THE CITY OF ORANGE TOWNSHIP

Why We Love Orange

City and Suburban Living in the Same Town

• Historic Home Architecture
• Four City Brewing Company
• Downtown Shopping
• Affordable Single and Multi-Family homes
• Seven Oaks Parks Residential Community
• NJ Transit Morris Essex train easy commute to New York City and convenient to Routes 280, 287 and the Garden State Parkway

• Architecture and Homes

  • Large houses of the similar architecture and age as the home featured in the Historic Montrose Park of South orange. Modest, mid-size and large Colonials and Victorians.  Healthy number of multi-family houses, condominiums, townhouses and apartments.

• Neighborhoods

  • Seven Oaks Park, Berkeley, Tremont, Valley Arts

• Schools

  • Public Schools include 1 high school, and 14 elementary and middle schools

• Attractions

  • Four City Brewing Company
  • Valley Arts District

• Transportation

  • NJ Transit Morris Essex train line,
  • NJ Transit buses

• Parks

  • Monte Irvin Orange Park Field
  • Metcalf Park
  • Colgate Park
  • Central Playground

• History

  • The town’s history dates back to May 1666 when Connecticut settlers landed on the shores of the Passaic River. The township’s founders purchased land, formerly known as the Newark Settlement a few months later in July 1666. Residents who wished to farm moved westward into surrounding communities and eventually purchased land from the Lenapes. In the beginning Orange’s roots were mainly focused on agricultural. In 1807 the Township of Orange was founded and in 1860 it was incorporated as the Town of Orange.  In 1872 the Town of Orange was incorporated as the City of Orange Township.  Because of its proximity to railroads, canals and a network of roads and rivers, Orange became an industrial city, known for tanning, footwear, hat making, beer brewery and light manufacturing. Factory employees lived in the many multi-family dwellings dotted around the commercial districts. The wealthy industrialist built homes in Seven Oaks Parks and many resided in neighborhoods close to the Historic Montrose Park section of South Orange.

General Information:

Distance to NYC:  15 miles

Town Website: https://www.ci.orange.nj.us/

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