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Rochelle
Park is a township in Bergen County,
New Jersey,
United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was
5,528.
What
is now Rochelle Park was incorporated as
Midland
Township
on March 7, 1871, from portions of New
Barbadoes
Township. Rochelle Park was formed as a township by an Act of the New Jersey
Legislature on November 5, 1929, replacing Midland Township, based
on the results of a referendum held on that same day that passed by
a 503-69 margin. The main impetus behind the change in name was to avoid
confusion with the nearby community of Midland
Park.
As
of the census of 2000, there were 5,528 people, 2,061 households,
and 1,393 families residing in the township. The population density
was 5,287.7 people per square mile (2,032.7/km˛). There were 2,111
housing units at an average density of 2,019.2/sq mi (776.2/km˛).
The racial makeup of the township was 90.09%
White, 0.45% African
American, 0.04% Native American, 6.02% Asian, 2.03% from other
races, and 1.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any
race were 8.57% of the population.
The
Rochelle
Park
School District
serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth
grade.
Midland
School
opened in 1925, serving K-8 back then as well, with students
attending
Hackensack
High School
after completing studies at Midland
School.
Students
in public school for grades 9 - 12 attend
Hackensack
High School
in
Hackensack, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hackensack
Public Schools, together with students from
Maywood
and
South Hackensack
Rochelle
Park is the business headquarters for specialty retailer United
Retail Group, which is a publicly traded company on the New York
Stock Exchange.
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