryle, and Barbour. The flat, lower part of the community was laid out in city-sized lots of 25' by 100' while the hillsides were plated as sites for larger Victorian "villas" for such individuals as Vice President Garret A. Hobart (now the location of William Paterson University) and the Barbour family of linen flax manufacturers. Haledon's villa development was always rather limited and throughout much of the 20th century Haledon was a typical blue collar community set by the small property sizes planned by the Cedar Cliff Land Company. A never-constructed grand hotel was planned for the highest point of the community above the intersection of the current day Central and West Haledon Avenues. The Cedar Cliff Land Company ran newspaper advertisements targeted at upwardly mobile immigrants who worked in Paterson's silk industry, offering the city-sized lots for sale at auctions (with free lunches and brass bands) held at St. Mary's Parish Hall, and also opened the Cedar Cliff Silk Mill which became one of several silk mills in the community. The residential appeal of Haledon was to escape the crowded industrial city and still have access to the textile mills by using the trolley. As a result of the land sales of Cedar Cliff Land Company and also of independent land owner William Bushmann, the town was settled by immigrants who came as skilled workers from textile centers in Europe.[20]

Haledon was incorporated in 1908, having been the Oldham district of the former Passaic County municipality of Manchester Township.[9]

Socialist William Bruekmann was elected mayor in 1912 by the borough's immigrant resident base of skilled silk workers.[21] During the 1913 Paterson silk strike, Haledon's mayor offered the strikers the opportunity to hold meetings in Haledon, as worker meetings were prohibited in Paterson. the Pietro and Maria Botto House, located on the side of a hill surrounded by open spaces, provided a natural amphitheater for labor leaders of the day to address thousands of people who gathered to hear Big Bill Haywood, Carlo Tresca, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and John Reed. The Botto House is now a National Historic Landmark and the home of the American Labor Museum.[22]

In 2008, Councilman Alan Souto, at the time an officer with the Passaic County Sheriff's Department, was arrested for stealing heroin and cocaine from the evidence room from the sheriff's department in order to distribute narcotics, amounting to over $250,000. After being found guilty, he was sentenced to 85 months in federal prison on May 18, 2009.[23] Souto was replaced by Marc Battle, commercial litigator and former civil rights attorney, in April 2008.

[edit] Education

The Haledon School District serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade. Haledon Public School had an enrollment of 1,058 students in the 2009-10 school year.[24]

For grades 9 - 12, public school students attend Manchester Regional High School, which serves students from Haledon, North Haledon, and Prospect Park.[25] The school is located in Haledon. Students from North Haledon attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the North Haledon School District.[26] The Manchester district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend the district's schools without cost to their parents, with tuition paid by the state. Available lots are announced annually by grade.[27]

[edit] Points of interest

[edit] Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Haledon include:

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2005 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, April 2006, p. 151.
  2. ^ 2011 New Jersey Mayors Directory, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Accessed August 10, 2011.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Borough of Haledon, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed January 4, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d 2011 Apportionment Redistricting: Municipalities sorted alphabetically, New Jersey Department of State, p. 4. Accessed August 10, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  6. ^ A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed July 14, 2008.
  7. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  8. ^ McCloskey, Joseph. Memoirs of a Biker: Traveling the Long Road, p. 7. Xlibris Corporation, 2009. ISBN 1425110215. Accessed August 10, 2011. "('Haledon,' by the way, is pronounced with only two syllables: HALE-dun.)"
  9. ^ a b "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 209.
  10. ^ New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 2, 2009. Accessed August 10, 2011.
  11. ^ a b c d e Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights: Haledon borough, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 10, 2011.
  12. ^ Arab Communities, EPodunk. Accessed June 28, 2006.
  13. ^ Contacts - Elected Officials, Borough of Haledon. Accessed May 1, 2011.
  14. ^ 2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters, p. 58. Accessed August 10, 2011.
  15. ^ Legislative Roster 2012-2013 Session, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 11, 2012.
  16. ^ "About the Governor". New Jersey. http://www.nj.gov/governor/about/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  17. ^ "About the Lieutenant Governor". New Jersey. http://www.nj.gov/governor/lt/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  18. ^ The Role of The Freeholders, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed January 5, 2011.
  19. ^ 2010 Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed January 5, 2011.
  20. ^ Herbst, John A.; and Keene, Catherine, et. al. Life and Times in Silk City, A Photographic History of Paterson, NJ. Published American Labor Museum, 1986.
  21. ^ Shea, Georgia, Spoiled Silk: The Red Mayor and the Great Paterson Textile Strike (2001)
  22. ^ Herbst, John A. A Slice of the Earth, published by the American Labor Museum, 1981 (first published in New Jersey History by the New Jersey Historical Society.
  23. ^ http://www.northjersey.com/passaic/Ex-Passaic_Sheriffs_officer_sentenced_to_85_months.html
  24. ^ Data for the Haledon Public School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 10, 2011.
  25. ^ Passaic County Manchester Regional High School 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 1, 2011. "The school serves the communities of Haledon, North Haledon, and Prospect Park as well as a select number of Choice students from throughout Passaic County."
  26. ^ Staff. "Diversity ruling halts school maneuver, Justices said a borough's money-saving bid to leave a district would remove too many white students.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 12, 2004. Accessed May 1, 2011. "The state Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a Passaic County school district cannot withdraw its students from a regional high school because it would take away too many white students, resulting in a racially imbalanced enrollment. The 6-0 decision said North Haledon students must continue to attend Manchester Regional High School in Haledon because the state constitution requires education officials to prevent segregation in public schools."
  27. ^ Interdistrict Public School Choice: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 1, 2011.
  28. ^ Pietro and Maria Botto House: National Historic Landmark summary listing, National Park Service. Accessed June 5, 2008.
  29. ^ About Us, American Labor Museum. Accessed August 10, 2011.
  30. ^ Bruce Baumgartner profile, The Washington Post. Accessed April 24, 2008.
  31. ^ Bernhard "Bennie" Borgmann, Basketball Hall of Fame. Accessed April 24, 2008.
  32. ^ McCall, Tris. "The Feelies, legendary Haledon rockers, return with 'Here Before'", The Star-Ledger, April 10, 2011. Accessed May 1, 2011. "Those who’d followed the Haledon band from their early days, in the New York club scene of the late ’70s, were used to lineup changes. The rhythm section that appeared on the group’s 1980 debut was long gone by the time the Feelies released a follow-up six years later."
  33. ^ Burstyn, Joan N. "Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women", p. 153. Syracuse University Press, 1997. ISBN 0815604181. Accessed May 1, 2011. "She maintained a close relationship with her son and inlater years, when her health was failing, lived with his family at Ailsa Farms in Haledon. She died there of bronchial pneumonia, at age 91, on January 8, 1941, and was buried at the Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Paterson."

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