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Glen Rock is a Borough in Bergen County , New Jersey , United States . As of the United States 2000 Census , the borough population was 11,546. Glen Rock is ranked in 47th place among the Highest-income Places In The United States With A Population Of At Least 10,000 .

Glen Rock was formed on , 1894 as date of formation.


GEOGRAPHY

Glen Rock is located at (40.961109, -74.125766).

According to the United States Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 7.1 Km&2 (2.7 Mi&2 ). 7.0 km&2 (2.7 mi&2) of it is land and 0.37% is water.


DEMOGRAPHICS

  1930 4369
  1940 5177
  1950 7145
  1960 12896
  1970 13011
  1980 11497
  1990 10883
  2000 11546
  Estimate 11396
  Estyear 2006
  Estref Census data for Glen Rock , United States Census Bureau Accessed August 23 , 2007
  Footnote Population 1930 - 1990 Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990 , Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network Accessed March 1 , 2007


As of the Census of 2000, there were 11,546 people, 3,977 households, and 3,320 families residing in the borough. The Population Density was 1,638.9/km&2 (4,246.1/mi&2). There were 4,024 housing units at an average density of 571.2/km&2 (1,479.9/mi&2). The racial makeup of the borough was 90.07% White , 1.81% African American , 0.16% Native American , 6.48% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.61% from Other Races , and 0.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.72% of the population.

There were 3,977 households out of which 43.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.1% were Married Couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.5% were non-families. 14.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the borough the population was spread out with 29.4% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $104,192, and the median income for a family was $111,280. Males had a median income of $84,614 versus $52,430 for females. The Per Capita Income for the borough was $45,091. About 2.1% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the Poverty Line , including 2.0% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.


GOVERNMENT


Local government

Glen Rock's governing body consists of a mayor and six council members elected at large on a staggered basis in partisan elections. Two council members are elected each year for three-year terms and the Mayor is elected to a four-year term of office. The Mayor is the Chief Executive Officer for the Borough.

Glen Rock operates using a Mayor / Council within the Borough form of government with the annual appointment of a full time professional borough administrator who is the Chief Administrative Officer of the Borough, responsible to the Mayor and Council.

The , 2007 .

On Election Day, , 2007 .


Federal, state and county representation

Glen Rock is in the Fifth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 35th Legislative District. 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government , New Jersey League Of Women Voters , p. 57. Accessed August 30 , 2006 .






Politics

As of , 2006 .

On the national level, Glen Rock is almost evenly split. In the , Division of Elections, dated December 13 , 2004 .

Recently, an issue has been made of underage drinking occurring in the town. The Glen Rock Police Department, along with the high school administration and the local media have brought to the attention of parents an event known as "keg races," competitive beer drinking parties. In recent years, the police have broken up several parties in which teens were consuming alcohol.[http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2ODcxNzE1/ Glen Rock parents get eye-opener about teens], '' The Record (Bergen County) '', January 31 , 2006 .


EDUCATION

The , which has an enrollment of 646 students in grades 9-12. The high school consistently places in the top 50 public schools in the state. Over 90% of students who attend Glen Rock High School go on to a two-year or four-year college.

There is one parochial school, Academy of Our Lady which is affiliated with St. Catharine's Roman Catholic church located in Glen Rock and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in neighboring Ridgewood.


TRANSPORTATION

railroad station in downtown Glen Rock]]
Glen Rock is served by two separate train stations, at Glen Rock (Main Line) on the Main Line and the Glen Rock (Boro Hall) on the Bergen County Line .

MJ Transit provides bus service to the , 2007 .

Route 208 travels through Glen Rock.


NOTABLE RESIDENTS

  • Michael Cavanaugh , vocalist and musician, star of the Broadway musical '' Movin' Out ''.

  • '', August 24 , 2007 . Accessed August 27 , 2007 . "The 17-year-old Glen Rock resident posted the complicated steps on his blog Thursday.... 'I've lived and breathed that phone for the last two months,' said Hotz, a Bergen County Academies grad who won a prestigious $20,000 Intel science fair prize this year for a device that projects a 3-D image.

  • , 2006 .

  • Floyd Vivino , lived and went to school in Glen Rock, also known as Uncle Floyd



POPULAR CULTURE

  • The TV show Ed filmed some scenes in Glen Rock.

  • In October 2005, many scenes of prominent locations in town were shot for the film '' World Trade Center '', starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Oliver Stone

  • This town is probably famous among video gamers, mainly because it is the headquarters of the game developer Imagineering , once a developer of console games. In every game they had produced, the following message always appears in the title screen and in the instruction booklet: ''"Developed by Imagineering Inc., Glen Rock N.J."''. This blatant advertising practice of displaying their hometown in their games is considered a very rare practice among game developers and is probably why Glen Rock become famous among video gamers.

  • Absolute Entertainment was a Video Game Developer and Publisher founded in Glen Rock that produced titles for the Amiga , Atari 2600 , Atari 7800 , Sega Game Gear , Sega Genesis , Sega CD , Game Boy , Nintendo Entertainment System , and Super Nintendo Entertainment System Video Game Console s, as well as for the PC . The company was formed in 1986 by former Activision employees Dan and Garry Kitchen , Alex Demeo , and David Crane until the founding fathers finally pulled the plug in 1995.

  • Unlike most suburban towns whose names have little or nothing to do with reality, Glen Rock was actually settled around an enormous rock left by retreating glaciers in a small valley ( Glen ). From a 1985 '' The New York Times '' article, "Glen Rock is named for a 570-ton boulder, believed to have been deposited by a glacier, that stands at the northern end of Rock Road, the town's main street. Called Pamackapuka, or Stone from Heaven, by the Delaware ( Lenape ) Indians, it served as a base for Indian signal fires and later as a trail marker for colonists."1 Notwithstanding this article, Rock Road runs almost due East/West, so there is no "northern end"—nor is the rock at the end of Rock Road, which runs nearly another half mile to its western end. Also, while the Rock lies at the intersection of Rock Road and Doremus Avenue, the Rock is actually on Doremus, not Rock. {Link without Title}



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SOURCES

  • "History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630-1923;" by "Westervelt, Frances A. (Frances Augusta), 1858-1942."

  • "Municipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey (according to Counties)" prepared by the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury (New Jersey); December 1 , 1958 .



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