Totowa, New Jersey Totowa, New Jersey Map of Totowa in Passaic County.
Inset: Location of Passaic County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Inset: Location of Passaic County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Totowa, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Totowa, New Jersey State New Jersey Totowa (pronounced "TO-tuh-wuh" / to t w /) is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's populace was 10,844, reflecting an increase of 912 (+9.2%) from the 9,892 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 285 (-2.8%) from the 10,177 counted in the 1990 Census. Totowa was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 15, 1898, from portions of the now-defunct Manchester Township and Wayne Township. Its name comes from the Native American name for the Passaic Falls, and literally means "sinking or falling water," or "between mountain peaks and water." The formation of the Borough of Totowa was discussed at the Willard Park Hotel on Totowa Avenue, and headed by brothers Joseph and Robert Boyle.
On March 15, 1898, the Borough of Totowa was officially incorporated under Chapter 56 of the Laws of New Jersey, signed by Governor John Griggs. On April 12, 1898, the first election of the Borough of Totowa was held at the Willard Park Hotel, which would turn into the unofficial town hall until the municipal building was instead of in 1910. As of the 2000 Census, 37.2% of town inhabitants were of Italian ancestry, the seventh-highest percentage of any municipality in the United States, and second-highest in New Jersey (behind Hammonton, at 45.9%), among all places with more than 1,000 inhabitants identifying their ancestry. Although the Totowa PAL is autonomous from the Borough of Totowa, it uses fields and facilities owned by the municipality.
Totowa is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government.
The borough council consists of six members propel to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. The borough form of government, the most common fitness used in the state, is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie.
Totowa is positioned in the 11th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 40th state legislative district. Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Totowa had been in the 35th state legislative district. Prior to the 2010 Census, Totowa had been part of the 8th Congressional District, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections. New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District is represented by Rodney Frelinghuysen (R, Harding Township). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).
Rooney (R, Wyckoff). Rooney was sworn into office on December 12, 2016, to fill the seat of Scott Rumana, who had resigned from office on October 20, 2016, to turn into a judge of the New Jersey Superior Court. The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township). The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach). Passaic County is governed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders, who are propel at-large to staggered three-year terms office on a partisan basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.
The Borough of Totowa Police Department, positioned inside the Totowa Municipal Building on Totowa Road, is responsible for law enforcement. The Totowa Fire Department (TFD) is an entirely volunteer fire department and was established in April 1908. The TFD consists of four "companies:" Volunteer Fire Company #1 (1908), Lincoln Fire Company (1908), Riverview Fire Company #3 (1925), and Fire Rescue Company #4 (1955).
The Borough of Totowa First Aid Squad was established in 1951 to furnish a free, volunteer based service to the inhabitants of Totowa.
The Borough of Totowa OEM is responsible for organizing, aiding, and providing emergency response units in the case of a "state of small-town disaster emergency." The OEM recruits volunteers of various disciplines to respond to small-town disasters and collaborates with both county and state officials in the event of a disaster.
As of May 2010, the borough had a total of 44.88 miles (72.23 km) of roadways, of which 30.30 miles (48.76 km) were maintained by the municipality, 10.75 miles (17.30 km) by Passaic County and 3.83 miles (6.16 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Nearby roadways include New Jersey Route 23, New Jersey Route 3, and the Garden State Parkway.
Totowa is also crisscrossed by a several Passaic County Routes, including New Jersey Route 62, CR 632, CR 642 and CR 644.
Totowa is home to the North Jersey Developmental Center, which serves 400 developmentally disabled people on its 188-acre (0.76 km2) campus. The state announced a plan that would close the center in Totowa and another in Woodbridge Township, as part of a plan in which inhabitants of the centers would be dispersed to smaller, community-based housing programs. See also: Category:People from Totowa, New Jersey.
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Greater Community operates 16 full-service chapters in thenorthern New Jersey counties of Bergen, Passaic and Morris through its state-chartered commercial bank subsidiary Greater Community Bank." Unable to find a home on top of Manhattan's Grand Central Station, where it had hoped to perch like a town/city pigeon, the New York team finally landed in a new stadium at Totowa, N.J." "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask", New Jersey State League of Municipalities.
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"Brendan Murphy, who is the son of Peter Murphy, chairman of the Totowa Borough Republican Club, was chosen on Tuesday evening to fill seat left vacant by Councilman John Waryas and is set to be sworn into his new position at the July 8 council meeting." Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011.
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"A state task force issued a binding decision to close Totowa's North Jersey Development Center and the Woodbridge Development Center in Middlesex County in August.
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"Born as Kevin Clover Welsh in Totowa, New Jersey, a suburban town a several miles west of Manhattan, Clover eventually found her way athwart the Hudson River to turn into a sweet blossom in the New York City civil and eveninglife swirl." Totowa Borough Public Schools's 2015 16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education School data for the Totowa Borough Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics Municipalities and communities of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States
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