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Map highlighting Fair Lawn's location within Bergen County. Inset: Bergen County's location within New Jersey.

Fair Lawn is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 31,637. As of 2005, the Census Bureau estimates a population of 31,408.[1]

Fair Lawn was incorporated as a borough on March 6, 1924 as "Fairlawn," from portions of Saddle River Township. The name was taken from "Fairlawn," David Acker's built in 1865, that later became the Fair Lawn Municipal Building). In 1933, the official spelling of the borough's name was split into its present two-word form as "Fair Lawn" Borough.[2]

Radburn,one of the first planned communities in the United States, is an unincorporated new town located within Fair Lawn, and was founded in 1929 as "a town for the motor age."

Geography

Fair Lawn is located at 40°56′2″N 74°7′0″W / 40.93389°N 74.11667°W / 40.93389; -74.11667Invalid arguments have been passed to the {{#coordinates:}} function (40.933943, -74.116711)Template:GR.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 13.5 km² (5.2 mi²). 13.4 km² (5.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.96%) is water.

History

Fair Lawn had been known as Slooterdam in its earlier days, taken from a Dutch word used to describe a Native American weir used to trap fish on the Passaic River.[3] Fair Lawn was named after the Estate of David Acker which was named "Fair Lawn" and fronted onto what is now Fair Lawn Avenue. The home became the town municipal building and was later torn down when a senior citizen center was built where it stood.

Main Roads

Fair Lawn's principal artery is Broadway, going through its South Side. Broadway becomes Route 4 in Elmwood Park to the west and eventually Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. in Paterson. To the East, it becomes Route 4 going into Paramus.

Fair Lawn Avenue is considered the borough's main street, containing its Borough Hall, Police Station, Public Library, and Community School. The road goes west over the Passaic River into Paterson, and east into Paramus where it becomes Century Road.

Route 208 goes through the middle of the town from the northwest to the southeast, where it eventually merges with Broadway to become Route 4 not far from Paramus. Taken the other direction, Route 208 flows northwest to Interstate 287 in Oakland.

Saddle River Road goes through the eastern side of the town and into Saddle Brook, where it becomes a convenient link to both the Garden State Parkway and Interstate 80.

Fair Lawn uses a somewhat unique street address numbering system. Instead of an address being, for example, 55 Some Street, most Fair Lawn addresses are given hyphenated numbers, such as 10-13 Some Street. This numbering system is also used in Astoria and Woodside in Queens, New York City. Exceptions to this numbering system generally exist on the Glen Rock and Hawthorne sides of town. The first numbers (before the dash) correspond to block-distances from Broadway (on streets that run east-west) and to the numbered streets in town (example: 2nd Street, 17th Street, etc.) on the streets that run North-South; with the highest numbers being in the low 40's, and the lowest numbers being 0-30, etc.

Demographics

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 31,637 people, 11,806 households, and 8,901 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,362.7/km² (6,121.0/mi²). There were 12,006 housing units at an average density of 896.6/km² (2,322.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 91.54% White, 0.74% African American, 0.04% Native American, 4.92% Asian, 1.37% from other races, and 1.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.51% of the population. Fair Lawn also has a high Russian Jewish population.

There were 11,806 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.5% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the borough the population was spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $72,127, and the median income for a family was $81,220. Males had a median income of $56,798 versus $41,300 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $32,273. About 2.6% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

Fair Lawn operates under a Council-Manager (Plan E of the Faulkner Act) form of Government. All policy making power is concentrated in the council. The mayor is a member of council, and simply presides over its meetings with no separate policy making power. The manager, appointed by council and fully accountable to it, is the municipal chief executive and administrative official.

Members of the Borough Council are Mayor Marty Etler (term ends December 31, 2007), Jeanne Baratta (2009), Owen McCarthy (2007), Ed Trawinski (2009) and Steven Weinstein (2007).[4]

Federal, state and county representation

Fair Lawn is part of New Jersey's 38th Legislative District and is in the Ninth Congressional District.[5]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 9th congressional district was represented by Bill Pascrell (D, Paterson) until his death in August 2024.[6][7] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[8] and George Helmy (Mountain Lakes, term ends 2024).[9][10]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 38th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Joseph Lagana (D, Paramus) and in the General Assembly by Lisa Swain (D, Fair Lawn) and Chris Tully (D, Bergenfield).[11] Template:NJ Governor

Bergen County is governed by a directly elected County Executive, with legislative functions performed by a Board of County Commissioners composed of seven members who are elected at-large to three-year terms in partisan elections on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election each November; a Chairman and Vice Chairman are selected from among its seven members at a reorganization meeting held every January. As of 2024, the county executive is James J. Tedesco III (D, Paramus), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026.[12]

Bergen County's Commissioners are: Thomas J. Sullivan Jr. (D, Montvale, 2025),[13] Chair Germaine M. Ortiz (D, Emerson, 2025),[14] Joan Voss (D, Fort Lee, 2026),[15] Vice Chair Mary J. Amoroso (D, Mahwah, 2025),[16] Rafael Marte (D, Bergenfield, 2026),[17] Steven A. Tanelli (D, North Arlington, 2024)[18] and Tracy Silna Zur (D, Franklin Lakes, 2024).[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

Bergen County's constitutional officials are: Clerk John S. Hogan (D, Northvale, 2026),[27][28] Sheriff Anthony Cureton (D, Englewood, 2024)[29][30] and Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill, 2026).[31][32][22][33]

Politics

As of April 2, 2006, out of a 2004 Census estimated population of 31,613 in Fair Lawn, there were 19,673 registered voters (62.2% of the population, vs. 55.4% in all of Bergen County). Of registered voters, 5,206 (26.5% vs. 20.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 2,773 (14.1% vs. 19.2% countywide) were registered as Republicans and 11,685 (59.4% vs. 60.1% countywide) were registered as Undeclared. There were nine voters registered to other parties.[34].

On the national level, Fair Lawn voters lean toward the Democratic Party. In the , Democrat John Kerry received 54% of the vote here, defeating Republican George W. Bush, who received around 45%.[35] However, President Bush did about twelve points better here in 2004 than in the 2000 election vs. Al Gore.

Education

The Fair Lawn Public Schools consist of nine schools.

Churches

  • New Song Church was once called NJFUMC - New Jersey's First United Methodist's Church. With new revival it changed its name to New Song.

Noted residents

References

  1. ^ United States Census Bureau: Fair Lawn borough, New Jersey, accessed August 23, 2006
  2. ^ Dutch Door Genealogy - Bergen County New Jersey Municipalities, accessed February 9, 2006
  3. ^ History of Fair Lawn, accessed August 23, 2006
  4. ^ Fair Lawn Government: Borough Council - 2006, accessed July 4, 2006
  5. ^ League of Women Voters: 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, p. 57, accessed August 30, 2006, which incorrectly shows legislative district 33
  6. ^ Directory of Representatives: New Jersey, United States House of Representatives. Accessed January 3, 2019.
  7. ^ Biography, Congressman Bill Pascrell. Accessed January 3, 2019. "A native son of Paterson, N.J., Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. has built a life of public service upon the principles he learned while growing up on the south side of the Silk City."
  8. ^ U.S. Sen. Cory Booker cruises past Republican challenger Rik Mehta in New Jersey, PhillyVoice. Accessed April 30, 2021. "He now owns a home and lives in Newark's Central Ward community."
  9. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/nyregion/george-helmy-bob-menendez-murphy.html
  10. ^ Tully, Tracey (August 23, 2024). "Menendez's Senate Replacement Has Been a Democrat for Just 5 Months". The New York Times. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  11. ^ Legislative Roster for District 38, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 20, 2024.
  12. ^ County Executive, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  13. ^ Vice Chairman Commissioner Chairman Thomas J. Sullivan, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  14. ^ Commissioner Vice Chairwoman Germaine M. Ortiz, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  15. ^ Commissioner Chair Pro Tempore Dr. Joan M. Voss, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  16. ^ Commissioner Mary J. Amoroso, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  17. ^ Cattafi, Kristie. "Democrats pick Bergenfield councilman to fill vacancy on Bergen County commissioners board", The Record, March 13, 2023. Accessed March 16, 2023. "A Democratic councilman from Bergenfield will be sworn in as a Bergen County commissioner Wednesday night, filling a vacancy on the governing body for almost 1 million residents. Rafael Marte will serve until Dec. 31, taking on the unexpired term left by former Commissioner Ramon Hache, a Democrat who resigned last week to lead the Ridgewood YMCA as its chief executive officer."
  18. ^ Commissioner Steven A. Tanelli, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  19. ^ Commissioner Tracy Silna Zur, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  20. ^ Board of County Commissioners, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  21. ^ 2022 County Data Sheet, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  22. ^ a b 2022 County and Municipal Directory, Bergen County, New Jersey, March 2022. Accessed January 30, 2023.
  23. ^ Bergen County November 8, 2022 General Election Statement of Vote, Bergen County, New Jersey Clerk, updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.
  24. ^ Bergen County Statement of Vote November 2, 2021 Official results, Bergen County, New Jersey, updated November 17, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.
  25. ^ Precinct Summary Results Report - Combined 2020 Bergen County General Election - November 3, 2020 Official Results, Bergen County, New Jersey, December 3, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.
  26. ^ Bergen County November 5, 2019 General Election Statement of Vote, Bergen County, New Jersey Clerk, updated December 10, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.
  27. ^ About the Clerk, Bergen County Clerk. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  28. ^ Clerks, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  29. ^ Sheriff Anthony Cureton, Bergen County Sheriff's Office. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  30. ^ Sheriffs, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  31. ^ Michael R. Dressler, Bergen County Surrogate's Court. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  32. ^ Surrogates, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  33. ^ Constitutional Officers, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2023.
  34. ^ "County of Bergen: Voter Statistics by Municipality, Ward & District," dated April 1, 2006
  35. ^ 2004 Presidential Election results: Bergen County New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety: Division of Elections, dated December 13, 2004

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