East Orange, New Jersey

East Orange is a city in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 69,612,^[10][11] an increase of 5,342 (+8.3%) from the 2010 census count of 64,270,^[21][22] which in turn reflected a decline of 5,554 (−8.0%) from the 69,824 counted in the 2000 census.^[23] The city was the state's 17th most populous municipality in 2020,^[24] after having been ranked 20th in 2010 and 14th statewide in 2000.^[25] The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 69,556 for 2023,^[13] making it the 544th-most populous municipality in the nation.^[12]

East Orange, New Jersey
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Coordinates: 40.765055°N 74.211655°W / 40.765055; -74.211655[1][2]
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Essex
Incorporated	March 4, 1863; 161 years ago (March 4, 1863)
Government [3]
• Type	City
• Body	City Council
• Mayor	Theodore R. "Ted" Green (D, term ends December 31, 2025)[4][5]
• Administrator	Solomon Steplight[6]
• Municipal clerk	Cynthia Brown[7]
Area [8]
• Total	3.93 sq mi (10.17 km2)
• Land	3.93 sq mi (10.17 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)  0.00%
• Rank	301st of 565 in state 10th of 22 in county[1]
Elevation [9]	177 ft (54 m)
Population  (2020)[10][11]
• Total	69,612
• Estimate  (2023)[10][12][13]	69,556
• Rank	544th in country (as of 2023)[12] 17th of 565 in state 2nd of 22 in county[14]
• Density	17,722.0/sq mi (6,842.5/km2)
• Rank	13th of 565 in state 2nd of 22 in county[14]
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Codes	07017–07019[15][16]
Area code(s)	973[17]
FIPS code	3401319390[1][18][19]
GNIS feature ID	0885200[1][20]
Website	www.eastorange-nj.gov

History

East Orange had its origins in Connecticut's New Haven Colony. In 1666, a group of 30 of New Haven's families traveled by water to found "a town on the Passayak" River. They arrived on territory now encompassing Newark, the Oranges, and several other municipalities. The area was situated in the northeast portion of a land grant conveyed by King Charles II of England to his brother James, Duke of York. In 1664, James conveyed the land to two proprietors, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. Since Carteret had been Royal Governor of the Isle of Jersey, the territory became known as New Jersey.

East Orange was initially a part of Newark and was originally known as Newark Mountains. On June 7, 1780, the townspeople of Newark Mountains officially voted to adopt the name Orange.^[26] At the time, there was a significant number of people in favor of secession from Newark. However, this would not occur until November 27, 1806, when the territory now encompassing all of the Oranges was finally detached. On April 13, 1807, the first government was elected, but not until March 13, 1860, was Orange officially incorporated as a city. Immediately, the new city began fragmenting into smaller communities, primarily because of local disputes about the costs of establishing paid police, fire, and street departments. South Orange was organized on January 26, 1861; Fairmount (later to become part of West Orange) on March 11, 1862; East Orange on March 4, 1863; and West Orange (including Fairmount) on March 14, 1863. East Orange was reincorporated as a city on December 9, 1899, based on the results of a referendum held two days earlier.^[27]

East Orange was known, at one time, for the shade trees that lined the city's residential streets. This is still evident today as many of the tall trees still stand.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 3.93 square miles (10.17 km²), all of which was land.^[1][2]

East Orange shares borders with the Essex County municipalities of Newark to the east and south, South Orange to the southwest, Orange to the west, and Glen Ridge and Bloomfield to the north.^{[28][29][30][31]}

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the city include Ampere and Brick Church.^[32]

Neighborhoods

A reminder of East Orange's former wealth. The Ambrose-Ward Mansion was built in 1898 for a book manufacturer, now the home of the African-American Fund of New Jersey

East Orange is officially divided into five wards, but is also unofficially divided into a number of neighborhoods, still with many well maintained streets and homes.

• Ampere: Anchored by the now defunct train station of the same name, The Ampere section was developed on land owned by Orange Water Works, after the construction of the Crocker Wheeler Company plant spurred development in the area. The station was named in honor of André-Marie Ampère, a pioneer in electrodynamics and reconstructed as a new Renaissance Revival station in 1907 and 1908. Roughly bounded by the Ampere North CDP in Bloomfield to the north, Lawton Street and Newark to the east, 4th Avenue to the south, and North Grove Street to the West.
• Greenwood (Teen Streets)^[33]: So named after Greenwood Avenue and the "teen" streets that run through it. It is often grouped together with Ampere. This area was severely disturbed by the construction of Interstate 280 and the Garden State Parkway. The Grove Street station of the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad was located at Grove and Main streets. Roughly bounded by 4th Avenue to the North, North 15th Street/Newark to the east, Eaton Place/NJ Transit Morris & Essex Lines, and North Grove Street to the eest.
• Presidential Estates: Recently designated due to the streets in this area being named after early presidents of the United States. There are many large well kept homes situated on streets lined with very old, very large shade trees in this neighborhood that are characteristic of the northern section of the city. Roughly Bounded by Bloomfield to the North, Montclair-Boonton Line and North Grove Street to the east, Springdale Avenue to the South and the Garden State Parkway to the West.
• Elmwood: Located in the southeastern part of the city. Elmwood Park serves this section of the city, with 7 tennis courts on Rhode Island Avenue, a basketball court on the corner of Elmwood Avenue and Oak Street, a swimming pool with a pool house, a walking track, a baseball field, a softball field and a renovated field house.^[34] The area holds one of the surviving Carnegie Libraries, the Elmwood Branch of the East Orange Public Library, opened in 1912.^[35]
• Doddtown (Franklin): Named after John Dodd who founded and surveyed the area of the "Watsessing Plain".^[36] The former campus of Upsala College is located here. It was converted into the new East Orange Campus High School on the east side of Prospect Street, and an adjacent new housing subdivision. Roughly bounded by Bloomfield to the North, the Garden State Parkway to the East, Park Avenue to the South and Orange to the West.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1870	4,315		—
1880	8,349		93.5%
1890	13,282		59.1%
1900	21,506		61.9%
1910	34,371		59.8%
1920	50,710		47.5%
1930	68,020		34.1%
1940	68,945		1.4%
1950	79,340		15.1%
1960	77,259		−2.6%
1970	75,471		−2.3%
1980	77,878		3.2%
1990	73,552		−5.6%
2000	69,824		−5.1%
2010	64,270		−8.0%
2020	69,612		8.3%
2023 (est.)	69,556	[10][12][13]	−0.1%
Population sources: 1870–1920[37] 1870[38][39] 1870–1890[40] 1880–1890[41] 1890–1910[42] 1900–1930[43] 1940–2000[44] 2000[45][46] 2010[21][22][25] 2020[10][11]

2020 census

East Orange city, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 1990[47]	Pop 2000[48]	Pop 2010[49]	Pop 2020[50]	% 1990	% 2000	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	4,596	1,874	1,422	1,388	6.25%	2.68%	2.21%	1.99%
Black or African American alone (NH)	65,098	61,604	55,702	54,689	88.51%	88.23%	86.67%	78.56%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	287	130	186	164	0.39%	0.19%	0.29%	0.24%
Asian alone (NH)	449	294	436	501	0.61%	0.42%	0.68%	0.72%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	N/A	37	29	6	N/A	0.05%	0.05%	0.01%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	141	288	335	570	0.19%	0.41%	0.52%	0.82%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	N/A	2,313	1,065	3,262	N/A	3.31%	1.66%	4.69%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	2,981	3,284	5,095	9,032	4.05%	4.70%	7.93%	12.97%
Total	73,552	69,824	64,270	69,612	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 64,270 people, 24,945 households, and 14,742 families in the city. The population density was 16,377.1 per square mile (6,323.2/km²). There were 28,803 housing units at an average density of 7,339.5 per square mile (2,833.8/km²). The racial makeup was 4.13% (2,657) White, 88.51% (56,887) Black or African American, 0.39% (248) Native American, 0.72% (465) Asian, 0.06% (38) Pacific Islander, 3.69% (2,370) from other races, and 2.50% (1,605) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.93% (5,095) of the population.^[21]

Of the 24,945 households, 29.0% had children under the age of 18; 23.3% were married couples living together; 29.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 40.9% were non-families. Of all households, 35.8% were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.33.^[21]

25.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 81.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 75.4 males.^[21]

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $40,358 (with a margin of error of +/− $1,873) and the median family income was $50,995 (+/− $2,877). Males had a median income of $38,642 (+/− $1,851) versus $39,843 (+/− $2,187) for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,298 (+/− $746). About 17.8% of families and 21.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.5% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over.^[51]

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census^[18] there were 69,824 people, 26,024 households, and 16,082 families residing in the city. The population density was 17,776.6 inhabitants per square mile (6,863.6/km²). There were 28,485 housing units at an average density of 7,252.0 per square mile (2,800.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 89.46% Black or African American, 3.84% White, 0.25% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 2.14% from other races, and 3.80% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.70% of the population.^[45][46]

Public playgrounds in East Orange, 1908

A pre-WWII apartment on South Munn Avenue in East Orange.

There were 26,024 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.0% were married couples living together, 28.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.37.^[45][46]

In the city the population was spread out, with 28.1% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.7 males.^[45][46]

The median income for a household in the city was $32,346, and the median income for a family was $38,562. Males had a median income of $31,905 versus $30,268 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,488. About 15.9% of families and 19.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.7% of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those ages 65 or over.^[45][46]

As part of the 2000 Census, 89.46% of East Orange's residents identified themselves as being Black or African American. This was one of the highest percentages of African American and Caribbean American people in the United States. Migrants from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Haiti and other smaller Caribbean Islands have a huge presence, and East Orange has the second-highest in New Jersey (behind Lawnside, at 93.6%) of all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying Black American ancestry. East Orange also has a large Haitian American community, with 2,852 persons claiming Haitian ancestry in the 2000 Census.^[52]

Although still a small percentage of total residents, Orange and East Orange have the largest concentrations of Guyanese Americans in the country. In the 2000 Census, 2.5% of East Orange residents identified as being of Guyanese ancestry. While Queens and Brooklyn had larger populations in terms of raw numbers, Orange (with 2.9%) and East Orange had the highest percentage of people of Guyanese ancestry of all places in the United States with at least 1,000 people identifying their ancestry.^[53]

Economy

Central Avenue Commercial Historic District

Portions of the city are part of an Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), one of 32 zones covering 37 municipalities statewide. East Orange was selected in 1996 as one of a group of seven zones added to participate in the program.^[54] In addition to other benefits to encourage employment and investment within the UEZ, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% sales tax rate (half of the 6+5⁄8% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.^[55] Established in June 1996, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in June 2027.^[56]

The main commercial avenues of the city are Central Avenue and Main Street, both of which flow east to west, the latter of which was disturbed by the construction of Interstate 280. Recent efforts have been made to revitalize the commercial area, especially along Main Street and Evergreen Place. New apartments buildings & commercial space have been proposed and built over the last decade. Along South Harrison Street, new apartment buildings have gone up, while existing ones have been updated.

Parks and recreation

East Orange is served by five parks: Columbian Park, Elmwood Park, Francis-Haire Park, Memorial Park and Rowley Park. Sports grounds, such as Oval Playground and Soverel Field, the city's largest, offer athletic fields and facilities.^[57] Paul Robeson Stadium, located on North Clinton Street, hosts local sports teams and typically, the city's annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration.^[58]

The city owns East Orange Golf Course, located 10 miles (16 km) away in Short Hills.^[59]

Government

City Hall

East Orange is governed under the City form of New Jersey municipal government. The city is one of 15 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this traditional form of government.^[60] The government is comprised of a mayor and a city council made up of ten members, two representing each of the city's five geographic political subdivisions called wards. The mayor is elected directly by the voters. The ten members of the city council are elected to four-year terms on a staggered basis, with one seat in each ward coming up for election in odd-numbered years.^[3][61][28]

The City Council performs the legislative functions of municipal government by enacting ordinances, resolutions or motions, and is responsible for review and adoption of the municipal budget that has been submitted by the mayor.^[62]

As of 2023^[update], the Mayor of East Orange is Democrat Theodore R. "Ted" Green, whose term of office ends December 31, 2025.^[4] Members of the City Council are Christopher Awe (D, 2025; 2nd Ward), Mustafa Al-M. Brent (D, 2023; 5th Ward), Brittany D. Claybrooks (D, 2023; 2nd Ward), Tameika Garrett-Ward (D, 2025; 4th Ward), Casim L. Gomez (D, 2023; 4th Ward), Alicia Holman (D, 2025; 5th Ward), Christopher D. James (D, 2025; 1st Ward), Bergson Leneus (D, 2025; 3rd Ward), Amy Lewis (D, 2023; 1st Ward) and Vernon Pullins Jr. (D, 2023; 3rd Ward).^{[62][63][64][65][66]}

In July 2018, the City Council selected Christopher Awe to fill the Second Ward seat expiring in December 2021 that became vacant when Romal D. Bullock resigned to become the city's tax assessor.^[67] In November 2018, Awe was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.^[68]

In December 2018, Tameika Garrett-Ward was appointed to fill the Fourth Ward seat expiring in December 2021 that became vacant when Tyshammie L. Cooper was sworn into office on the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders; she was elected to serve the balance of the term in November 2019.^[66]

The first African-American Mayor of East Orange was William S. Hart Sr., who was elected to two consecutive terms, serving in office from 1970 to 1978.^[69] Hart Middle School was named after him.

Federal, state and county representation

Post Office

East Orange is located in the 10th Congressional District^[70] and is part of New Jersey's 34th state legislative district.^[71][72][73]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 10th congressional district is represented by LaMonica McIver (D, Newark).^[74] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)^[75] and George Helmy (Mountain Lakes, term ends 2024).^[76][77]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 34th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Britnee Timberlake (D, East Orange) and in the General Assembly by Carmen Morales (D, Belleville) and Michael Venezia (D, Bloomfield).^[78]

Essex County is governed by a directly elected county executive, with legislative functions performed by the Board of County Commissioners. As of 2024^[update], the County Executive is Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. (D, Roseland), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026.^[79] The county's Board of County Commissioners is composed of nine members, five of whom are elected from districts and four of whom are elected on an at-large basis. They are elected for three-year concurrent terms and may be re-elected to successive terms at the annual election in November.^[80] Essex County's Commissioners are:

Robert Mercado (D, District 1 – Newark's North and East Wards, parts of Central and West Wards; Newark, 2026),^[81] A'Dorian Murray-Thomas (D, District 2 – Irvington, Maplewood and parts of Newark's South and West Wards; Newark, 2026),^[82] Vice President Tyshammie L. Cooper (D, District 3 - Newark: West and Central Wards; East Orange, Orange and South Orange; East Orange, 2026),^[83] Leonard M. Luciano (D, District 4 – Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, Livingston, Millburn, North Caldwell, Roseland, Verona, West Caldwell and West Orange; West Caldwell, 2026),^[84] President Carlos M. Pomares (D, District 5 – Belleville, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Montclair and Nutley; Bloomfield, 2026),^[85] Brendan W. Gill (D, at large; Montclair, 2026),^[86] Romaine Graham (D, at large; Irvington, 2026),^[87] Wayne Richardson (D, at large; Newark, 2026),^[88] Patricia Sebold (D, at-large; Livingston, 2026).^{[89][90][91][92][93]}

Constitutional officers elected countywide are: Clerk Christopher J. Durkin (D, West Caldwell, 2025),^[94][95] Register of Deeds Juan M. Rivera Jr. (D, Newark, 2025),^[96][97] Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura (D, Fairfield, 2024),^[98][99] and Surrogate Alturrick Kenney (D, Newark, 2028).^[100][101]

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 36,280 registered voters in East Orange, of which 21,646 (59.7%) were registered as Democrats, 396 (1.1%) were registered as Republicans and 14,228 (39.2%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 10 voters registered to other parties.^[102]

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 98.5% of the vote (24,862 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 1.3% (330 votes), and other candidates with 0.2% (46 votes), among the 25,375 ballots cast by the city's 39,668 registered voters (137 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 64.0%.^[103][104] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 97.7% of the vote (24,718 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 1.6% (408 votes) and other candidates with 0.1% (35 votes), among the 25,304 ballots cast by the city's 36,891 registered voters, for a turnout of 68.6%.^[105] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 93.2% of the vote (19,447 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 5.9% (1,225 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (128 votes), among the 20,856 ballots cast by the city's 33,328 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 62.6.^[106]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 88.0% of the vote (9,413 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 11.3% (1,212 votes), and other candidates with 0.7% (75 votes), among the 11,269 ballots cast by the city's 41,016 registered voters (569 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 27.5%.^[107][108] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 94.4% of the vote (12,554 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 2.9% (380 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 1.2% (153 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (63 votes), among the 13,295 ballots cast by the city's 36,157 registered voters, yielding a 36.8% turnout.^[109]

Education

The East Orange School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.^[110] The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke^[111] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.^[112][113]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of 20 schools, had an enrollment of 10,072 students and 744.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5:1.^[114] Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[115]) are Althea Gibson Early Childhood Academy^[116] (159 students; in grades Pre-K and K), Wahlstrom Early Childhood Center^[117] (156; Pre-K–K), Benjamin Banneker Academy^[118] (511; Pre-K–5), Edward T. Bowser, Sr. School of Excellence^[119] (609; Pre-K–5), George Washington Carver Institute of Science and Technology^[120] (325; Pre-K–5), Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Academy^[121] (193; K–5), Mildred Barry Garvin School^[122] (356; Pre-K–5), Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative & Performing Arts^[123] (369; Pre-K–8), Langston Hughes Elementary School^[124] (589; Pre-K–5), J. Garfield Jackson Sr. Academy^[125] (256; K–5), Ecole Touissant Louverture^[126] (297; Pre-K–5), Gordon Parks Academy School of Radio, Animation, Film and Television^[127] (285; Pre-K–5), Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School^[128] (504; Pre-K–5), Dionne Warwick Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship^[129] (462; Pre-K–5), Future Ready Prep^[130] (NA; 6–7), Patrick F. Healy Middle School^[131] (392; 7), John L. Costley Middle School^[132] (367; 8), Sojourner Truth Middle School^[133] (406; 6), Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts^[134] (740; 6–12), East Orange Campus High School^[135] located on the former campus of Upsala College (1,651; 9–12), East Orange STEM Academy^[136] (358; 9–12) and Fresh Start Academy Middle / High – Glenwood Campus^[137] (NA; 6–12).^[138][139]

East Orange Community Charter School is a public charter school that operates independently of the school district under a charter granted by the New Jersey Department of Education.^[140]

Ahlus Sunnah School is a K–12 madrasah that has been in East Orange since 2005.^[141]

The East Orange Public Library at one time included three branch buildings of the original 36 Carnegie-funded libraries in New Jersey; the original building opened in 1903 with costs covered by a gift of $50,000 (equivalent to $1.7 million in 2023) from Andrew Carnegie.^[142] It has a collection of 344,000 volumes and circulates about 319,000 items annually^[143] from four locations.

Healthcare

East Orange is served by East Orange General Hospital, located on Central Avenue in the southern part of the city. The 211 bed hospital is the only independent, fully accredited, acute care hospital in Essex County. The hospital was recently acquired by Prospect Medical Systems and renamed to CareWell Health Medical Center in 2022.^[144] East Orange is also home to the US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, also known as the East Orange VA Hospital. It is located on Tremont Avenue near S.Orange Ave. and serves many vets from the region.^[145]

Transportation

Roads and highways

The Garden State Parkway in East Orange

As of May 2010^[update], the city had a total of 83.43 miles (134.27 km) of roadways, of which 73.27 miles (117.92 km) were maintained by the municipality, 6.30 miles (10.14 km) by Essex County, 1.52 miles (2.45 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 2.34 miles (3.77 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.^[146]

The Garden State Parkway is the most prominent highway passing through the city, connecting Newark in the south to Bloomfield in the north.^[147] The Parkway is accessible at Interchange 145 for Interstate 280 and at Interchange 147 for Springdale Avenue.^[148] Interstate 280 is the other major highway crossing the city, following a west-to-east route from Orange to Newark.^[149][150] Major county highways serving the city include County Route 508 and County Route 510. These both traverse the city west-to-east, following Central Avenue and South Orange Avenue, respectively. County Route 509 also crosses East Orange, following a south-to-north alignment through the city via Grove Street.

Public transportation

Local transportation around the city and into neighboring communities is provided by multiple NJ Transit public bus lines, which includes routes 5, 21, 24, 34, 41, 44, 71, 73, 79, 90, 92, 94, and 97.^[151][152]

New Jersey Transit operates two commuter rail train stations in East Orange, both located along the Morris & Essex Lines.^[153] The East Orange station is located beside the westbound lanes of Interstate 280, directly across its parking lot from East Orange City Hall.^[154] Just one mile west up Main Street is Brick Church station, the city's second rail stop and the more heavily used of the two.^[155] Both have seven-day service to New York Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan as well as weekday service to Hoboken Terminal.

The Montclair-Boonton Line runs through the Ampere neighborhood of the city on the east, after splitting off from the Morris & Essex Lines just east of the city line in Newark. Ampere station was a former stop on the line near Ampere Parkway and Springdale Avenue which opened in 1890, but closed in 1991 due to low ridership. Residents can use nearby Watsessing Avenue station in neighboring Bloomfield. Another former stop was Grove Street station, a mile east of Brick Church, which ended service in April 1991, together with the Ampere station.^[156]

The city is 7.8 miles (12.6 km) from Newark Liberty International Airport in the nearby cities of Newark and Elizabeth.

Notable people

See also: Category:People from East Orange, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with East Orange include:

• David Ackroyd (born 1940), actor, who first came to prominence in soap operas such as The Secret Storm and Another World^[157]
• John Amos (born 1939), actor^[158]
• Jamal Anderson (born 1972), former NFL running back^[159]
• Billy Ard (born 1959), NFL guard who played for the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers^[160]
• Balanda Atis (born 1972/73), cosmetic chemist at L'Oréal, where her work focuses on expanding the company's range of cosmetics marketed to women of color^[161]
• Robert H. B. Baldwin (1920–2016), chairman of Morgan Stanley when the bank was taken public in the 1970s^[162]
• Norman Batten (1893–1928), race car driver^[163]
• James Blish (1921–1975), science fiction writer^[164]
• Alvin Bowen (born 1983), gridiron football linebacker who played in the NFL for the Jacksonville Jaguars^[165]
• Clyde Bradshaw (born 1959), basketball player who played for the DePaul Blue Demons^[166]
• Betty Bronson (1906–1971), television and film actress who began her career during the silent film era^[167]
• Herbert Brucker (1898–1977), journalist, teacher, and national advocate for the freedom of the press, who served as editor-in-chief of the Hartford Courant^[168]
• Stephanie R. Bush (born 1953), attorney and politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 27th district from 1988 to 1992^[169]
• Robert L. Carter (1917–2012), civil rights leader and United States District Judge^[170]
• Kerri Chandler (born 1969), Deep House DJ and producer^[171]
• Bill Chinnock (1947–2007), singer-songwriter and guitarist who was part of the Asbury Park music scene with Bruce Springsteen in late 1960s^[172]
• Chino XL (1974–2024), hip-hop lyricist^[173]
• Margaret Clapp (1910–1974, class of 1926), scholar and educator, who served as eighth president of Wellesley College^[174]
• Troy CLE, pseudonym of Troy Tompkins, author of The Marvelous Effect (set in East Orange)^[175]
• Bob Clifford (c. 1913–2006), football player and coach, who served as the head football coach at Colby College and at the University of Vermont^[176]
• Vincent Czyz (born 1963), writer and critic of speculative fiction^[177]
• Randall Davey (1887–1964), painter and art educator^[178]
• Frances Day (1907–1984), actress and cabaret singer in the United Kingdom during the 1930s, and television celebrity in the United States during the 1950s^[179]
• Branson DeCou (1892–1941), photographer and traveler^[180]
• Rasul Douglas (born 1995), cornerback for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League^[181]
• Eunice Dwumfour (1993–2023), member of the borough council of Sayreville, New Jersey, from 2021 until her assassination^[182]
• Dorothy Eaton (1893-1968), visual artist best known for rural subjects in a style that merged nineteenth-century regional folk art with mid-century American realism^[183]
• Philip Egner (1870–1956), longtime director of the West Point Band and composer of the West Point fight song "On, Brave Old Army Team"^[184]
• William Joseph Fallon (born 1944), United States Navy Admiral who is the current Commander of United States Central Command^[185]
• Gale Fitzgerald (born 1951), athlete who competed in two Olympic pentathlons, winning silver medal in 1975 at the Pan American Games^[186]
• Chris Fletcher (born 1948), safety, who played for the San Diego Chargers during his seven-year NFL career^[187]
• Franklin W. Fort (1880–1937), represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district from 1925 to 1931^[188]
• Major Harold Geiger (1884–1927), pioneer in Army aviation and ballooning^[189]
• Althea Gibson (1927–2003), tennis player^[190]
• David Garrard (born 1978), quarterback who played for the NFL's New York Jets^[191]
• Tate George (born 1968), former basketball player, who played with the New Jersey Nets for three of his four NBA seasons^[192]
• Eugenia Gilbert (1902–1978), actress of the silent film era, who starred in many westerns^[193]
• Edward E. Gnichtel (1869−1933), businessman and politician who represented Essex County in the New Jersey General Assembly^[194]
• Red Grammer (born 1952), children's music writer^[195]
• Bessie Mecklem Hackenberger (1876–1942), one of the earliest American-born saxophone soloists^[196]
• Robert David Hall (born 1947), actor, best known for his role as coroner Dr. Albert Robbins M.D. on the television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation^[197]
• Mary Jeanne Hallstrom (1924–2006), nurse and member of the Illinois House of Representatives, was born in East Orange^[198][199]
• Eric P. Hamp (1920–2019), Indo-European linguist and professor at the University of Chicago^[200]
• Slide Hampton (1932–2021), jazz trombonist^[201]
• Vincent S. Haneman (1902–1978), Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1960 to 1971^[202]
• Ann Harding (1902–1981), theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress^[203][204]
• Balozi Harvey (1940–2016, class of 1957), diplomat and community organizer^[205]
• J.C. Hayward (born c. 1945), news anchor formerly at WUSA, who was the first female news anchor in Washington, D.C., and the first African American female news presenter^[206]
• Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (1926–2003), author who wrote mystery novels under the pen name of Amanda Cross^[207]
• Frances Cox Henderson (1820–1897), wife of Governor James Pinckney Henderson of Texas, who established the Good Shepherd home for aged women after moving to East Orange following her husband's death^[208]
• Caroline Herzenberg (born 1932), physicist^[209]
• Brian Hill (born 1947), former coach of the Orlando Magic^[210]
• Lauryn Hill (born 1975), singer-songwriter, rapper, producer and actress^[211][212]
• Fred Hills, (1934–2020), literary editor, known for his association with writers including Vladimir Nabokov, Raymond Carver and Heinrich Böll^[213]
• Robert Hillyer (1895–1961), poet and professor of English literature who won a Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1934^[214]
• Whitney Houston (1963–2012), singer and actress^[215]
• Karen Hunter (born 1966), journalist, publisher, talk show host and the co-author of several books^[216]
• Janis Ian (born 1951), singer-songwriter^[217]
• Monte Irvin (1919–2016), Major League Baseball player inducted as a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame who was ranked #12 on the Sports Illustrated list of The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures^[218]
• Malcolm Jenkins (born 1987), football player for the Philadelphia Eagles^[219]
• Jarrod Johnson (born 1969), former professional football player who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers and the Sacramento Surge of the World League of American Football^[220]
• David Jones (born 1968), former NFL tight end who played for the Los Angeles Raiders in 1992^[221]
• Ernest Lester Jones (1876–1929), head of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1914 until his death^[222]
• LeRoy J. Jones Jr. (born 1957), member of the New Jersey General Assembly^[223]
• KayGee (born 1969 as Kier Lamont Gist), DJ and record producer best known as a member of hip hop trio Naughty by Nature^[224]
• Brandin Knight (born 1981), former professional basketball player, brother of Brevin Knight^[225]
• Brevin Knight (born 1975), former NBA point guard who played for nine teams during his 13-year career, brother of Brandin Knight^[226]
• Marietta Patricia Leis (born 1938), multimedia artist and poet^[227]
• Anne Lindeman (1932–2001), Arizona state legislator^[228]
• Elizabeth Losey (1912–2005), conservationist who is recognized as being the first female refuge biologist^[229]
• William Lowell Sr. (1863–1954), dentist and an inventor of a wooden golf tee patented in 1921^[230]
• Lady London (born 1995), rapper and songwriter^[231]
• Luxx Noir London (born 1999), drag performer, singer and songwriter most known for competing on the fifteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.^[232]
• Clara Maass (1876–1901), nurse who died as a result of volunteering for medical experiments to study yellow fever^[233]
• Gordon MacRae (1921–1986), actor, singer, he was born in East Orange^[234]
• John F. Madden (1870–1946), U.S. Army brigadier general^[235]
• Elliott Maddox (born 1947), Major League Baseball outfielder who played for both the New York Mets and New York Yankees^[236]
• Naomi Long Madgett (1923–2020), poet^[237]
• Marion Clyde McCarroll (1891–1977), writer and journalist who was the first woman issued a press pass by the New York Stock Exchange and also penned the "Advice for the Lovelorn, a nationally syndicated column, after she inherited it from Dorothy Dix^[238]
• Stephen A. Mikulak (1948–2014, class of 1966), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 to 1996, where he represented the 19th Legislative District^[239]
• Newton Edward Miller (1919–2012), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 34th Legislative District^[240]
• Daniel F. Minahan (1877–1947), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1919 to 1921 and again from 1923 to 1925^[241]
• Dorian Missick (born c. 1975), actor, known for his role as Damian in the television series Six Degrees and for voicing Victor Vance in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories^[242]
• Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell (1879 – 1964), entomologist and physician^[243]
• Worrall Frederick Mountain (1909–1992), Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1971 to 1979^[244]
• Teana Muldrow (born 1995), professional basketball player who has played in the WNBA for the Seattle Storm and Dallas Wings^[245]
• Annie Oakley (1860–1926) and her husband Frank E. Butler (1852–1926) lived at 22 Eppirt Street between 1905 and 1908^[246]
• Naughty by Nature members Treach, Vin Rock and DJ Kay Gee^[247]
• Naturi Naughton (born 1984), singer and actress who was a member of the early 2000s group, 3LW^[248]
• Sheila Oliver (1952–2023), politician who served as the second lieutenant governor of New Jersey, from 2018 until her death^[249]
• C. Milford Orben (1895–1975), politician who served five terms in the New Jersey General Assembly^[250]
• Robert Peace (c. 1981–2011), the subject of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace^[251]
• Elizabeth Peer (1936–1984), journalist^[252]
• Jabrill Peppers (born 1995), football player for the New York Giants of the NFL^[253]
• Chickie Geraci Poisson (born 1931), former field hockey player and coach^[254]
• Stewart G. Pollock (born 1932), Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey from 1979 to 1999^[255]
• Queen Latifah (born 1970), rapper, singer, model and actress^[256]
• Eddie Rabbitt (1941–1998), country music singer-songwriter^[257]
• Alfred Stanford (1900-1985), naval officer and author^[258]
• C. Thomas Schettino (1907–1983), Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1959 to 1972^[259]
• Perry Scott (1917–1988), American football player and coach, who played in the NFL for the Detroit Lions^[260]
• Shareefa (born 1984), R&B singer^[261]
• Ben Sirmans (born 1970), American football coach and former running back who is the running backs coach for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League^[262]
• Warner V. Slack (1933–2018), physician and professor known for his work in the field of clinical informatics^[263]
• Newton Phelps Stallknecht (1906–1981), philosopher who was a president of the Metaphysical Society of America^[264]
• Janet Sorg Stoltzfus, (1931–2004), educator, who established the Ta'iz Cooperative School, the first non-religious school in north Yemen^[265]
• Donald J. Strait (1918–2015), flying ace in the 356th Fighter Group during World War II and a career officer in the United States Air Force^[266]
• Richard Thaler (born 1945), economist who was the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences^[267]
• Tom Verducci (born 1960), sports journalist^[268]
• Albert L. Vreeland (1901–1975), United States Representative from New Jersey^[269]
• James Wallwork (born 1930), politician who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature^[270]
• Dionne Warwick (born 1940), singer^[271]
• Laurence Hawley Watres (1882–1964), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, lived in East Orange during his retirement^[272]
• Clarence Watters (1902−1986), organist and teacher^[273]
• Valerie Wilson Wesley (born 1947), mystery writer^[274]
• Barrence Whitfield (born 1955), soul and R&B vocalist, best known as the frontman for Barrence Whitfield & the Savages^[275]
• George Whitman (1913–2011), proprietor of the Paris bookstore Shakespeare and Company^[276]
• William H. Wiley (1842–1925), served on East Orange township committee from 1886 to 1888, president for one year; represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1903 to 1907 and 1909 to 1911, co-founder of publishing company John Wiley & Sons^[277]
• Bruce Williams (1932–2019), radio host^[278]
• Jocelyn Willoughby (born 1998), basketball player for the New York Liberty of the WNBA^[279]
• Marion Thompson Wright (1902–1962), scholar and activist who, in 1940, became the first African-American woman in the United States to earn her Ph.D. in history^[280]

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161. "Local Chemist Changing the Face of Makeup Around the World", TAP into East Orange / Orange, October 6, 2015. Accessed August 6, 2022. "East Orange native and L’Oréal chemist Balanda Atis is helping the cosmetics giant break color barriers all across the globe. Atis, who grew up in a Haitian community in East Orange, saw her friends and family struggling to find makeup that looked good on their skin."
162. McFadden, Robert D. "Robert H.B. Baldwin, Transformer of Morgan Stanley, Dies at 95", The New York Times, January 6, 2016. Accessed October 31, 2021. "Robert Hayes Burns Baldwin was born on July 9, 1920, in East Orange, N.J., to John Frank and Anna Burns Baldwin."
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165. Alvin Bowen, Iowa State Cyclones football. Accessed March 14, 2018. "Hometown: East Orange, N.J.; Highschool: Montclair"
166. Kinney, Mike. "Essex Basketball: Former East Orange players to honor Bobb Lester Monday night", The Star-Ledger, December 3, 2010. Accessed May 4, 2015. "Among the former East Orange stars expected are 1972 grad Mike Dabney, who later became an All-American at Rutgers, Clyde Bradshaw, Mike Booker and Cleveland Eugene."
167. Hanson, Bruce K. Peter Pan on Stage and Screen, 1904–2010, 2d ed., p. 127. McFarland & Company, 2011. ISBN 9780786486199. Accessed November 6, 2017. "Born Elizabeth Ada Bronson in Trenton, New Jersey, on November 17, 1907, she left East Orange High School and convinced her parents to let her move to California to aid her career in films."
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169. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 203, Part 1, p. 269. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1988. Accessed April 1, 2019. "Ms. Bush was born in East Orange March 16, 1953. She attended East Orange High School and Cornell University, where she received her degree in 1975."
170. Schwaneberg, Robert. "Education building honors a champion: Rights lawyer Carter argued Brown case" Archived December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, copy of article from The Star-Ledger, November 21, 2006, at the Warren County Education Association. Accessed March 5, 2012. "Almost 54 years ago, Robert L. Carter stood before the U.S. Supreme Court and argued that segregated schools can never be equal.... Yesterday, the Trenton building that houses the state Department of Education was dedicated in honor of Carter, who grew up in Newark and East Orange and is now a federal judge in New York.... Born in Florida, Carter was 6 weeks old when his family moved to Newark. He attended Barringer High School in Newark and East Orange High School, graduating at age 16 after skipping two grades."
171. Matos, Michaelangelo. "Kerri Chandler spins a little bit—OK, a lot—of jazz in this week’s recommended mix", City Pages, November 30, 2017. Accessed August 24, 2018. "Kerri Chandler knows a thing or two about slipping between and tying together musical worlds. Before his career as a deep-house producer took off, the East Orange, New Jersey-bred Chandler made hip-hop beats, working with future major-label rapper Chino XL."
172. Lustig, Jay. "Bill Chinnock tribute hits the Stone Pony on Saturday", The Star-Ledger, March 26, 2010. Accessed September 24, 2013. "Chinnock was born in Newark, and spent most of his childhood in Millburn and East Orange."
173. Pareles, Jon. "Shooting for Excess", The New York Times, September 9, 1996. Accessed January 23, 2011. "Sharing the bill was Chino XL, a fast-talking rapper from East Orange, NJ, who respects no one."
174. Lindheim, Burton. "Margaret Clapp, 64, Dies; Wellesley Ex‐President", The New York Times, May 4, 1974. Accessed November 6, 2017. "Miss Clapp was born April 11, 1910, in East Orange, N. J., and graduated hi 1930‐from Wellesley, where as a senior she held the highest elective student office, that of president of College Government."
175. Troy CLE Archived October 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, The Tavis Smiley Show, September 7, 2007. Accessed November 29, 2007. "A native of East Orange, NJ, CLE has worked as a student teacher in the NYC public school system and as a hip-hop producer."
176. "Sports", Colby Alumnus, Vol. 45, No. 3: Spring 1956, p. 18. Accessed January 2, 2018. "Born in East Orange, New Jersey, Clifford lived in New Haven from 1929-1939, graduating from Wilbur Cross High School."
177. Politano, Teresa. "Jersey City author weaves byzantine tale", Inside Jersey, August 11, 2016. Accessed April 23, 2022. "Czyz, who lives in Jersey City, is an ambitious writer, eager to seek the profound and eager to share his discoveries.... But he also grew up in East Orange, boxing and wrestling, and bought his first assault weapon at age 15."
178. Davey, Randall, Columbus Museum. Accessed July 11, 2019. "Born in East Orange, New Jersey, Randall Davey became an influential figure in early 20th century art including the art community of Santa Fe. He became a painter of portraits, still lifes, nude figures, and horse-racing genre."
179. Musel, Robert. "Frances Day Gets Shaw Play Lead; Actress Jumps From Tex Guinan To World Premiere For G.B.S.", Windsor Star, July 25, 1949. Accessed September 6, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Back in the days when speakeasy and night club were synonyms a cute little blonde crossed the Hudson River from East Orange, N.J., and got herself a job with the late Tex Guinan."
180. "He Will Present 'Drean Pictures'", Star Tribune, January 19, 1933. Accessed January 17, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Branson deCou of East Orange, N J.. world traveler and lecturer, will present another of his series of 'dream pictures,' colored travelogues of Egypt and Russia at two lectures Monday in the Woman's club assembly under the auspices of the women's society of the Westminster Presbyterian church."
181. Braziler, Zach. "NJ player goes from unknown quantity to Eagles starter", New York Post, September 23, 2017. Accessed November 6, 2017. "A year ago at this time, Rasul Douglas was an unknown college football player.... A baseball and basketball player growing up in poverty-stricken East Orange, N.J., he played just two years of varsity football at East Orange Campus High School, and because of academic problems, went to Nassau Community College on Long Island."
182. Johnson, Brent; Sargeant, Keith; and Sherman, Ted. "A cell phone overlooked, silence from prosecutors, in unsolved murder of Sayreville councilwoman", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 1, 2023. Accessed November 10, 2023. "Born in East Orange to Ghanaian immigrants, Dwumfour had been active in Christian ministry since she was a teen."
183. Dorothy Eaton, AskArt.com. Accessed September 28, 2022. "Born: 1893 - East Orange, New Jersey"
184. Staff. "Mattituck", The Long Island Traveler Mattituck Watchman, June 21, 1945. Accessed May 14, 2016. "Captain and Mrs. Philip Egner of East Orange, N. J., have been guests at the home of their cousin, Mrs. Alvah S. Mulford on the Main Road. Capt. Egner, before retiring, was at West Point twenty-five years."
185. Shanker, Thom. "Adm. William J. Fallon: An Experienced Naval Officer, and a Diplomat", The New York Times, January 8, 2007. Accessed December 10, 2007. "William Joseph Fallon was born Dec. 30, 1944, in East Orange, N.J., and raised in Merchantville."
186. Hersh, Bob. "For Thompson, Atoms' Pilot, Critical Decision Lies Ahead", The New York Times, June 27, 1976. Accessed September 8, 2017. "Gale Fitzgerald of East Orange, N.J., will compete in the pentathlon in Montreal, as she did in Munich in 1972."
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189. Staff. "Flight Leader Dies In Flaming Crash; Major Geiger, Commander of Aberdeen (Md.) Field, Is Burned to Death. Fails In Desperate Jump Accident Occurs at Olmstead Field, Pa. – Was a Native of East Orange, N.J.", The New York Times, May 18, 1927. Accessed August 11, 2017.
190. Magee, Jerry. "Tennis pioneer Althea Gibson dies at 76: U.S., Wimbledon champ paved the way for blacks" Archived April 15, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, The San Diego Union-Tribune, September 29, 2003. Accessed January 23, 2011. "No player of either gender in any sport arguably overcame more in becoming a champion than Gibson, who died yesterday in East Orange, N.J., where she was a semi-recluse."
191. AFC honors go to three first-time winners, NFL.com, December 6, 2006. "The East Orange, N.J., native directed the club on two drives of more than 90 yards, both resulting in touchdowns."
192. Mickle, Paul. "Opening arguments begin in Tate George fraud trial", New Haven Register, September 10, 2013. Accessed June 3, 2015. "After opening arguments Tuesday morning before U.S. District Court Judge Mary L. Cooper, Knight took the stand and told federal prosecutor Joseph Shumofsky he and George grew up in the same East Orange neighborhood."
193. Katchmer, George A. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses, p. 132. McFarland & Company, 2009. ISBN 9781476609058. Accessed October 4, 2018. "Eugenia Gilbert falls into that almost anonymous category containing so many of her co-stars in the silent era. It is assumed that she was born in 1905 in East Orange, New Jersey, as she first appeared in a musical comedy in 1920 at age 15."
194. "Edward E. Gnichtel, Newark Banker, Dead", The New York Times, December 22, 1933. Accessed February 16, 2024. "He was in his sixty-sixth year and resided at 75 Prospect Avenue, East Orange."
195. "Andy Grammer to open 2018 balloon festival concert series", Hunterdon County Democrat, March 1, 2018. Accessed October 4, 2018. "His father is Red Grammer, an East Orange native and Grammy-nominated children's recording artist."
196. Smialek, Thomas (2013–2014). "America's 'Young Lady Saxophonist' of the Gilded Age: The Performances, Critical Reception, and Repertoire of Bessie Mecklem". The Saxophone Symposium. 36–37: 90–123. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
197. Kennedy, Greg. "The disabled acting community works to end of decades of 'invisibility'", The National, November 19, 2012. Accessed December 5, 2018. "Robert David Hall... This native of East Orange, New Jersey, has also appeared in the movies Starship Troopers and The Negotiator and the TV series The West Wing and LA Law."
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202. Staff. "Vincent S. Haneman, 75, of Jersey Supreme Court", The New York Times, January 12, 1978. Accessed July 4, 2016. "Mr. Haneman was born in Brooklyn and grew up in East Orange."
203. Percy, Eileen. "Durante Will Be Made an M. G. M. Star; 'Schnozzle; Has Ste Record for Saving Pictures." Archived May 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Milwaukee Sentinel, October 26, 1932. "Ann Harding began hers 15 years ago in a dramatic class at East Orange High school."
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205. Remo, Jessica. "N.J. activist, champion of African-American heritage dies at 76", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 30, 2016. Accessed November 6, 2017. "Harvey was born in East Orange and graduated from East Orange High School in 1957, according to his website."
206. Brown, Emma. "J.C. Hayward: A long-time local benefactor awaits a legal resolution", The Washington Post, December 17, 2013. Accessed November 27, 2017. "Born Jacqueline Hayward, she grew up an only child in East Orange, N.J., just outside of Newark, where she learned to play the classical piano and babysat the boy across the street."
207. McFadden, Robert D. "Carolyn Heilbrun, Pioneering Feminist Scholar, Dies at 77", The New York Times, October 11, 2003. Accessed March 1, 2012. "Carolyn Gold Heilbrun was born on Jan. 13, 1926, in East Orange, N.J., the only child of Archibald Gold, an accountant, and Estelle Roemer Gold, who, her daughter would recall, 'sat at home and was bored out of her mind.' The family moved to Manhattan when Ms. Heilbrun was 6, and she became a voracious reader, devouring Nancy Drew and Judy Bolton mysteries and, as a teenager, the novels of Virginia Woolf and Willa Cather."
208. Farrell, Mary D. "France Cox Henderson", Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed November 4, 2014. "In the last years of her life she was busy as a community leader in East Orange, New Jersey. She established the House of the Good Shepherd for aged and invalid women and a laundry for older women who were able to work."
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212. Biography: Lauryn Hill Archived November 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Academy of Achievement, last updated October 8, 2013. Accessed November 4, 2014. "Lauryn Noelle Hill was born in East Orange, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby South Orange."
213. Seelye, Katharine Q. "Fred Hills, Editor of Nabokov and Many Others, Dies at 85; A longtime editor at Simon & Schuster, he brought to market both commercial hits and literary prizewinners and edited more than 50 New York Times best sellers.", The New York Times, November 20, 2020. Accessed November 22, 2020. "Frederic Wheeler Hills Jr., who was born on Nov. 26, 1934, in East Orange, N.J., may have been destined for the literary life at birth — he was delivered by William Carlos Williams, the pediatrician-cum-poet."
214. Robert Hillyer Papers, Syracuse University. Accessed May 16, 2022. "Robert Silliman Hillyer (1895-1961) was an American poet. Born in East Orange, New Jersey, on June third 1895, he was educated at Kent School, Harvard College, and the University of Copenhagen."
215. Stetler, Carrie. "What happened to Whitney?" Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Seattle Times, March 22, 2004. Accessed January 23, 2011. "Houston was born in Newark, N.J., and reared in East Orange, the daughter of acclaimed gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston, who sang backup for everyone from Aretha Franklin to Elvis Presley."
216. Staff. "Interview With Karen Hunter Of SiriusXM", Hip NJ, March 29, 2016. Accessed December 10, 2018. "Karen was born and raised in East Orange, New Jersey. She attended Catholic school before studying at Drew University in Madison, NJ."
217. Houlihan, Mary. "Ian has learned the truth from controversies" Archived August 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Chicago Sun-Times, April 23, 2004. Accessed December 18, 2007. "Ian grew up in East Orange, N.J., in a musical family."
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219. Presinzano, Jessica. "Celebrities, politicians and athletes who call North Jersey home", The Record, October 11, 2017. Accessed October 28, 2017. "Malcolm Jenkins, safety for the Philadelphia Eagles, was born and raised in East Orange."
220. Reinhard, Paul. "Anything Is Possible For Jarrod", The Morning Call, July 30, 1991. Accessed October 24, 2011. "Well, by the time he graduated from Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, N.J., Johnson had blossomed into a 243-pound center. 'It's good I didn't gain another 100 pounds between my freshman and senior years in college,' he quipped yesterday during a telephone conversation. Johnson, an East Orange, N.J., native who as a young boy rooted for the Pittsburgh Steelers after watching them win Super Bowl IX, became an outstanding center at Lehigh University."
221. David Jones, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed December 12, 2018. "Born: November 9, 1968 (Age: 50-033d) in East Orange, NJ... High School: Hillside (NJ)"
222. Colonel E. Lester Jones, NOAA. Accessed December 20, 2007. "Ernest Lester Jones, the son of Charles Hopkins and Ida (Lester) Jones was born in East Orange, New Jersey on April 14, 1876."
223. "Assemblyman LeRoy J. Jones Jr". Archived from the original on February 25, 1998. Retrieved May 12, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), New Jersey Legislature backed up as of February 25, 1998. Accessed June 7, 2010.
224. Trammell, Matthew. "Uptown Anthems; Naughty by Nature salute a quarter century of call-and-response.", The New Yorker, May 2, 2016. Accessed February 2, 2020. "In 1991, Anthony Criss, Vincent Brown, and Keir Gist, two rappers and a d.j. from East Orange, New Jersey, better known as Treach, Vin Rock, and DJ Kay Gee, immortalized a three-letter acronym for cheaters worldwide."
225. Brandin Knight Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Pitt Panthers men's basketball. Accessed June 3, 2015.
226. Brevin Knight, New Jersey Sports Heroes. Accessed June 3, 2015. "Brevin Adon Knight was born November 8, 1975 in Livingston. He grew up in East Orange, and was the first of two accomplished basketball players in the family. Brandin, six years younger, also played pro ball."
227. Roberts, Kathaleen. "Artist’s cyanotypes are blueprints of the natural world", Albuquerque Journal, May 4, 2014. Accessed January 7, 2021. "'I grew up in Newark and East Orange, New Jersey,' Leis said."
228. Anne E. Lindeman, Arizona State Library. Accessed July 15, 2023. "Place of Birth East Orange, Essex Co., NJ, USA"
229. Stewardship Stories/32.FirstFemaleFieldBiologist.pdf "The First Female Field Biologist; Elizabeth 'Betty' Losey"^{[permanent dead link]}, Conservation Gateway. Accessed March 14, 2018. "Born in East Orange, New Jersey in 1912, Mrs. Losey graduated high school in Lynn, Massachusetts before earning her bachelor's degree in 1934 and her master's degree in 1946 from the University of Michigan."
230. Staff. "Gold Tee Designer Dead. Dr. William Lowell of Jersey Patented Reddy Device in '21", The New York Times, June 25, 1954. Accessed August 6, 2019. "East Orange, N.J., June 24- Dr. William Lowell, designer of the Reddy Golf Tee, which came into universal use in the sport, died yesterday at Orange Memorial Hospital after a short illness.... Born in Hoboken, he lived in South Orange, Maplewood and Summit before moving here four years ago."
231. Jordan, Chris. "Hip-hop rising star Lady London, an East Orange native, set to make live debut at SOB's", The Record, February 17, 2022. Accessed November 13, 2023. "You've heard her freestyles and seen her videos. Now experience Lady London live. The rising hip-hop talent, aka Zaire Stewart of East Orange, is set to make her live debut Saturday, Feb. 19, at SOB's in New York City."
232. Cutler, Jacqueline. "N.J.’s Luxx Noir London talks RuPaul’s Drag Race, journey to the runway", Asbury Park Press, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 9, 2023. Accessed April 18, 2023. "East Orange's Luxx Noir London in a number where she played a woman whose husband had thrown her in the river."
233. History of Clara Louise Maass, Clara Maass Medical Center. Accessed August 6, 2019. "Clara Louise Maass was born on June 28, 1876 in East Orange, NJ, the first of 10 children."
234. Parker, Ev. "Parker's Pen: 'I Surrender Dear'", Napa Valley Register, January 3, 2011. Accessed January 23, 2011. "MacRae, once a kid from East Orange, N.J., sang 'Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' from the musical Oklahoma."
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237. Pilgrim Journey, Wayne State University Press. Accessed April 10, 2024. "The daughter of a Baptist pastor, Madgett was born in Virginia and moved with her family to East Orange, New Jersey as a toddler."
238. Derby, George; and White, James Terry. The National Cyclopædia of American Biography, p. 55. Accessed November 16, 2017. "McCarroll, Marion Clyde, columnist, was born in East Orange, N. J., May 8, 1891, daughter of James Renwick Thompson and Helen Fredericks Stoughton (Loomis) McCarroll."
239. Fitzgerlad's Legislative Manual 1984, p. 254. Accessed February 10, 2020. "Stephen A. Mikulak, Rep, Woodbridge - Assemblyman Mikulak was born in East Orange Oct. 15, 1948."
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241. Daniel F. Minahan, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed July 16, 2007.
242. Rohan, Virginia. "Dorian Missick finds 'Degrees' of success", The Record, November 19, 2006. Accessed January 23, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "On his first real acting job -playing a young Southern fisherman in a 1990 episode of In the Heat of the Night - Dorian Missick was a fish out of water.... 'That show was shot in Georgia, and I was this kid from New Jersey. I didn't have the accent down,' says Missick, who was born in East Orange and grew up in North Plainfield."
243. A Portrait of a Scientist, Smithsonian Institution Archives. Accessed January 23, 2023. "Evelyn Groesback Mitchell was born in East Orange, N.J. She is a graduate of the East Orange High School, where she distinguished herself for her originality in science and art."
244. About Justice Worrall F. Mountain, American Inns of Court. Accessed June 15, 2016. "Born on June 28, 1909 in East Orange, Worrall Mountain became a pillar of the New Jersey bar."
245. Teana Muldrow, West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball. Accessed June 23, 2023. "Hometown East Orange, N.J.; High School East Orange HS"
246. Kasper, Shirl. Annie Oakley, p. 189. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992). ISBN 978-0-8061-3244-0. Accessed October 9, 2013.
247. Norris, Chris. "Pop Goes the Ghetto", New York, June 19, 1995. Accessed September 11, 2011. "Treach – Naughty's machete-wielding, padlock-and-chain-wearing lead rapper – was drawing lines in his lyrics between Them and Us, set in a musical backdrop that erased them. And with that – and two more giant-selling singles – three kids from the slums of East Orange, New Jersey, became a pop band."
248. Newman, Melinda. "Naturi's a Natural", New Jersey Monthly, December 8, 2008. Accessed September 19, 2012. "East Orange native Naturi Naughton plays rapper Lil' Kim in a film about the life of hip-hop artist Notorious B.I.G., which opens Jan. 16."
249. Johnson, Brent; and Livio, Susan K. "N.J. Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, a pioneering public servant, dies", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 1, 2023. Accessed August 1, 2023. "She was an East Orange resident.... Oliver moved into politics when she was elected to the East Orange Board of Education, an office she held from 1994 to 2000.... And in between, she lost a bid for East Orange mayor by a mere 51 votes."
250. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 164, p. 278. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1940. Accessed November 6, 2017. "C. Milford Orben (Rep., Millburn) - Mr. Orben was born In Newark, New Jersey, on June 28, 1808; son of Charles S. and Mabel Orben. Educated East Orange Grammar and High Schools, Pennsylvania State College."
251. Maslin, Janet. "A Yalie's Promising Future Competed With a Darker Side; The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, by Jeff Hobbs", The New York Times, September 10, 2014. Accessed June 10, 2016. "When Jackie found out what public school was like in East Orange, N.J., where they lived, she scrimped enough to get him a Catholic school education."
252. Staff. "Elizabeth Peer, Senior Writer For Newsweek, Is Dead at 48", The New York Times, June 5, 1984. Accessed September 28, 2016. "Miss Peer was born in East Orange, N.J., and graduated from the Connecticut College for Women in 1957."
253. Cooper, Darren. "Exclusive: Michigan's Jabrill Peppers adds fuel to Don Bosco-Paramus Catholic recruiting feud", The Record, October 9, 2014. Accessed September 28, 2016. "When I finally enrolled, I was then living in East Orange where a lot of the other guys he recruited lived. He had a coach pick us up and drop us off every day for school and practice."
254. Shugrue, Edward J. "Between Ourselves", Bridgeport Post, October 20, 1963. Accessed January 11, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Chickie, whose proper name is Angela Marie Poisson, was born in East Orange, N. J., in 1931."
255. Kocieniewski, David. "Judge Leaving High Court After 20 Years as Unifier", The New York Times, February 26, 1999. Accessed June 14, 2016. "Judge Pollock was born in East Orange and raised in Brookside, back when it had only 1,300 residents and a four-room schoolhouse."
256. "The Robertson Treatment Vol. 6.7; Queen Latifah holding court in Hollywood!", Baltimore Afro-American, March 28, 2003. Accessed December 11, 2007. "'I've always loved musicals,' admits the actress who was born Dana Owens and was raised in the East Orange, NJ area and who presently lives in Rumson, NJ."
257. "Eddie Rabbitt, 56, Whose Songs Zigzagged From Pop to Country", The New York Times, May 9, 1998. Accessed May 24, 2012. "The son of Irish immigrants, he was born in Brooklyn and raised in East Orange, N.J."
258. via Associated Press. "Alfred Stanford Milford Citizen’s retired publisher", The Day, February 15, 1985. Accessed November 12, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Stanford was born in East Orange, N.J., and attended Amherst College, from which he graduated after interrupting his studies in 1918 to join the Navy."
259. "Schettino Reaches Goal of Every Judge", Asbury Park Press, January 20, 1959. Accessed November, 2017. "The Supreme Court nominee was born in East Orange, son of the late Joseph and Maria Schettino. After his graduation from East Orange High School and Rutgers University, he went to Columbia Law School where he received his law degree in 1933."
260. Perry Scott Archived June 5, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Pro Football Archives. Accessed June 5, 2023. "Born: August 27, 1917 East Orange, NJ... High School: Bernards (Bernardsville, NJ)"
261. Staff. "Shareefa's 'Point of No Return' Hits Stores October 24" Archived October 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Starpulse.com, October 8, 2006. Accessed September 11, 2011. "Raised between Brick City (Newark) and East Orange, young Shareefa was a fan of legendary singers from the time she was a child."
262. Dowd, Mike. "'Big Ben' Sirmans rang Rody's chimes", The Bangor Daily News, October 16, 1990. Accessed March 13, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "A 'borderline' student at Montclair Immaculate Conception High, Sirmans grew up in a tough neighborhood in East Orange, N.J."
263. Warner Vincent Slack, Harvard University. Accessed May 16, 2024. "Warner Vincent Slack, MD, was born in East Orange, New Jersey, in 1933 and was the son of Evelyn Francis Slack and Charles Morse Slack, a prominent physicist who helped develop the reactor engine for the Nautilus, the first atomic-powered submarine."
264. Newton P. Stallknecht papers, 1922-1980, bulk 1950-1971, Indiana University Archives Onlie. Accessed December 14, 2019. "Newton P. Stallknecht was born in East Orange, New Jersey, on October 24, 1906."
265. "Obituary: Janet S. Stoltzfus", Town Topics, March 10, 2004. Accessed October 23, 2022. "Born in East Orange, she was the daughter of the late Harrison Theodore Sorg and Mildred Sorg Blasius."
266. "Donald J. Strait", The Pilot, April 3, 2015. Accessed September 6, 2021. "Born April 28, 1918, in East Orange, N.J., he packed his 96 years with successes and honors whether on the Verona High School baseball team, in the U.S. Air Force, Fairchild Industries, every golf course he teed up on, or in his personal life."
267. Appelbaum, Binyamin. "Nobel in Economics Is Awarded to Richard Thaler", The New York Times, October 9, 2017. Accessed October 11, 2017. "Professor Thaler, 72, was born in East Orange, N.J., and graduated from Case Western Reserve University before earning a doctorate in economics at the University of Rochester in 1974."
268. Tom Verducci Archive, Sports Illustrated, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 20, 2015. "Born in East Orange, New Jersey, and raised in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Verducci led his high school football team to a state championship, calling his catch of the winning touchdown pass in the title game as the defining sports moment of his life."
269. Albert Lincoln Vreeland, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed July 16, 2007.
270. Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1970, p. 388. Accessed April 21, 2020. "James H. Wallwork (Rep., Short Hills) - James H. Wallwork lives at 94 Canoe Brook Road, Short Hills. He was born in East Orange, September 17, 1930."
271. Hu, Winnie. "For a Singer's 1940s Alma Mater, a 21st-Century Gift", The New York Times, September 21, 2010. Accessed September 11, 2011. "Once a neighborhood school called Lincoln, it was renamed for Ms. Warwick, a winner of five Grammy awards, in 1996 after becoming a theme school for business. Ms. Warwick attended the school, which now draws students from across the district, in the late 1940s."
272. "Col. L. H. Watres, 82, World War Hero, Dies". Scranton Tribune. Scranton, PA. February 7, 1964. pp. 3, 15 – via Newspapers.com.
273. Obituary of Clarence Watters, The Boston Organ Club Newsletter, Fall 1986. Accessed March 12, 2024. "Clarence E. Watters of East Hartford, Conn., died in Farmington, Conn., on July 26, 1986, at the age of 83. He was born in East Orange, N.J., in 1902, and studied with Marcel Dupré in Paris during the 1920's."
274. Staff. "Mystery Plot: Whodunit in Newark?", The New York Times, August 26, 1994. Accessed February 6, 2012. "Ms. Wilson Wesley grew up in Ashford, Conn., and now lives in Montclair, N.J., with her husband and two daughters. But she lived in nearby East Orange in the early 1970s, and Tamara's yellow-and-green Cape Cod is modeled on her old house."
275. Clark, Alice. "Barrence Whitfield: Walk On The Wild Side", Loudersound.com, September 7, 2015. Accessed January 20, 2020. "'We moved to East Orange, New Jersey when I was three,' says Whitfield, who to avoid confusion with Barry White, the 70s soul singer, adopted his Whitfield moniker in tribute to Motown producer Norman Whitfield."
276. Simons, Marlise. "George Whitman, Paris Bookseller and Cultural Beacon, Is Dead at 98", The New York Times, December 14, 2011. Accessed December 18, 2011."George Whitman was born on Dec. 12, 1913, in East Orange, N.J., and grew up in Salem, Mass."
277. William Halsted Wiley, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed July 11, 2007.
278. Eftimiades, Maria. "Radio Personality Without Limits", The New York Times, July 2, 1989. Accessed May 24, 2012. "From his early days, growing up in East Orange, Mr. Williams has always had a passion for radio talk shows."
279. Ragozzino, Joe. "Jocelyn Willoughby signs with University of Virginia" Archived April 22, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Essex News Daily, November 20, 2015. Accessed April 19, 2020. "Newark Academy senior Jocelyn Willoughby had cause to celebrate on National Letter of Intent Signing Day this month. Joined by family, friends and coaches, the East Orange resident signed her National Letter of Intent to play basketball for University of Virginia."
280. Govan, Jennifer. "Today in History: Celebrating Marion Thompson Wright", Gottesman Libraries, September 12, 2019. Accessed February 6, 2022. "On September 12th, 1902, Marion Manola Thompson Wright was born in East Orange, New Jersey, to Minnie and Moses Thompson -- the youngest of four children."

Further reading

• Hart, William. East Orange. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2006.
• Stuart, Mark A. A Centennial History of East Orange. East Orange, NJ: East Orange Centennial Committee, 1964.

External links

• East Orange website