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Ringwood is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 11,735, [8] [9] a decrease of 493 (−4.0%) from the 2010 census count of 12,228, [18] [19] which in turn reflected a decrease of 168 (−1.4%) from the 12,396 counted in the 2000 census.
The Optional Municipal Charter Law or Faulkner Act (N.J.S.A 40:69A-1 [1], et seq.) provides New Jersey municipalities with a variety of models of local government. This legislation is called the Faulkner Act in honor of the late Bayard H. Faulkner, former mayor of Montclair, New Jersey, U.S., and former chairman of the Commission on Municipal Government.
Among New Jersey's 564 municipalities, the borough is the most common form of local government, though the majority of state residents actually reside in townships. In 2023 there were 253 boroughs in New Jersey. [2] However, boroughs were not always so common. In 1875 only 17 boroughs had been created, all by special acts of the legislature.
The Ringwood Mines landfill site is a 500 acres (200 ha) former iron mining site located in the borough of Ringwood, New Jersey. From 1967 to 1980, the Ford Motor Company dumped hazardous waste on this land, which negatively affected the health and properties of Ramapough Mountain Indians . [ 1 ]
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Local government in New Jersey is composed of counties and municipalities. Local jurisdictions in New Jersey differ from those in some other states because the entire area of the state is part of a municipality ; each of the 564 municipalities is in exactly one county ; and each of the 21 counties has more than one municipality.
People by borough in New Jersey (221 C) Pages in category "Boroughs in New Jersey" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 255 total.
Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Lakeland Regional High School in Wanaque, which serves students from the Boroughs of Ringwood and Wanaque. [5] As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 847 students and 77.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.