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Upper
Saddle
River
was settled in the 1700s principally by Dutch settlers who
constructed mills along the Saddle
River. The area was granted borough status in 1894 and remained
principally rural until the 1950s. The suburban growth of
New Jersey
affected Upper Saddle
River
and surrounding municipalities, as the population quadrupled from
1960 to 1980. The population has remained fairly constant in the
past twenty years.
Predominantly
a residential community consisting of one acre (4,000 m²)
lots. Upper
Saddle
River
also contains a library, police station, fire station, ambulance
corps, municipal hall, and three primary schools. Commerce and
industry are concentrated along the town's western border along
Route 17. Postal service is shared with the neighboring borough of SaddleRiver
.
Upper
Saddle
River
was formed as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on
November 22, 1894, from portions of
Hohokus
Township
and
Orvil
Township, based on the results of a referendum held two days earlier, at the
height of the Boroughitis phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen
County
.
Upper
Saddle
River
was the site of the
infamous Gluzman murder in 1996.
As
of the census of 2000, there were 7,741 people, 2,497 households,
and 2,242 families residing in the borough. The population density
was 1,462.7 people per square mile (565.0/km²). There were 2,560
housing units at an average density of 483.7/sq mi (186.8/km²).
The racial makeup of the borough was 91.24% White, 0.93% African
American, 0.03% Native American, 6.28% Asian, 0.01% Pacific
Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 0.99% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.18% of the population.
Public
school students in grades Kindergarten through 8 attend the Upper
Saddle
River
School District. The school system consists of three facilities:
Robert
D.
Reynolds
Elementary School, with grades Pre-K to 2;
Edith
A. Bogert
Elementary School, with grades 3 to 5; and Emil
A.
Cavallini
Middle School, with an enrollment of students in grades 6 - 8.
Local
secondary school students attend public high school at the
Northern
Highlands
Regional
High School
in nearby Allendale, which serves students in the 9th-12th grades
from Allendale,
Upper Saddle
River, Ho-Ho-Kus, and part of Saddle
River
.
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