Editing Belleville, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 3.37 square miles (8.71&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 3.30 square miles (8.54&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.07 square miles (0.18&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (2.05%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1/>

[[Silver Lake, Essex County, New Jersey|Silver Lake]] (2010 total population of 4,243<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212140130/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3467590 DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Silver Lake – Essex CDP, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed November 4, 2012.</ref>) is an [[Unincorporated area (New Jersey)|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) defined by the [[United States Census Bureau]] as of the 2010 Census that is split between Belleville (with 3,769 of the CDP's residents) and [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]] (474 of the total).<ref>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf#page=19 New Jersey: 2010 – Population and Housing Unit Counts – 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)], [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012, p. III-3. Accessed November 4, 2012. "Silver Lake (formed from parts of deleted whole-township Belleville and Bloomfield CDPs)"</ref>

Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Belwood, Big Tree and Soho.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 22, 2015.</ref>

The [[Second River (New Jersey)|Second River]] forms much of the border between Belleville and [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] as it runs through [[Branch Brook Park]].

The township of Belleville has given itself the nickname the Cherry Blossom Capital of America, with an annual display that is larger than the famed [[Tidal Basin]] in Washington, D.C., site of the [[National Cherry Blossom Festival]].<ref>[http://www.bellepl.org/cherry_blossom.htm A History Of Branch Brook's Cherry Blossoms – Belleville: The Cherry Blossom Capital of America] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415094430/http://www.bellepl.org/cherry_blossom.htm |date=April 15, 2012}}, [[Belleville Public Library and Information Center]]. Accessed November 8, 2011.</ref><ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131001122151/http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/120337959_Give_those_park_tourists_a_reason_to_stay.html "Editorial: Give Belleville tourists reason to stay"], ''Belleville Times'', April 21, 2011, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of October 1, 2013. Accessed September 14, 2017. "Each spring, people flock to Essex County's Cherry Blossom Festival in Branch Brook Park. The county park system has the largest variety of blossoms in the world.... Belleville already promotes itself as a cherry blossom capital, but perhaps more could be done, especially this time of year, when so many people descend on Branch Brook Park. It's one of the few major events attracting people outside the area to Belleville."</ref>

The township borders the municipalities of [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]], [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] and [[Nutley, New Jersey|Nutley]] in Essex County; [[Lyndhurst, New Jersey|Lyndhurst]] and [[North Arlington, New Jersey|North Arlington]] in [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]]; and [[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearny]] in [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010624/touches.html Areas touching Belleville], MapIt. Accessed March 19, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://www.essexregister.com/municipalities/ Municipalities], [[Essex County, New Jersey]] Register of Deeds and Mortgages. Accessed March 19, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>