Place:East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States

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NameEast Orange
Alt namesDoddtownsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS34001933
TypeCity
Coordinates40.766°N 74.212°W
Located inEssex, New Jersey, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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East Orange is a city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the city's population 64,270[1][2][3] reflecting a decline of 5,554 (-8.0%) from the 69,824 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 3,728 (-5.1%) from the 73,552 counted in the 1990 Census. The city was the state's 20th most-populous municipality in 2010, after having been the state's 14th most-populous municipality in 2000.

East Orange was originally incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 4, 1863, from portions of Orange town, and was reincorporated as a city on December 9, 1899, based on the results of a referendum held two days earlier.

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