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Essex County is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey, and is one of the centrally located counties in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's second-most populous county, with a population of 863,728, its highest decennial count since the 1970 census and an increase of 79,759 (+10.2%) from the 2010 census count of 783,969.
University Heights is a neighborhood in Newark in Essex County, New Jersey. It is so named because of the four academic institutions located within its boundaries: Rutgers University, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), New Jersey Medical School (Rutgers) and Essex County College. In total, the schools enroll approximately 32,000 degree-seeking students.
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The Essex County Hospital Center, also known as the Overbrook Hospital, the Overbrook Asylum, or simply the Overbrook, was a psychiatric hospital that was located around 125 Fairview Avenue in the Township of Cedar Grove, New Jersey. It was used as a general hospital then converted to house patients afflicted with mental disorders. The original hospital was located at the edge of the Hilltop Reservation and designated a Conservation Easement in 2001 by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the site now is part of the Essex County park system. A new hospital opened in 2006, and the site of the original hospital was converted to a park and townhomes in 2017.
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Oak Ridge Park is a 90-acre (36 ha) county park in Clark, New Jersey, United States, located on the border of North Edison, New Jersey managed by Union County. The park, formerly Oak Ridge Golf Course, was converted to a park in 2009.
The Hudson County Park System owns and operates several county parks in Hudson County, New Jersey. It has its roots in the City Beautiful movement around the turn of the twentieth century. The system comprises eight parks comprising 716.52 acres (290.0 ha). Additionally, the county owns acreage in preservation areas in the New Jersey Meadowlands
There are two statues of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Newark, New Jersey. Both are located on the Essex County Courthouse Complex at its newest addition, the Martin Luther King Justice Building.
Lionsgate Newark Studios is a 350,000 square foot film and television production studio under construction in Newark, New Jersey. It is located in Dayton in the South Ward on 15 acres (6.1 ha) of land overlooking Weequahic Golf Course nearby Newark Liberty International Airport.
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- ↑ County of Essex: Weequahic Park, accessed September 21, 2006
- ↑ Golfer Of The Week: Wiley Williams
- ↑ Kiefer, Eric (August 9, 2017). "Newark Golf Legend Inspires Community: 'No Tiger Without Wiley'". Newark, NJ Patch. Retrieved February 5, 2022. Williams taught generations of young people the game of golf and adopted Weequahic Golf Course as his home course, county officials stated. The county executive is Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr., widely known as "Joe D."
- ↑ Kiefer, Eric (May 23, 2017). "County Spends $3M on Newark Golf Course". Newark, NJ Patch. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ↑ "Weequahic Golf Course | Golf | Essex County Parks".
- ↑ "Matt Ginella at hidden gem Weequahic Golf Course".
