Mountain Lakes, New Jersey
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| Mountain Lakes, New Jersey | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Morris |
| Incorporated | April 29, 1924 |
| Government | |
| - Type | Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) |
| - Mayor | George Jackson |
| Area | |
| - Total | 2.9 sq mi (7.5 km²) |
| - Land | 2.7 sq mi (6.9 km²) |
| - Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km²) |
| Elevation [1] | 499 ft (152 m) |
| Population (2006)[2] | |
| - Total | 4,343 |
| - Density | 1,593.0/sq mi (615.1/km²) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07046 |
| Area code(s) | 973 |
| FIPS code | 34-48480[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885310[4] |
| Website: http://www.mtnlakes.org | |
Mountain Lakes is a Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 4,256.
Mountain Lakes was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 3, 1924, from portions of Boonton Township and Hanover Township, subject to the results of a referendum passed on April 29, 1924.[5]
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[edit] Geography
Mountain Lakes is located at (40.887349, -74.440819)[6].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km²), of which, 2.7 square miles (6.9 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) of it (7.61%) is water.
Part of The Tourne county park is in Mountain Lakes.
The man-made lakes in Mountain Lakes are: Birchwood Lake, Crystal Lake, Mountain Lake, Sunset Lake, Wildwood Lake, and Cove Lake. It is only legal to swim in Birchwood Lake, and Mountain Lake in the areas that are roped off. You may swim between the hours of 5 am to 10 Pm every day between the months of June and August.
[edit] Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1930 | 2,132 |
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| 1940 | 2,205 | 3.4% | |
| 1950 | 2,806 | 27.3% | |
| 1960 | 4,037 | 43.9% | |
| 1970 | 4,739 | 17.4% | |
| 1980 | 4,153 | -12.4% | |
| 1990 | 3,847 | -7.4% | |
| 2000 | 4,256 | 10.6% | |
| Est. 2006 | 4,343 | [2] | 2.0% |
| Population 1930 - 1990.[7] | |||
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 4,256 people, 1,330 households, and 1,186 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,593.0 people per square mile (615.4/km²). There were 1,357 housing units at an average density of 507.9/sq mi (196.2/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 93.05% White, 0.38% African American, 5.17% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.69% of the population.
There were 1,330 households out of which 53.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 83.3% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.8% were non-families. 9.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.20 and the average family size was 3.41.
In the borough the population was spread out with 35.7% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.0 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $141,757, and the median income for a family was $153,227. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $61,098 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $65,086. About 1.4% of families and 2.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.7% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Government
[edit] Local government
Mountain Lakes operates under the Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) form of municipal government.[8] The Borough Council of the Borough of Mountain Lakes consists of seven elected officials. Council Members are elected for four-year terms from the population at large. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are chosen from within the Council by the members of the Council at a Reorganization meeting held each year during the first week in January.
Members of the Mountain Lakes Borough Council are Mayor George Jackson, Deputy Mayor Louise Davis, Ellen Emr, Charles Gormally, Blair Schleicher-Wilson, Stephen Shaw and Richard Urankar.[9]
[edit] Federal, state and county representation
Mountain Lakes is in the Eleventh Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 25th Legislative District.[10]
New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District, covering western portions of Essex County, all of Morris County, and sections of Passaic County, Somerset County and Sussex County, is represented by Rodney Frelinghuysen (R, Harding Township). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).
For the 2008-2009 Legislative Session, the 25th District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Anthony Bucco (R, Boonton) and in the Assembly by Michael Patrick Carroll (R, Morris Plains) and Richard A. Merkt (R, Brookside).[11] The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).[12]
Morris County is governed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders, who are elected to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two or three seats up for election each year.[13] As of 2008, Morris County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Margaret Nordstrom, Deputy Freeholder Director Gene F. Feyl, Douglas R. Cabana, William J. Chegwidden, John J. Murphy, James W. Murray and Jack J. Schrier.[14]
[edit] Education
The Mountain Lakes Schools serve public school students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[15]) are Wildwood School for grades K-5 (491 students), Briarcliff School for grades 6-8 (307 students)and Mountain Lakes High School for grades 9-12 (687 students). Students from Boonton Township attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[16] Lake Drive School (146 students) serves as a regional school for deaf and hard of hearing students from birth through high school, with students from nearly 100 communities in twelve New Jersey counties.
Mountain Lakes is also home to The Craig School, a private coeducational day school serving students in third through twelfth grade. The school has an enrollment of 160 students split between the Lower School (grades 3-8), located in Mountain Lakes, and the Upper School (grades 9-12), in Lincoln Park.
[edit] Popular culture
The borough's police department was featured on an episode of the Discovery Channel show It Takes a Thief.
[edit] Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Mountain Lakes include:
- Frederick W. Castle (1908-1944), general officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.[17]
- Richard M. Freeland, President of Northeastern University from 1996 to 2006.[18]
[edit] Places of interest
- Grimes Homestead, 18th century historic home that served as a way station on the Underground Railroad
[edit] References
- ^ USGS GNIS: Borough of Mountain Lakes, Geographic Names Information System, accessed November 6, 2007.
- ^ a b Census data for Mountain Lakes borough, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 19, 2007.
- ^ a b American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 195.
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network. Accessed March 1, 2007.
- ^ 2005 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, April 2005, p. 116.
- ^ Mountain Lakes Borough Council, Borough of Mountain Lakes. Accessed March 11, 2007.
- ^ 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters, p. 61. Accessed August 30, 2006.
- ^ Legislative Roster: 2008-2009 Session, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed June 6, 2008.
- ^ About the Governor, New Jersey. Accessed June 6, 2008.
- ^ What is a Freeholder?, Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed February 6, 2008.
- ^ Meet the Freeholders, Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed February 6, 2008.
- ^ Data for the Mountain Lakes Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 27, 2008.
- ^ Mountain Lakes High School 2006 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 28, 2007. "Mountain Lakes High School is a 9th through 12th grade school which serves the communities of Mountain Lakes and Boonton Township (beginning in 9th grade)."
- ^ Brigadier General Frederick Walker Castle, Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Accessed August 19, 2007. "Brigadier General Castle was born October 14, 1908 at Fort McKinley, Manila, Philippines, during the first foreign service tour of his father, the late Colonel Benjamin Frederick Castle then in Tientsin, China, Washington, D.C., Paris, and finally in Mountain Lakes, NJ where the family resided for many years after World War I."
- ^ Steering Committee Biographies, accessed May 9, 2007. "Born and raised in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Freeland received a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Amherst College in 1963 and a doctorate in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968."
[edit] External links
- Mountain Lakes website
- Mountain Lakes Schools
- Mountain Lakes Schools's 2006-07 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Mountain Lakes Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- Regional area newspaper
- Hub Lakes Home Page
- Mountain Lakes, New Jersey is at coordinates Coordinates:
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