Summit, New Jersey | |
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| Nickname: Hill City | |
 Location of Summit in Union County highlighted in yellow (left). Inset map: Location of Union County in New Jersey highlighted in black (right). | |
 Census Bureau map of Summit, New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°42′56″N 74°21′53″W / 40.715622°N 74.364684°W[1][2] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Union |
| Settled | 1710 |
| Incorporation | March 23, 1869 as Township |
| Incorporation | March 8, 1899 as City |
| Named for | Summit Lodge or "summit of the Short Hills" |
| Government | |
| • Type | City |
| • Body | Common Council |
| • Mayor | Elizabeth Fagan (R, term ends December 31, 2027)[3] |
| • Administrator | Michael F. Rogers[4] |
| • Municipal clerk | Rosemary Licatese[5] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.04 sq mi (15.66 km2) |
| • Land | 5.99 sq mi (15.52 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2) 0.84% |
| • Rank | 255th of 565 in state 7th of 21 in county[1] |
| Elevation | 374 ft (114 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 22,719 |
| • Estimate | 22,344 |
| • Rank | 119th of 565 in state 9th of 21 in county[12] |
| • Density | 3,790.3/sq mi (1,463.4/km2) |
| • Rank | 172nd of 565 in state 15th of 21 in county[12] |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Codes | 07901, 07902[13] |
| Area code | 908 |
| FIPS code | 3403971430[1][14][15] |
| GNIS feature ID | 085412[1][16] |
| Website | www |
Summit is the northernmost city of Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located within the New York metropolitan area. Situated on a ridge in northern–central New Jersey, the city is located within the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions, and also borders both Essex and Morris counties in the Passaic Valley region. Summit is a commercial hub and commuter town for New York City.[17] As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 22,719,[9][10] an increase of 1,262 (+5.9%) from the 2010 census count of 21,457,[18][19] which in turn reflected an increase of 326 (+1.5%) from the 21,131 counted in the 2000 census.[20]
Originally incorporated as Summit Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1869, from portions of New Providence Township (now Berkeley Heights) and Springfield Township, Summit was reincorporated as a city on March 8, 1899.[21][22]
Possible derivations of Summit's name include its location atop the Second Watchung Mountain; the Summit Lodge, the house to which jurist James Kent moved in 1837 and which stands today at 50 Kent Place Boulevard; and to a local sawmill owner who granted passage to the Morris and Essex Railroad for a route to "the summit of the Short Hills".[23][24][25]
- ^ a b c d 2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 1, 2020.
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
- ^ Elliott, Greg. "Summit Republicans Sweep to Victory as 2023 General Election Results are Certified". TAPinto. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
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- ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Summit, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed February 21, 2012.
- ^ U.S. Census website, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.
- ^ Caldwell, Dave. "Living In: Summit, N.J., a Place to Grow Into and Stay", The New York Times, October 28, 2015. Accessed July 17, 2023.
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LWD2010was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.
- ^ Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 241. Accessed May 30, 2024.
- ^ Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren. Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896-1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period, p. 273. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed October 11, 2015.
- ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "A Transit Hub With a Thriving Downtown", The New York Times, July 13, 1997. Accessed April 27, 2012. "The name 'Summit' may have been coined by James Kent, retired Chancellor of the Court of Chancery, New York State's highest judicial office, who bought a house on the hill in 1837 and named it Summit Lodge is today located at 50 Kent Place Boulevard. Another version of the way Summit got its name is that, around the same time, a sawmill owner named James Bonnell gave the Morris & Essex Railroad free right-of-way across his property, on condition that its track would pass near his sawmill. The company bought a special locomotive to pull the railroad cars up to what it called the summit of the Short Hills."
- ^ Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 11, 2015.
- ^ Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, p. 293. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed October 11, 2015.