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Local Resources in Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood is a city located in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 26,203. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.9 mi².
Englewood official website
Englewood Public Library website
History
Englewood, like the rest of New Jersey, was originally populated by Lenni-Lenape Native Americans prior to European colonization. The Lenape who lived in the Englewood region were of the "turtle clan" which used a stylized turtle as its symbol, but little else is known of the original inhabitants.
When Henry Hudson sailed up what would become known as the Hudson River in 1607, he claimed the entirety of the watershed of the river, including Englewood, for the Netherlands, making the future region of Englewood a part of New Netherland. However, the region remained largely unsettled under Dutch rule as the Dutch did little to encourage settlement north of modern Hudson County, as the imposing New Jersey Palisades blocked expansion on the west bank of the Hudson.
In 1664, after the Dutch surrendered all of New Netherland to England, the rate of settlement picked up. The English were generous with land grants, and many families, not only English but also Dutch and Huguenot, settled the area. Street names in Englewood still show signs of the relative diversity of its earliest settlers; Brinckerhoff, Van Brunt, Lydecker, Van Nostrand and Durie (Duryea), all Dutch, Demarest (de Marais), DeMott and Lozier (Le Sueur), French Huguenot, and Moore, Lawrence, Cole and Day, English.
* The telephone industry made a United States "first" in Englewood with the introduction of what is known now as Direct distance dialing (DDD). Starting on November 10, 1951, customers of the ENglewood 3, ENglewood 4 and TEaneck 7 exchanges (who could already dial New York City and area) were able to dial 11 cities across the United States, simply by dialing the three-digit area code and the seven digit number (or the three-digit area code and the local number of two letters and five digits).
* Vince Lombardi began his coaching career at St. Cecelia High School two years after his graduation from Fordham University, and the NFL championship trophy is named in his honor.
Parks and Recreation
Babe Ruth Field (Tryon Avenue), Cambridge Avenue Park (Cambridge Ave. & Knickerbocker), Crystal Lake (Sheffield Avenue), Denning Park (Lafayette Place & Forest Avenue), Depot Square Park (Demarest Avenue), Durie Park, Garrity Field, Glenbrook Park, Hudson Avenue Park, Morris Park, Trumbull Park, Tryon Ave. Pool, Winton White Stadium, and Mackay Park.
Little League (for children ages 8 to 12) is run by parent volunteers & sponsored by local businesses.
Utilities and Services
Water: United Water Company, website
Gas & Electric: P.S.E. & G. website
Health: Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, 350 Engle St., Englewood, NJ 07631 201-894-3000, website
Sanitation: Trash collected three times a week by the city. The Recycling Program is headquartered at 175 South Van Brunt Street: 658-3401. No collection during weeks with holidays. The city picks up newspapers, glass, plastic bottles, aluminum and tin cans at curbside once weekly in each of the 4 wards.
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