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Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
—  Borough  —
Map of Pompton Lakes in Passaic County. Inset: Location of Passaic County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
Coordinates: 41°00′11″N 74°17′08″W / 41.00306°N 74.28556°W / 41.00306; -74.28556Coordinates: 41°00′11″N 74°17′08″W / 41.00306°N 74.28556°W / 41.00306; -74.28556
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Passaic
Founded 1682[1]
Incorporated February 26, 1895
Government [2]
 - Type Borough (New Jersey)
 - Mayor Kathleen M. Cole (2011)
Area
 - Total 3.2 sq mi (8.2 km2)
 - Land 3.0 sq mi (7.7 km2)
 - Water 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)
Elevation [3] 213 ft (65 m)
Population (2008)[4]
 - Total 11,031
 - Density 3,585.7/sq mi (1,384.5/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 07442
Area code(s) 973
FIPS code 34-60090[5][6]
GNIS feature ID 0885359[7]
Website http://www.pomptonlakesgov.com

Pompton Lakes is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 10,640.

Pompton Lakes was formed as a borough on February 26, 1895, from portions of Pompton Township, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier.[8] Pompton Lakes was the first borough to be formed in Passaic County, as the "borough fever" that had struck elsewhere hit the county. The newly-formed borough did not acquire territory from more than one township, which would have entitled Pompton Lakes to a seat on the Board of Chosen Freeholders.[9]

Three rivers, the Ramapo, Pequannock and Wanaque, run through the Borough, providing many relaxing year-round activities for Pompton residents.

Contents

Geography

Pompton Lakes is located at 41°00′02″N 74°17′10″W / 41.000447°N 74.286221°W / 41.000447; -74.286221 (41.000447, -74.286221).[10]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.2 km2), of which, 3.0 square miles (7.7 km2) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km2) of it (6.01%) is water.

Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop.  %±
1930 3,104
—
1940 3,189 2.7%
1950 4,654 45.9%
1960 9,445 102.9%
1970 11,397 20.7%
1980 10,660 −6.5%
1990 10,539 −1.1%
2000 10,640 1.0%
Est. 2008 11,031 [4] 3.7%
Population 1930 - 1990.[11]

As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 10,640 people, 3,949 households, and 2,803 families residing in the borough. The population density was 3,585.7 people per square mile (1,383.2/km2). There were 4,024 housing units at an average density of 1,356.1/sq mi (523.1/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 93.01% White, 1.21% African American, 0.19% Native American, 3.03% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.57% from other races, and 0.99% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.74% of the population.

There were 3,949 households out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 23.8% 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 2.69 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the borough the population was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $65,648, and the median income for a family was $74,701. Males had a median income of $46,776 versus $38,221 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $26,802. About 1.6% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

Law and government

Local government

Pompton Lakes is governed under the Borough 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. 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.[2]

As of 2009, the Mayor of Pompton Lakes Borough is Kathleen M. Cole, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2011.[12] Members of the Pompton Lakes Borough Council are Council President Richard Steele (2011), Lloyd Kent (2011), Ellis L. Marples (2010), Edward J. Meakem (2009), Lisa Rigogiola (2009) and Michael Simone, Jr. (2010).[13]

Federal, state and county representation

Pompton Lakes is in the Eighth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 26th Legislative District.[14]

New Jersey's Eighth Congressional District, covering the southern portion of Passaic County and northern sections of Essex County, is represented by Bill Pascrell Jr. (D, Paterson). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).

For the 2010-2011 Legislative Session, the 26th District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Joseph Pennacchio (R, Pine Brook) and in the Assembly by Alex DeCroce (R, Morris Plains) and Jay Webber (R, Morris Plains).[15] The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham).[16] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).[17]

Passaic County is governed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders, who are elected to staggered three-year terms on an at-large basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year.[18] As of January 2010, Passaic County's Freeholders (and the year their term ends) are Freeholder Director Bruce James (2012, D-Clifton), Freeholder Deputy Director Pat Lepore (2011, D-Woodland Park), Deborah E. Ciambrone (2013, R-Wayne), Terry Duffy (2011, D-West Milford), Greyson P. Hannigan (2012, D-Paterson), Michael Marrotta (2013, R-Wayne), Edward O'Connell (2013, R-Wanaque).[19]

Highlands protection

In 2004, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act, which regulates the New Jersey Highlands region. Pompton Lakes was included in the highlands preservation area and is subject to the rules of the act and the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, a division of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.[20] None of the territory in the protected region is classified as being in the highlands preservation area, and so is not subject to the additional rules that would entail.[21]

Education

The Pompton Lakes School District serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2006-07 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[22]) are two elementary schools serving grades K-5 — Lenox School (369) and Lincoln School (360 students) — Lakeside Middle School (NJ) (394) for grades 6-8 and Pompton Lakes High School (670) for grades 9-12. The high school receives students from Riverdale (in Morris County) as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[23]

St. Mary's School is a catholic school for pre-K through 8th grade students.

Media

The AM radio station WGHT (formerly WKER) is located in Pompton Lakes and is a daytime only station. WGHT, operating on 1500kHz, has become northern New Jersey's #1 oldies radio station since WCBS-FM switched over to Jack FM in June 2005. The transmitting tower for William Paterson University's - WP 88.7 FM is also located here.

The Pompton Lakes High School has recently started a Sound and Media club that has a Pompton Lakes Informational Channel, or PLTV77. The station airs on Cablevision channel 77 and 76.

Films/Movies

The comedy In & Out was partially filmed at the Pompton Lakes High School.[24]

Parks

The Ramapo Mountain State Forest is in the northernmost part of Pompton Lakes. There are also eight municipal parks: Hershfield Park, Stiles Park, Gallo-Pacifico Park, Lakeside Park and the Boat House, Veterans Memorial Park, Federal Square, Willow Park, and John Murrin Park.

Sports

Pompton Lakes and Riverdale share their sports teams. PLRLL (Pompton Lakes-Riverdale Little League) manages the baseball teams, while PLRYO (Pompton Lakes-Riverdale Youth Organization) manages football & cheerleading. (PLRSA Pompton Lakes Riverdale Soccer Association) managers the soccer teams. The Board of Education manages all of the high school sports plus the Lakeside and Hershfield Park Fields, excluding the Baseball fields, Tennis courts, and skatepark. Lakeside Field is used for high school Girls soccer. Carlough Field is used for the Jr. Cardinals football team. The Hershfield Park Fields are used for the Cardinals high school football team and high school track & field. They also consist of three baseball fields, four tennis courts, and a skatepark. Joe Grill Sports Complex, in the southwestern-most point in Pompton Lakes, consists of two baseball field, one large field that is used for baseball and soccer, a softball field, and two t-ball fields. Willow Fields, just south of Joe Grill, consists of a soccer field and a baseball field. Independence Park, which is the only field in Riverdale, consists of two baseball fields, Independence and Freedom Field. There is also a soccer field near the Dupont site which is rarely used. Other venues used for athletic activities include Lincoln School, Lennox School, Lakeside School, and Pompton Lakes High School. Some of the sports held in these locations include basketball, wrestling, fencing, and others.

Transportation

Major roads through Pompton Lakes includes Interstate 287 and Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike.

New Jersey Transit provides bus service to New York City on the 193, 194 and 197 routes to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, to Newark on the 75 and local service on the 748 line.[25]

Commerce

The Pompton Lakes Towne Square, at the corner of Ringwood Avenue and Wanaque Avenue, is anchored by an A&P. The Towne Square was built on the former site of the Klugetown Strip Mall, which included a Ben Franklin / Acme food store, after it burned to the ground in a spectacular fire in 1997. The downtown core is located along Wanaque Avenue. The town also has a small industrial section located along Cannonball Road. The end of the road is home to the DuPont works site, which has been shut down, but it still owned by DuPont. Several lawsuits have emerged in the last decade with regards to water contamination and ground gas seapage due to decades of dumping on the DuPont site. Groundwater contamination was proven to cause brain damage in many youths in the early 2000s. A lawsuit granted settlements to many, varying in amount. Recently, it has been proven that gasses which are leaking into residential basemrents is causing cancer. All of these massive problems have caused property values to plumit.

There is an ongoing revitalization project in place for the downtown, as commerce has been generally unimpressive, with some of the older buildings needing extensive renovations. Many landlords are reporting 40%-60% vacancy rate. Although the town has advertised itelf on cable TV as a shopping destination, in reality, there is little more than a handfull of small botiques and consignment stores scattered between one busy bar (Thatcher Mc Gees), a loud teen concert club (The Mainstage), and a few pizzarias. The Municipal Utilities Authority Wanaque Avenue Water Main Replacement Project started on July 15, and consists of replacing the water main on Wanaque Avenue between the railroad tracks and Hamburg Turnpike. There is talk about more work to be done to the streetscapes but nothing has been done to date.

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Pompton Lakes include:

References

  1. ^ William D. Halsey, ed (1976). "Pompton Lakes". Collier's Encyclopedia. 19. Macmillan Educational Corporation. p. 236. 
  2. ^ a b 2005 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, April 2006, p. 121.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographical Names Information System: Borough of Pompton Lakes, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed January 4, 2008.
  4. ^ a b Census data for Pompton Lakes borough, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 9, 2009.
  5. ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  6. ^ A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed July 14, 2008.
  7. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  8. ^ "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 211.
  9. ^ "PASSAIC COUNTY'S FIRST BOROUGH; To be Called Pompton Lakes and to Have an Election Saturday.", The New York Times, January 14, 1895. Accessed July 14, 2008. "The borough fever has broken out in Passaic County, and a petition signed by the lawful number of residents will be presented to Judge Hopper in the Passaic Common Pleas to-morrow."
  10. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2005-05-03. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  11. ^ New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network. Accessed March 1, 2007.
  12. ^ Mayor's Office, Borough of Pompton Lakes. Accessed September 9, 2009.
  13. ^ Pompton Lakes Borough Council, Borough of Pompton Lakes. Accessed September 9, 2009.
  14. ^ 2008 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters, p. 63. Accessed September 30, 2009.
  15. ^ "Legislative Roster: 2010-2011 Session". New Jersey Legislature. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/roster.asp. Retrieved 2010-02-08. 
  16. ^ "About the Governor". New Jersey. http://www.nj.gov/governor/about/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  17. ^ "About the Lieutenant Governor". New Jersey. http://www.nj.gov/governor/lt/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  18. ^ The Role of The Freeholders, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed April 21, 2008
  19. ^ 2010 Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed February 3, 2010
  20. ^ "Assembly Committee Substitute for Assembly, No. 2635" (PDF). New Jersey Legislature. 2004-06-07. pp. 15-16. http://www.highlands.state.nj.us/njhighlands/actmaps/act/highlands_bill.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-08. 
  21. ^ "Highlands Municipalities". NJDEP. August 23, 2005. http://www.nj.gov/dep/highlands/municipalities.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-08. 
  22. ^ Data for the Pompton Lakes School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 9, 2009.
  23. ^ Pompton Lakes Information and Reference Calendar '07-'08, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. Accessed January 28, 2008. "Pompton Lakes High School initially received students from Oakland, Wayne and Midland Park. Currently, there is a receiving district relationship between Pompton Lakes and Riverdale students."
  24. ^ Randall, Laura. "BLACKBOARD: FUND-RAISING; They Want To Be in Movies", The New York Times, April 25, 2004. Accessed September 9, 2009.
  25. ^ Passaic County Bus/Rail Connections, New Jersey Transit. Accessed July 27, 2007.
  26. ^ Barry, Jan. "AUTHOR REVISITS SCENE OF NOVEL -- TELLS STUDENTS DREAMS CAN COME TRUE", The Record (Bergen County), December 12, 2000. Accessed August 14, 2007. "Cathy Bauer couldn't wait to graduate from Pompton Lakes High and get out into the world."
  27. ^ CECIL B. DeMILLE. Accessed July 27, 2007. "The world-renowned motion picture producer and director spent a good portion of his youth in Pompton Lakes."
  28. ^ Fox, Ron. "WHERE'S WHAT'S-HIS-NAME", The Record (Bergen County), May 1, 1993. Accessed August 13, 2008. "At Pompton Lakes High School, Charlie Getty was All-State in football and track, and a State bronze medalist in wrestling."
  29. ^ Wojcik, Michael. "Songs of Redemption: Former Pompton Lakes parishioner returns 'home' to perform with new music ministry, Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. Accessed October 29, 2007. "The holiday concert marked a homecoming of sorts for the 47-year-old Monarque, a local boy who made good in Tinsletown. Born and raised in Pompton Lakes, he considers himself a child of St. Mary's, where he sang in the parish choir, learned religious studies and attended retreats."

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