Singac (pronounced SING-ack) is an

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and

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(CDP) located within Little Falls, in

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, in the

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.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)

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, August 2012. Accessed January 12, 2013. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 3,618.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Singac CDP, New Jersey

. Accessed January 16, 2013. The name ''Singac'' is believed to be an interpretation of the

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words meaning "backbone of mountain" or that it may originate from the Lenape term ''schinghacki'' meaning "flat country" or from ''schingask'' meaning "boggy meadow", which alludes to how the area floods after a storm.

Geography

According to the

, the CDP had a total area of 0.498 square miles (1.289 km²), including 0.466 square miles (1.207 km²) of land and 0.032 square miles (0.082 km²) of water (6.34%). Singac is a neighborhood in the western end of Little Falls. It is bounded to the north by the

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, known as the Newark-Pompton Turnpike or Pompton Avenue, runs north-south through the community.

Economy

Mountain View Diners Company Mountain View Diners Company, established by Les Daniel and Henry Strys in the Singac, New Jersey, Singac section of Little Falls, New Jersey, to manufacture Prefabrication, prefabricated diners, operated from 1939 to 1957, selling diners that wer ...

operated from 1939 to 1957, manufacturing

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s that were shipped nationwide.Funk, Richard W
"Building diners was specialty of several companies"
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'', December 2, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2023, via

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. "New Jersey could be considered the capital of the diner industry.... Mountain View Diners of Singac, N.J., was in business from 1939 to 1957. Hazleton's Blue Comet is a heavily remodeled 1957 model. This firm was known as a very aggressive marketer in the 1950s and its diners were shipped all over the country."

Demographics

The 2010 United States census counted 3,618 people, 1,477 households, and 920 families in the CDP. The

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was . There were 1,545 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 88.00% (3,184)

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, 1.35% (49) Black or African American, 0.14% (5) Native American, 5.80% (210) Asian, 0.00% (0)

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, 2.65% (96) from other races, and 2.05% (74) from two or more races.

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of any race were 12.82% (464) of the population. Of the 1,477 households, 25.5% had children under the age of 18; 45.6% were married couples living together; 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 37.7% were non-families. Of all households, 31.5% were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.16. 19.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 90.5 males.

References

{{Passaic County, New Jersey Census-designated places in Passaic County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey Little Falls, New Jersey