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HISTORY
Closter was formed as an incorporated municipality by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on January 1, 1904, from portions of Harrington Township. On March 29, 1904, Harrington Park was created from portions of Closter, Harrington Township and Washington Township. After the turn of the 20th century, Closter changed from being sprawling estates and farms into an upper middle class suburban town
Indians of the Lenape Tribe occupied the land now called Closter. They were displaced by the Europeans, predominately the Dutch. For 200 years Dutch was the common language. English was not taught until 1770. Most of the Colonial architecture in the Hudson River Valley was Dutch in origin and over 20 of these original homes still remain and are still used by Closter residents. No other town in Bergen County boasts so great a concentration of houses built in or prior to 1740. In 1904, Borough of Closter was incorporated and present town boundaries were established encompassing 3.31 square miles with 150 acres of reservoirs and streams.
Education
The Closter Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2017–18 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 1,181 students and 96.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1. Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Hillside Elementary School (with 666 students in grades PreK-4) and Tenakill Middle School (with 504 students in grades 5-8)
Students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest, together with students from Demarest and Haworth. The high school is part of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan. During the 1994-96 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education. As of the 2017–18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,018 students and 91.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
Transportation
NJ Transit 167 and 177 bus routes provide service along Schraalenburgh Road to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. Coach USA's Red and Tan Lines provides service from Closter to the Port Authority Bus Terminal via the 20 and 14E bus routes. Saddle River Tours / Ameribus offers service on the 20 / 84 route to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station.
GENERAL INFO
Population: 8,740
Distance to NYC: 14 miles
Population Density / Mile: 2,755
Median Age: 46.09
Number of Households: 2,871
Households with Children:
1,279
Median Household Income: $131,458
City Hall: Closter Borough Hall
Address: 295 Closter Dock Road
Phone Number: 201-784-0600
Town Website: http://www.closterboro.com/
Library Website:
http://www.bccls.org
Water Service:
Suez
Gas & Electric:
P.S.E.&G./Rockland Electric
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