Editing Maplewood, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
[[File:View of Maplewood.JPG|thumb|left|A view of Maplewood from the Columbia High School clocktower]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 3.88 square miles (10.04&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 3.87 square miles (10.03&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and <0.01 square miles (0.01&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (0.08%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /> A pond is in Memorial Park, the [[Rahway River]] runs through the township and there is a municipal pool club with four man-made pools of water; the remainder of the area is land.

The township shares a border with [[West Orange, New Jersey|West Orange]] and [[South Orange, New Jersey|South Orange]] to the north, [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] and [[Irvington, New Jersey|Irvington]] to the east, [[Union Township, Union County, New Jersey|Union]] (in [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]]) to the south, and [[Millburn, New Jersey|Millburn]] to the west.<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/838016/touches.html Areas touching Maplewood], MapIt. Accessed February 27, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://www.essexregister.com/municipalities/ Municipalities], [[Essex County, New Jersey]] Register of Deeds and Mortgages. Accessed February 26, 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 township include Hilton and Valley View.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 18, 2015.</ref>

===Climate===
Maplewood has a [[hot-summer humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Dfa'').

{{Weather box |metric first =
|location = Maplewood
|single line = Y
|Jan high F = 39
|Feb high F = 42
|Mar high F = 51
|Apr high F = 62
|May high F = 72
|Jun high F = 81
|Jul high F = 86
|Aug high F = 84
|Sep high F = 77
|Oct high F = 66
|Nov high F = 55
|Dec high F = 44
|year high F=
|Jan low F = 18
|Feb low F = 20
|Mar low F = 29
|Apr low F = 38
|May low F = 48
|Jun low F = 57
|Jul low F = 62
|Aug low F = 61
|Sep low F = 53
|Oct low F = 40
|Nov low F = 33
|Dec low F = 24
|year low F=
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.13
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.00
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.17
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.22
|May precipitation inch = 4.74
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.41
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.73
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.74
|Sep precipitation inch = 5.03
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.18
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.41
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.85
|year precipitation inch= 51.61
|source 1 = <ref>[http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/achesandpains/climatology/monthly/USNJ0291?from=36hr_newslinker2 Average Weather for Maplewood, New Jersey  – Temperature and Precipitation], [[Weather.com]]. Accessed March 28, 2008.</ref>
|date=August 2010
}}