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Essex Fells is a borough in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 2,113, reflecting a decline of 49 (-2.3%) from the 2,162 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 23 (+1.1%) from the 2,139 counted in the 1990 Census.Essex Fells was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 31, 1902, from portions of Caldwell Township (now Fairfield Township). In 1981, the borough was one of seven Essex County municipalities to pass a referendum to become a township, joining four municipalities that had already made the change, of what would ultimately be more than a dozen Essex County municipalities to reclassify themselves as townships in order take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies that allocated townships a greater share of government aid to municipalities on a per capita basis. Effective January 1, 1992, it again became a borough.New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Essex Fells as its 10th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the \"Best Places To Live\" in New Jersey.
As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 2,162.
Essex Fells was part of the Horseneck Tract, which was an area that consisted of what are now the municipalities of Caldwell, New Jersey West Caldwell, New Jersey Caldwell, North Caldwell, New Jersey Caldwell, Fairfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey Verona, New Jersey Cedar Grove, New Jersey Grove, Essex Fells, Roseland, New Jersey and portions of Livingston, New Jersey and West Orange, New Jersey Orange. This purchase encompassed much of western Essex County, from the 'Orange', or 'First Mountain' in the Watchung Mountains Mountain range to the Passaic River. In 1702, settlers purchased the 14,000 acre (57 km²) Horseneck Tract — so-called because of its irregular shape that suggested a horse's neck and head — from the Lenni Lenape Native Americans of the United States Americans for goods equal to $325. Essex Fells is a Borough (New Jersey) in Essex County, New Jersey County, New Jersey, United States. .
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