Woodland Park, New Jersey
Woodland Park, New Jersey | |
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Lambert Tower in Garret Mountain Reservation | |
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Map of Woodland Park in Passaic County (shown under its former name West Paterson). Inset: Location of Passaic County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Detailed Census Bureau map of West Paterson in 2000 | |
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| Coordinates: 40°53′24″N 74°11′40″W / 40.889908°N 74.194581°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Passaic |
| Incorporated | May 1, 1914 (as West Paterson) |
| Renamed | January 1, 2009 (to Woodland Park) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (small municipality) |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Keith Kazmark (D, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Keith Kazmark |
| • Municipal clerk | Sandra Olivola |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.08 sq mi (7.97 km2) |
| • Land | 2.94 sq mi (7.61 km2) |
| • Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.36 km2) 4.51% |
| • Rank | 330th of 565 in state 13th of 16 in county |
| Elevation | 348 ft (106 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 13,484 |
• Estimate (2023) | 13,138 |
| • Rank | 192nd of 565 in state 7th of 16 in county |
| • Density | 4,588/sq mi (1,771/km2) |
| • Rank | 127th of 565 in state 8th of 16 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07424 |
| Area code | 973 |
| FIPS code | 3403182423 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885439 |
| Website | wpnj |
Woodland Park (formerly West Paterson) is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. At the 2020 United States census, the population was 13,484.
What is now Woodland Park was formed as a borough, under the name West Paterson, by an act of the New Jersey Legislature in 1914, from portions of the township of Little Falls.
In 2008, the citizens of West Paterson voted to change the official name of the borough from West Paterson to Woodland Park.