Maplewood

Maplewood is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 23,868. Maplewood is located at (40.728901, -74.268213). According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 3.8 square mile (10.0 km²).A pond is in Memorial Park, the Rahway River runs through the town, and there is a municipal pool club with four manmade pools of water; the remainder of the area is land. When surveying the area now known as Maplewood, Robert Treat found several trails used by Leni-Lenapi tribes of Algonquin Native Americans, though there was only sparse pre-European settlement. These paths form the basis for what are the town’s main thoroughfares today. The first European settlers arrived around 1675, primarily English, Dutch, and French Puritan who had earlier settled Hempstead, Long Island, and Stamford, Connecticut, via Newark and Elizabeth. They had acquired most of today’s Essex County from the... full article at wikipedia