Editing East Orange, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the city had a total area of 3.93 square miles (10.17&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all of which was land.<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

East Orange shares borders with the Essex County municipalities of [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] to the east and south, [[South Orange, New Jersey|South Orange]] to the southwest, [[Orange, New Jersey|Orange]] to the west, and [[Glen Ridge, New Jersey|Glen Ridge]] and [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]] to the north.<ref name=Wards /><ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010493/touches.html Areas touching East Orange], MapIt. Accessed March 29, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://www.essexregister.com/municipalities/ Municipalities], [[Essex County, New Jersey]] Register of Deeds and Mortgages. Accessed March 29, 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>

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the city include Ampere and Brick Church.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 4, 2015.</ref>

===Neighborhoods===
[[File:Eastorangemansion.jpg|left|thumb|A reminder of East Orange's former wealth. The [[Ambrose-Ward Mansion]] was built in 1898 for a book manufacturer, now the home of the African-American Fund of New Jersey]]
East Orange is officially divided into five wards, but is also unofficially divided into a number of neighborhoods, still with many well maintained streets and homes.
* '''[[Ampere station|Ampere]]''': Anchored by the now defunct train station of the same name, The Ampere section was developed on land owned by Orange Water Works, after the construction of the Crocker Wheeler Company plant spurred development in the area. The station was named in honor of [[André-Marie Ampère]], a pioneer in electrodynamics and reconstructed as a new Renaissance Revival station in 1907 and 1908. Roughly bounded by the [[Ampere North, New Jersey|Ampere North]] CDP in [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]] to the north, Lawton Street and [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] to the east, 4th Avenue to the south, and North Grove Street to the West.
* '''Greenwood (Teen Streets)<ref>[http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/cpp/projects/Energy%20Plans--PDF/East%20Orange_Energy%20Plan%20-10-27-30.pdf "An Energy Plan For The City of East Orange, New Jersey"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916034416/http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/cpp/projects/Energy%20Plans--PDF/East%20Orange_Energy%20Plan%20-10-27-30.pdf |date=September 16, 2014 }}, [[Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], October 2010. Accessed November 4, 2014.</ref>''': So named after Greenwood Avenue and the "teen" streets that run through it. It is often grouped together with Ampere. This area was severely disturbed by the construction of [[Interstate 280 (New Jersey)|Interstate 280]] and the [[Garden State Parkway]]. The [[Grove Street station (NJ Transit)|Grove Street station]] of the former [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] was located at Grove and Main streets. Roughly bounded by 4th Avenue to the North, North 15th Street/[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] to the east, Eaton Place/[[NJ Transit]] [[Morris & Essex Lines]], and North Grove Street to the eest.
* '''Presidential Estates''': Recently designated due to the streets in this area being named after early presidents of the United States. There are many large well kept homes situated on streets lined with very old, very large shade trees in this neighborhood that are characteristic of the northern section of the city. Roughly Bounded by Bloomfield to the North, [[Montclair-Boonton Line]] and North Grove Street to the east, Springdale Avenue to the South and the [[Garden State Parkway]] to the West.
* '''Elmwood''': Located in the southeastern part of the city. Elmwood Park serves this section of the city, with 7 tennis courts on Rhode Island Avenue, a basketball court on the corner of Elmwood Avenue and Oak Street, a swimming pool with a pool house, a walking track, a baseball field, a softball field and a renovated field house.<ref>[http://www.eastorange-nj.gov/Departments/Recreation/ourparks.html About Our Parks] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916034007/http://www.eastorange-nj.gov/Departments/Recreation/ourparks.html |date=September 16, 2014 }}, City of East Orange. Accessed November 4, 2014.</ref> The area holds one of the surviving Carnegie Libraries, the Elmwood Branch of the [[East Orange Public Library]], opened in 1912.<ref>Hart, Bill. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9SsrumYZXQ0C&pg=PA28 ''East Orange in Vintage Postcards''], P. 28. [[Arcadia Publishing]], 2000. {{ISBN|978-0-7385-0457-5}}. Accessed November 4, 2014.</ref>
* '''Doddtown (Franklin)''': Named after John Dodd who founded and surveyed the area of the "Watsessing Plain".<ref>[http://www.eohistory.info/EOTimeLine/1679.htm Daniel Dodd settles on land near Watsessing Plain], East Orange Interactive Museum. Accessed November 4, 2014.</ref> The former campus of [[Upsala College]] is located here. It was converted into the new [[East Orange Campus High School]] on the east side of Prospect Street, and an adjacent new housing subdivision. Roughly bounded by [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]] to the North, the [[Garden State Parkway]] to the East, Park Avenue to the South and [[Orange, New Jersey|Orange]] to the West.