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Edgewater
is a borough located on the Hudson River in
Bergen County
,
New Jersey
. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was
7,677. As of the 2006 Census estimate, the borough had a population
of 9,628.
Edgewater
was originally formed on December 7, 1894, from portions of
Ridgefield
Township
as the Borough
of Undercliff, at the height of the "Boroughitis"
phenomenon then sweeping through
Bergen
County
. The name was changed to Edgewater on November 8, 1899
As
of the census of 2000, there were 7,677 people, 3,836 households,
and 1,971 families residing in the borough. The population density
was 9,060.6 people per square mile (3,487.2/km˛). There were 4,277
housing units at an average density of 5,047.8/sq mi
(1,942.8/km˛). The racial makeup of the borough was 67.12% White,
3.52% African American, 0.21% Native American, 23.12% Asian, 0.04%
Pacific Islander, 2.94% from other races, and 3.05% from two or more
races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.45% of the population.
The
Edgewater Public Schools serves public school students in
Kindergarten through sixth grade.
For
grades 7 - 12, public school students are sent to the Leonia Public
Schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
Students
attend
Leonia
Middle School
for grades 7 and 8 and
Leonia
High School
which has students in grades 9 – 12.
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