Dumont, New Jersey
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Dumont is a borough
Borough (New Jersey)
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 in Bergen County
Bergen County, New Jersey
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, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

, United States. The population was 17,479 at the 2010 Census.

Dumont was formed on July 20, 1894, as the Borough of Schraalenburgh from portions of Harrington Township and Palisades Township, at the height of the "Boroughitis
Boroughitis
Boroughitis was a political phenomenon that spread throughout the U.S. state of New Jersey in the late 19th century, which led groups of residents to unite to form boroughs from within and among the many townships that were the prevalent form of local government at the time. This phenomenon was...

" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day. On June 13, 1898, the borough's name was changed to Dumont in honor of Dumont Clarke, the borough's first mayor.

Geography

Dumont is located at 40.945173°N 73.993425°W (40.945173, -73.993425).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the borough has a total area of 1.99 square miles (5.2 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the 2010 Census, Dumont had a population of 17,479. The median age was 41.8. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 75.9% White, 2.5% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 15.0% Asian, 4.1% some other race and 2.3% reporting two or more races. 14.8% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 17,503 people, 6,370 households, and 4,758 families residing in the borough. The population density
Population density
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 was 8,812.6 people per square mile (3,396.0/km2). There were 6,465 housing units at an average density of 3,255.1 per square mile (1,254.3/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 83.77% White, 1.49% African American, 0.10% Native American, 10.96% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.94% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 1.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.36% of the population.

There were 6,370 households out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.8% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 22.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the borough the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $65,490, and the median income for a family was $73,880. Males had a median income of $47,402 versus $35,331 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the borough was $26,489. About 2.0% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 1.7% of those age 65 or over.

Local government

Dumont is governed under the Borough
Borough (New Jersey)
A borough in the context of New Jersey local government refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government....

 form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising 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
Mayor
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 of the Borough of Dumont is Matthew P. McHale, whose term of office ends December 31, 2011. Members of the Dumont Borough Council are Council President Carl Manna (2011), Matthew M. Carrick (2012), Marty Caspare (2011), Kenneth Freeman (2012), Harry Stylianou (2013) and Ellen Zamechansky (2013).

Federal, state and county representation

Dumont is in the 5th Congressional district and is part of New Jersey's 39th state legislative district. The legislative district was kept unchanged by the New Jersey Apportionment Commission
New Jersey Apportionment Commission
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 based on the results of the 2010 Census.




Politics

As of Election Day, November 4, 2008, there were 9,927 registered voters. Of registered voters, 2,984 (30.1% of all registered voters) were registered as Democrats
Democratic Party (United States)
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, 1,782 (18.0%) were registered as Republicans
Republican Party (United States)
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 and 5,156 (51.9%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were five voters registered to other parties.

In the 2008 presidential election
United States presidential election, 2008
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, Democrat Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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 received 52.3% of the vote here (4,240 ballots cast), ahead of Republican John McCain
John McCain
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, who received 46.6% of the vote 3,776 ballots), with 82.1% of registered voters participating. In the 2004 presidential election
United States presidential election, 2004
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, Democrat John Kerry
John Kerry
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 received 49.7% of the vote in Dumont (4,122 cast), ahead of Republican George W. Bush
George W. Bush
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, who received around 49.2% (4,077 votes), with 8,286 ballots cast among the borough's 1,0345 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.1%. However, in the 2009 Gubernatorial Election
New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009
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, Republican Chris Christie received 48% of the vote, defeating Democrat Jon Corzine
Jon Corzine
Jon Stevens Corzine is the former CEO of Goldman Sachs and of MF Global, and a one time American politician, who served as the 54th Governor of New Jersey from 2006 to 2010. A Democrat, Corzine served five years of a six-year U.S. Senate term representing New Jersey before being elected Governor...

, who received around 45%.

Emergency services

The Dumont Police Department operates out of the Boro Hall and protect and serves the community around the clock. The police department also includes volunteer reserve officers. The department's Chief of Police is Brian A. Venezio.

The fire department is manned by approximately 80 volunteer firefighters located at four different fire houses throughout the borough. The DFD is equipped with eight pieces of apparatus (four engines, one ladder, one rescue, one squad, and a utility truck)
  • Squad Co. 1/ Engine Co. 1 which is located on Madison Avenue
  • Truck Co. 2/ Squad Co. 2 which is located on Prospect Avenue
  • Engine Co. 3/ Rescue Co. 3 which is located on Rucereto Avenue
  • Independent Hose Co. (Engine 4 / Engine 5) which is located on Veterans Plaza

The Dumont Fire Department responds to about 400 calls per year, including mutual aid
Mutual aid (emergency services)
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 to towns such as Tenafly, Bergenfield, Cresskill, New Milford, Oradell, River Edge and Haworth when needed.

The Dumont Volunteer Ambulance Corps is located on Brook Street and renders aid with two ambulances Units 28 & 29, as well as a support vehicle (Ford Explorer) Unit 281. DVAC responds to roughly 1,400 requests for aid per year.

Education

The Dumont Public Schools
Dumont Public Schools
The Dumont Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Dumont, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States....

 serve students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics
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) are
Grant School (K-5) with 421 students,
Honiss School (K-8) with 711 students,
Lincoln School (K-5) with 216 students,
Selzer School (K-8) with 537 students) and
Dumont High School
Dumont High School
Dumont High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Dumont, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Dumont Public Schools....

 with 919 students.

Newbury Academy
Newbury Academy
Newbury Academy is a virtual school, an alternative private high school serving students in grades 9-12, still based in the area of Dumont, New Jersey, but now also serving the Brick Township, New Jersey area...

 is a private alternative high school for students in grades 9-12 that was founded in Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, and a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 39,776, making it the second-most populous among the 70 municipalities in Bergen County....

 in 2001 and moved to Dumont in 2003. As of September 2008, Newbury Academy has become a virtual school
Virtual school
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 with all classes being conducted online, with teachers making weekly visits to students' homes.

Recreation and sports

Dumont has two major parks in the town. Memorial Park is located on the east side of town. It is made up of five ball parks, one tennis court, a basketball court, and a pavilion. The park is used throughout the year mostly for Little League and Dumont High School Baseball. During the summer Memorial Park is used for the Dumont Summer Recreation Program. The other park in Dumont is Twin Boro Field, located on the opposite side of town. Twin Boro is a huge field which is used for recreational football and soccer. There is also a softball field that is used for the Dumont Men's Softball League. Right next to Twin Boro is Gina's Field which consists of two girls softball fields and a playground. To the right of Twin Boro Field is the Dumont Swim Club. The Swim Club's parking lot doubles as a roller hockey rink for Dumont's Hockey League. Memorial Park and Twin Boro Fields are two of the largest parks in Dumont.

Dumont recreational sports consist of Dumont Little League, Dumont Girls Softball, Dumont Football, Dumont Soccer, Dumont Basketball, Dumont Roller Hockey, Dumont Swim Team.

Transportation

The New Jersey Transit
New Jersey Transit
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 166 and 167 bus route provides service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal
Port Authority Bus Terminal
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 in Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
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; the 186 serves the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
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; and local service is available on the 753 and 772 routes.

Main roads in Dumont include Madison Avenue and Washington Avenue.

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Dumont include:
  • Harvey A. Allen
    Harvey A. Allen
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     (1818?-1882), United States Army
    United States Army
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     officer, Commander of the Department of Alaska 1871-1873.
  • Tomm Bauer
    Tomm Bauer
    Tomm Bauer is an American actor who is probably best known for his role as Danny Morgan in The Adventures of Young Van Helsing.He got his first acting gig right out of high school on the feature film The Royal Tenenbaums, he has since appeared in such productions as CSI: Miami & Days of our Lives...

     (born 1982), actor who has appeared on CSI: Miami
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    and Days of Our Lives
    Days of our Lives
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    .
  • Olivia Goldsmith
    Olivia Goldsmith
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     (born Randy Goldfield, 1949–2004), author of the novel The First Wives Club
  • Michale Graves
    Michale Graves
    Michael Emanuel , better known by his stage name Michale Graves, is an American singer and songwriter, singing for the late 1990s re-incarnation of The Misfits from 1995 to 1998 and again from late 1998 until late 2000. Graves grew up in Dumont, New Jersey...

     (born 1975), former singer of The Misfits
  • John "Beatz" Holohan (born 1974), drummer for the band Bayside
    Bayside (band)
    Bayside is an American punk rock band from Queens which formed in the winter of 2000. The band has released five full length albums since signing to Victory Records...

    .
  • Tim Jeffs
    Tim Jeffs
    Tim Jeffs is an artist, musician, and Art Director. He was born in Rockville, Maryland. He currently lives in Dumont, New Jersey with his wife Jane Jeffs, daughter Jenna and, son Harrison....

     (born 1965), former guitar player of the band White Zombie
    White Zombie
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    .
  • Richard Kuklinski
    Richard Kuklinski
    Richard Leonard "The Iceman" Kuklinski was an American contract killer. The 6'5" , 300 pound Kuklinski worked for Newark's DeCavalcante crime family and New York City's Five Families. He claimed to have murdered over 250 men between 1948 and 1986...

     (1935–2006), mafia contract killer who claimed to have killed between 33 and 200 people.
  • Sean Lissemore
    Sean Lissemore
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     (born 1987), defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
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    .
  • Bob Papa
    Bob Papa
    Bob Papa is an American sportscaster. Papa is employed by NFL Network, HBO, and the New York Giants.-Biography:Papa grew up in Dumont, New Jersey and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School in nearby Oradell...

     (born 1964), play-by-play voice for the New York Giants
    New York Giants
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    .
  • Bob Price (born 1955), former head coach of the Montreal Alouettes
    Montreal Alouettes
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    , now tight end
    Tight end
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     coach and recruiting coordinator for the Virginia Cavaliers
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    .
  • Geoff Rickly
    Geoff Rickly
    Geoffrey William Rickly Geoffrey William Rickly Geoffrey William Rickly (born March 8, 1979 is the lead singer and songwriter of Thursday, an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. They have released six studio albums. Rickly grew up in Dumont, New Jersey...

     (born 1979), lead singer of the band Thursday
    Thursday (band)
    Thursday were an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. Formed in 1997, the group has released six full-length albums, their most recent being No Devolución, which was released in April 2011 on Epitaph Records...

    .

Sources

  • "History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630-1923;" by "Westervelt, Frances A. (Frances Augusta), 1858-1942."
  • "Municipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey (according to Counties)" prepared by the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury (New Jersey); December 1, 1958.

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