Saddle Brook, New Jersey
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Saddle Brook is a township
Township (New Jersey)
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 in Bergen County
Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is the most populous county of the state of New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 905,116. The county is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Hackensack...

, New Jersey
New Jersey
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, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 13,659.

Saddle Brook adopted its current name on November 8, 1955, replacing Saddle River Township. Saddle River Township was created on March 20, 1716, and consisted of all of the territory in Bergen County west of the Saddle River. This makes it one of the oldest municipalities in Bergen County.

Geography

Saddle Brook is located at 40.904131°N 74.094742°W (40.904131, -74.094742).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of 2.73 square miles (7.1 km²), of which 2.72 square miles (7 km²) is land and 0.01 square mile (0.0258998811 km²) (0.37%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 13,155 people, 5,062 households, and 3,578 families residing in the township. The population density
Population density
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 was 4,830.8 people per square mile (1,867.3/km2). There were 5,161 housing units at an average density of 1,895.2 per square mile (732.6/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 90.73% White, 1.39% Black, 0.04% Native American, 4.74% (U.S. Census), 1.70% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 1.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.27% of the population.

Among those resident who reported their ancestry in the 2000 Census, the most common were Italian
Italian American
An Italian American , is an American of Italian ancestry. The designation may also refer to someone possessing Italian and American dual citizenship...

 (35.7%), Polish
Polish American
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 (13.1%), Irish
Irish American
Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,278,332 Americans—estimated at 11.9% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau...

 (15.7%) and German
German American
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 (11.0%). The number of residents who reported being of Italian ancestry in the 2000 Census (adjusted for the number of multiple ancestries reported) was 29.8%, the 15th highest of any municipality in New Jersey.

There were 5,062 households out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.6% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the township the population was spread out with 20.2% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $63,545, and the median income for a family was $73,205. Males had a median income of $49,834 versus $34,542 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the township was $27,561. About 1.4% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

Local government

Saddle Brook operates under the Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
The Faulkner Act, or Optional Municipal Charter Law, provides for New Jersey municipalities to adopt a Mayor-Council government.This form of government provides for election of a mayor and five, seven, or nine council members...

 system of municipal government, and is governed by a Mayor and a five-member Township Council. Members of the Township Council are elected at-large in partisan elections to four-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with two or three seats up for election in even years.

, the Mayor
Mayor
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 of Saddle Brook is Karen Chamberlain (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...

), Members of the Township Council are Council President Andrew Cimiluca (R), Richard Conte (R), Anthony Halko (R), Florence Mazzer (D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

) and Joseph Setticase (D).

Federal, state and county representation

Saddle Brook is in the Ninth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 38th state legislative district. The legislative district was kept unchanged 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.




Politics

As of Election Day, November 4, 2008, there were 7,879 registered voters. Of registered voters, 2,350 (29.8% of all registered voters) were registered as Democrats
Democratic Party (United States)
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, 1,637 (20.8%) were registered as Republicans
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...

 and 3,892 (49.4%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties.

In the 2008 presidential election
United States presidential election, 2008
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, Republican John McCain
John McCain
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] received 52.0% of the vote here (3,344 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat arack Obama], who received 46.9% of the vote (3,015 ballots), with 82.1% of registered voters participating. In the 2004 presidential election
United States presidential election, 2004
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, Republican George W. Bush
George W. Bush
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 received 52.7% of the vote in Saddle Brook (3,467 cast), ahead of Democrat John Kerry
John Kerry
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, who received around 46.0% (3,025 votes), with 6,576 ballots cast among the borough's 8,369 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.6%.

Transportation

Saddle Brook is intersected by the Garden State Parkway
Garden State Parkway
The Garden State Parkway is a 172.4-mile limited-access toll parkway that stretches the length of New Jersey from the New York line at Montvale, New Jersey, to Cape May at New Jersey's southernmost tip. Its name refers to New Jersey's nickname, the "Garden State." Most New Jersey residents refer...

 (Exit 159), Interstate 80
Interstate 80 in New Jersey
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 (Exit 62), and U.S. Route 46
U.S. Route 46
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. In addition, Route 4 and Route 17 are within a quarter mile of its border. Two toll gates are located in the township, with one toll gate on the northbound lanes of the parkway (just north of Exit 159), and the other toll gate used at the interchange for Exit 159.

New Jersey Transit
New Jersey Transit
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's Plauderville
Plauderville (NJT station)
Plauderville Station is a New Jersey Transit train station served by Bergen County Line trains. The station is in Garfield, New Jersey, USA, located along Midland Avenue at Plauderville Avenue...

 rail station on the Bergen County Line
Bergen County Line
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 in the township's southwest corner, located at the intersection of Plauderville Avenue and Midland Avenue.

New Jersey Transit
New Jersey Transit
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 bus service is offered to the Port Authority Bus Terminal
Port Authority Bus Terminal
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 in Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
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 on the 144, 145, 148, 160, 161 and 164 routes; and to other New Jersey communities served on the 707, 712 and 758 routes.

Saddle Brook television station

From 1999 to January 1, 2009, Saddle Brook had a Public-access television
Public-access television
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 cable TV station with news bulletins (channel 77 on Cablevision and channels 38 and 39 on Verizon FiOS
Verizon FiOS
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). This station was called SBC-TV. This public-access television channel was created in 1999 after Hurricane Floyd
Hurricane Floyd
Hurricane Floyd was the sixth named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. Floyd triggered the third largest evacuation in US history when 2.6 million coastal residents of five states were ordered from their homes as it approached...

 hit Saddle Brook in September 1999 so the town would have a way of receiving alerts. This station was shut down because of this station was not included in the budget for 2009. The station was once again placed on the air in 2011 with an all-volunteer staff. The station currently airs Township Council meetings and provides information of Township services, events and activities via a scrolling message board.

Education

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

 serves 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 three K-6 elementary schools —
Franklin (240 students),
Long Memorial (321 students) and
Helen I. Smith (346 students) —
Washington School, which houses a number of the district's early intervention special education programs (27 students) and
Saddle Brook High/Middle School, a grade 7-12 middle/high school (796 students).

Notable residents

Noted current and former residents of Saddle Brook include:
  • Gary Brolsma
    Gary Brolsma
    Gary William Brolsma , also known as simply The Numa Numa Guy, is an American singer who gained worldwide attention after posting onto the Internet, near the end of 2004, a webcam video of himself miming to the song "Dragostea din tei" by Moldovan pop band O-Zone...

     (born 1986), Internet sensation and creator of the original Numa Numa
    Numa Numa
    Numa Numa is an Internet phenomenon based on amateur videos, most notably Numa Numa Song by Gary Brolsma, made for the song "Dragostea din tei" as performed by O-Zone. Brolsma's video, released in December 2004 on the website Newgrounds.com, was the first Numa Numa–themed video to gain widespread...

     Dance.
  • Matthew Hendrickson, professional wrestler known as "Mr. Irresistible", radio broadcaster and on-air broadcaster for Trenton Thunder
    Trenton Thunder
    The Trenton Thunder are an American Minor League Baseball team and are the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. The Thunder play in the Eastern Division of the Eastern League, and are the two-time defending league champions...

     baseball.
  • Kim Jones, broadcaster for the New York Yankees on the YES Network.
  • Howard Schuman, member of the Track and Field Hall of Fame.

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