Englewood

History

Englewood Township, the city's predecessor, is believed to have been named in 1859 for the Engle family. The community had been called the "English Neighborhood", as the first primarily English-speaking settlement on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River after New Netherland was annexed by England in 1664, though other sources mention the Engle family and the heavily forested areas of the community as the derivation of the name. or that the name was coined anew. Numerous other settlements in the United States were named for Englewood as settlement in North America expanded westward. J. Wyman Jones is credited with convincing residents to choose Englewood for the city's name when it was incorporated over such alternatives as "Brayton" and "Paliscena". Englewood, like the rest of New Jersey, was populated by 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. 2,000 Lenape originally lived in Englewood, but due to conflicts with the Europeans their population dwindled down to 50 by 1832. 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. Direct distance dialing, which allowed callers to reach other users outside their local calling area without operator assistance, was introduced to the public in Englewood. On November 10, 1951,…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 4.95 square miles (12.82 km2), including 4.93 square miles (12.76 km2) of land and 0.02 square miles (0.06 km2) of water (0.46%). The city borders the Bergen County municipalities of Bergenfield, Englewood Cliffs, Fort Lee, Leonia, Teaneck and Tenafly.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  142,600
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  142,107
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  122,202
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  120,590
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  117,016
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  116,862
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  101,589
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  100,452

Largest nearby schools

• Ridgewood High School
  High · RIDGEWOOD · 1,746 students · 12.7:1 ratio
• Hackensack High School
  High · HACKENSACK · 1,745 students · 12.7:1 ratio
• Fair Lawn High School
  High · FAIR LAWN · 1,624 students · 13.6:1 ratio
• Hackensack Middle School
  Middle · Hackensack · 1,363 students · 10.8:1 ratio
• Teaneck High School
  High · TEANECK · 1,271 students · 11.8:1 ratio
• Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School
  Other · GARFIELD · 1,253 students · 15.3:1 ratio
• Cliffside Park High School
  High · CLIFFSIDE PARK · 1,240 students · 13.1:1 ratio
• Bergenfield High School
  High · BERGENFIELD · 1,224 students · 11.5:1 ratio

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