River Edge, New Jersey
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River Edge is a 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....

 in Bergen County
Bergen County, New Jersey
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, New Jersey
New Jersey
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, United States
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. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 11,340.

The community was incorporated as the borough of Riverside by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature
New Jersey Legislature
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 on June 30, 1894, from portions of Midland 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 December 1, 1930, the borough's name was changed to River Edge.

Geography

River Edge lies on the western bank of the Hackensack River
Hackensack River
The Hackensack River is a river, approximately 45 miles long, in the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, emptying into Newark Bay, a back chamber of New York Harbor. The watershed of the river includes part of the suburban area outside New York City just west of the lower Hudson River,...

 and is located at 40.927579°N 74.037394°W (40.927579, -74.037394). It is bordered by Paramus
Paramus, New Jersey
Paramus is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 26,342. A suburb of New York City, Paramus is located between 15–20 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan and approximately west of Upper Manhattan.Paramus is one of...

, Oradell
Oradell, New Jersey
Oradell is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,978. The borough's territory includes a dam on the Hackensack River that forms the Oradell Reservoir...

, New Milford
New Milford, New Jersey
New Milford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 16,341.New Milford was incorporated as a borough on March 11, 1922, from what remained of Palisades Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 18,...

, and Hackensack
Hackensack, New Jersey
Hackensack is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen County. Although informally called Hackensack, it was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 43,010....

. A suburb of New York City
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, River Edge is located approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Upper Manhattan
Upper Manhattan
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.

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the borough has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km²), of which 0.02 square mile (0.0517997622 km²), or 1.05%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 10,946 people, 4,165 households, and 3,102 families residing in the borough. The population density
Population density
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 was 5,804.5 people per square mile (2,236.1/km2). There were 4,210 housing units at an average density of 2,232.5 per square mile (860.0/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 84.12% White, 1.06% African American, 0.08% Native American, 12.60% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.81% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 1.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.31% of the population.

There were 4,165 households out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families. 22.7% 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 2.62 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the borough the population was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $71,792, and the median income for a family was $80,422. Males had a median income of $62,044 versus $41,085 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the borough was $33,188. About 2.5% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 2.6% of those age 65 or over.

Local government

River Edge 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 and only votes to break a tie. 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 River Edge is Margaret Falahee Watkins (R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, whose term of office ends December 31, 2011). The members of the River Edge Borough Council are Council President Paul Cordts (R, 2012), Alphonse Bartelloni (R, 2013), John Cannon (D, 2011), Sandy Moscaritolo (D, 2011), Edward Mignone (R, 2013), Johnny Porco (R, 2012).

Federal, state and county representation

River Edge is in the 5th Congressional district and is part of New Jersey's 39th state legislative district. The city was relocated to the 38th state legislative district by the New Jersey Apportionment Commission
New Jersey Apportionment Commission
The New Jersey Apportionment Commission is a constitutionally-created ten-member commission responsible for apportioning the forty districts of the New Jersey Legislature. The commission is convened after each decennial U.S. Census, and the districts are to be in use for the legislative elections...

 based on the results of the 2010 Census. The new district is in effect for the June 2011 primary and the November 2011 general election, with the state senator and assembly members elected taking office in the new district as of January 2012.




Politics

As of Election Day, November 4, 2008, there were 6,497 registered voters. Of registered voters, of which 1,947 (30.0% of all registered voters) were registered as Democrats
Democratic Party (United States)
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, 1,334 (20.5%) were registered as Republicans
Republican Party (United States)
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 and 3,216 (49.5%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties.

In the 2008 presidential election
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...

, Democrat Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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 received 52.2% of the vote here (2,706 ballots cast), ahead of Republican John McCain
John McCain
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, who received 46.7% of the vote (2,422 ballots), with 80.0% of registered voters participating. In the 2004 presidential election
United States presidential election, 2004
The United States presidential election of 2004 was the United States' 55th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior U.S. Senator...

, Democrat John Kerry
John Kerry
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 received 49.8% of the vote in Northvale (2,821 cast), ahead of Republican George W. Bush
George W. Bush
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, who received around 49.3% (2,790 votes), with 5,661 ballots cast among the borough's 6,988 registered voters, for a turnout of 81.0%.

Education

River Edge has two primary schools as part of the River Edge Elementary School District
River Edge Elementary School District
The River Edge Elementary School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade from River Edge, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States....

, both of which served students in Kindergarten through 6th grade until a Kindergarten facility annexed onto Cherry Hill, the New Bridge Center, was opened in 2007 and the elementary schools became 1-6 schools. River Edge has two primary schools as part of the district, both of which serve students in 1st through 6th 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:
New Bridge Center (PreK - K),
Cherry Hill School (grades 1-6; 791 students) and
Roosevelt School (1-6; 514 students).

River Edge shares public secondary schooling with Oradell
Oradell, New Jersey
Oradell is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,978. The borough's territory includes a dam on the Hackensack River that forms the Oradell Reservoir...

. Together, they make up the River Dell Regional School District
River Dell Regional School District
The River Dell Regional School District is a regional school district serving students in grades 7 - 12 from the Bergen County, New Jersey communities of Oradell and River Edge ....

. Students in grades 7 and 8 attend River Dell Regional Middle School at the Oradell border in River Edge. Students in grades 9 - 12 attend River Dell Regional High School
River Dell Regional High School
River Dell High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school, part of the River Dell Regional School District, which is shared with the neighboring communities of Oradell and River Edge in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States...

 a block away in Oradell.

There is also a Catholic school in River Edge, St. Peter Academy, which is a K-8 school taht operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
The Archdiocese of Newark is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern New Jersey, United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of the Catholic parishes and schools in the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Union, Hudson and Essex .-History:Originally established as the Diocese of...

. The Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, which served 935 students in nursery through eighth grade as of 2006, was founded as the Yeshiva of Hudson County, and was re-established in Bergen County in 1979 .

Transportation

River Edge has two separate stations on New Jersey Transit
New Jersey Transit
The New Jersey Transit Corporation is a statewide public transportation system serving the United States state of New Jersey, and New York, Orange, and Rockland counties in New York State...

's Pascack Valley Line
Pascack Valley Line
The Pascack Valley Line is a commuter rail line operated by the Hoboken Division of New Jersey Transit. The line runs north from Hoboken, New Jersey through Bergen County and into Rockland County, New York, terminating at Spring Valley. Service within New York is operated under contract with...

. The two stations are River Edge
River Edge (NJT station)
River Edge Station is a New Jersey Transit rail station on the Pascack Valley Line. The station is one of two rail stations in River Edge, New Jersey and is located at River Edge Road and Park Avenue, one block east of Kinderkamack Road and three blocks west of River Road. The original station...

 (at River Edge Road on the north end of town) and New Bridge Landing (at Grand Street on the south end of town).

This line runs north-south to Hoboken Terminal
Hoboken Terminal
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 with connections to the PATH
Port Authority Trans-Hudson
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 train from the Hoboken PATH station and New Jersey Transit service to New York Penn Station
Pennsylvania Station (New York City)
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 via the Secaucus Junction
Secaucus Junction
The Frank R. Lautenberg Secaucus Junction Station is a major commuter rail hub in Secaucus, New Jersey...

 transfer station. Connections are also available at the Hoboken Terminal
Hoboken Terminal
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 to NY Waterway
NY Waterway
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 ferry service to the World Financial Center
World Financial Center
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 and other destinations.

New Jersey Transit also offers bus service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal
Port Authority Bus Terminal
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 in Midtown Manhattan on the 165 route and local service on the 756 and 762 routes. The 11T/11AT route of Rockland Coaches also serves the Port Authority Bus Terminal, as well as providing service to Rockland County, New York
Rockland County, New York
Rockland County is a suburban county 15 miles to the northwest of Manhattan and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the southernmost county in New York west of the Hudson River, and the smallest county in New York outside of New York City. The...

.

Route 4 and County Route 503
County Route 503 (New Jersey)
County Route 503 is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends 17.95 miles from Paterson Plank Road in Carlstadt to the New York state line at the Montvale NJ/Pearl River NY border, where it continues as New York State Route 304...

 (Kinderkamack Road) pass through River Edge.

Points of interest

  • New Bridge Landing
    New Bridge Landing
    New Bridge was a prosperous mill hamlet, centered upon a bridge strategically placed at the narrows of the Hackensack River. In the American Revolution New Bridge Landing was the site of a pivotal bridge crossing the Hackensack River, where General George Washington led his troops in retreat from...

    • Campbell-Christie House
      Campbell-Christie House
      The Campbell-Christie House is a historic home that has been relocated to New Bridge Landing in River Edge, New Jersey.-History:Jacob Campbell, a stonemason, constructed a store southeast of the intersection of River Road and the highway leading from Old Bridge to South Church, now Henley Avenue,...

       is a historic home constructed in April 1774 in what was then Hackensack Township
      Hackensack Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical)
      Hackensack Township was a township that was formed in 1693 within Bergen County, New Jersey. The township was created by the New Jersey Legislature as one of the first group of townships in New Jersey...

       on the east side of the Hackensack River
      Hackensack River
      The Hackensack River is a river, approximately 45 miles long, in the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, emptying into Newark Bay, a back chamber of New York Harbor. The watershed of the river includes part of the suburban area outside New York City just west of the lower Hudson River,...

       that was moved in its entirety in 1977 from New Milford
      New Milford, New Jersey
      New Milford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 16,341.New Milford was incorporated as a borough on March 11, 1922, from what remained of Palisades Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 18,...

    • Steuben House
      Steuben House
      The Steuben House is a noted example of Bergen Dutch sandstone architecture, located at New Bridge Landing on the Hackensack River in River Edge, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.-History:...

       was used by George Washington as his headquarters in September 1780.

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of River Edge include:
  • Charley Casserly
    Charley Casserly
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     (born c. 1948), former General Manager
    General manager
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     of the Washington Redskins
    Washington Redskins
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    .
  • J. Walter Christie
    J. Walter Christie
    John Walter Christie was an American engineer and inventor. He is best known for developing the Christie suspension system used in a number of World War II-era tank designs, most notably the Soviet BT and T-34 series, and the British Covenanter and Crusader Cruiser tanks, as well as the Comet...

     (1865–1944), tank
    Tank
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     pioneer.
  • Paul J. Fishman
    Paul J. Fishman
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     (born 1957), United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
    United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
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    .
  • Freddie Hoffman
    Freddie Hoffman
    Freddie Hoffman a native of River Edge, New Jersey, has ridden his bicycle to the moon and back. More accurately, he has ridden the equivalent of more than two round-trips to the moon and hasn't stopped. He is known among bicyclists as "Million-Mile Freddie." To date he has bicycled more than 1.4...

     (born c. 1959), bicyclist who has ridden more than one million miles on his bicycle.
  • Harry and Patricia Kislevitz
    Colorforms
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    , creators of the Colorforms vinyl adhesive toy.
  • Lucile Lawrence
    Lucile Lawrence
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     (1907–2004), harpist.
  • Mickey Mantle
    Mickey Mantle
    Mickey Charles Mantle was an American professional baseball player. Mantle is regarded by many to be the greatest switch hitter of all time, and one of the greatest players in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.Mantle was noted for his hitting...

     (1931–95), former baseball player for the New York Yankees
    New York Yankees
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    , member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • Lee Meredith
    Lee Meredith
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     (born 1947), actress who played the role of Ulla in the 1968 screen version of The Producers
    The Producers (1968 film)
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    .
  • Billy Paultz
    Billy Paultz
    William Edward "Bill" Paultz is a retired American professional basketball player.Paultz played college basketball at Saint John's University and was selected in the seventh round of the 1970 NBA Draft by the San Diego Rockets and by the Virginia Squires in the 1970 ABA Draft. Paultz opted to...

     (born 1948), former ABA
    American Basketball Association
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     and NBA basketball player, nicknamed "The Whopper."

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