Garwood, New Jersey

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Garwood is a borough in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 4,153.

In the north side of Garwood, most of the streets are numbered, while in the south side of Garwood most of the streets are named after trees.

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[edit] Geography

Garwood is located at 40°39′3″N, 74°19′25″W (40.650802, -74.323510)GR1.

The borough is bordered to the west by Westfield and to the east by Cranford.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.7 km² (0.7 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 4,153 people, 1,731 households, and 1,125 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,429.5/km² (6,292.9/mi²). There were 1,782 housing units at an average density of 1,042.5/km² (2,700.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 95.91% White, 0.36% African American, 1.32% Asian, 1.54% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.98% of the population.

There were 1,731 households out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the borough the population was spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 35.6% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $52,571, and the median income for a family was $64,053. Males had a median income of $50,951 versus $36,538 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $26,944. About 3.5% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Government

[edit] Local government

The Borough of Garwood is governed under the Borough system of municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprised of six council members, with all positions elected at large. A 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.

The Mayor of Garwood is Dennis J. McCarthy (D). Members of the Garwood Borough Council are Council President Kathleen Villaggio (D), Victor DeFilippo (R), Charles Lombardo (D), Damian Mitchell (D), William Schadewald, III (D) and Walter Tucker (D). [1]

[edit] Federal, state and county representation

Garwood Borough is in the Seventh Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 21st Legislative District.[2]

New Jersey's Seventh Congressional District, covering portions of Hunterdon County, Middlesex County, Somerset County and Union County, is represented by Mike Ferguson (R). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Robert Menendez (D, Hoboken).

The 21st legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Thomas Kean Jr. (R, Westfield) and in the Assembly by Jon Bramnick (R, Westfield) and Eric Munoz (R, Summit). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).

Union County is governed by a nine-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. As of the January 2006 reorganization, Union County's Freeholders are: Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella, Freeholder Vice Chairman Bette Jane Kowalski, Angel G. Estrada, Chester Holmes, Adrian O. Mapp, Rick Proctor, Deborah P. Scanlon, Daniel P. Sullivan and Nancy Ward.

[edit] Education

The Garwood Public Schools serve students in Kindergarten through eighth grade. Schools in the district (with enrollment data from the 2004-05 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education) are Washington School with 73 students in Kindergarten (full-day) and First Grade and Lincoln / Franklin School with 318 students in Kindergarten (half-day) and grades 2 - 8.

Students in grades 9 - 12 attend Arthur L. Johnson High School in neighboring Clark as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Clark Public School District.

[edit] Transportation

Garwood has an NJ Transit rail station on the Raritan Valley Line, formerly the mainline of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The station has limited service on weekdays only. NJ Transit also provides bus service along two different lines to New York City and Newark, New Jersey.

Newark Liberty International Airport is approximately 15 minutes away and Linden Airport, a general aviation facility is in nearby Linden, New Jersey.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Members of the Governing Body, accessed June 15, 2006
  2. ^ League of Women Voters: 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, p. 57, accessed August 30, 2006

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