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Mayor Of Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford, New Jersey was incorporated on March 14, 1871. The mayor is the chief elected official in the Township of Cranford, in Union County, New Jersey . The township elects five commissioners at-large to three-year terms, and the members of the township committee elect one of their own as mayor and one as deputy mayor for one-year terms. The mayor of Cranford is the chairman of the township committee and presides over meetings, sets agendas, oversees township government, and performs ceremonial functions. The mayor has the same one vote as other commissioners and is a part-time ceremonial function. The mayor of Cranford possesses other duties assigned to mayors under New Jersey law. Daniel Aschenbach was mayor 4 times. Terms are for the calendar year given unless otherwise noted. The mayors are as follows: Mayors of Cranford, New Jersey * Sylvester Cahill, Sr. – 1871. Sylvester Cahill, Sr. was the first mayor of Cranford, New Jersey. * Alexander Purves (mayor) – 1872 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located southwest of Manhattan. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 23,847, an increase of 1,222 (+5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 22,625, which in turn reflected an increase of 47 (+0.2%) from the 22,578 counted in the 2000 census. NJ Transit rail service is available at the Cranford station, along the Raritan Valley train line, with service to Newark Penn Station and to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan via Midtown Direct. It is part of the New York City metropolitan area. Cranford was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portions of the Townships of Clark, Linden, Springfield, Union and Westfield. Portions of the township were taken to form Garwood (in 1903) and Kenilworth (in 1907).Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
