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ENGLEWOOD , a city ofSee also: Bergen county, New See also: Jersey, U.S.A., near the Hudson See also: river, 14 M
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N. by E. of Jersey City
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Pop
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(1900) 6253, of whom 1548 were See also: foreign-See also: born and 386 negroes; (1905) 7922; (1910) 9924
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It is served by a branch of the See also: Erie railway, and by an electric See also: line connecting with a See also: ferry (at Fort See also: Lee) to New
See also: York
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Englewood is primarily a residential suburb of New York
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The site rises terrace above terrace from the marshes in the valley of the See also: Hackensack to the top of the palisades overlooking the Hudson, from which Englewood is separated by the See also: borough of Englewood Cliffs (pop. in 1905, 266)
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There are several See also: fine residences, a hospital, a public library and the See also: Dwight school for girls (1859)
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The site of Englewood was for a long See also: time a See also: part of " See also: English Neighbourhood," and was known as Liberty See also: Pole; but until 1859, when the place was laid out, there were only a few houses here, one of which was the " Liberty Pole See also: Tavern." In 1871 Englewood was set off from the township of Hackensack and was incorporated as a See also: separate township, and in 1896 it was chartered as a city; but the See also: act under which it was chartered was declared unconstitutional, and in 1899 Englewood was rechartered as a city by a See also: special act of the See also: state legislature
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