Roosevelt is a

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in western

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, in the

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. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 808, a decrease of 74 (−8.4%) from the 2010 census count of 882, which in turn reflected a decline of 51 (−5.5%) from the 933 counted in the 2000 census. Located at the cross-roads between the Delaware Valley region to the south and the Raritan Valley region to the north in the center of the state, the borough was established as Jersey Homesteads by an act of the

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on May 29, 1937, from portions of Millstone Township. The name was changed to Roosevelt as of November 9, 1945, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier, in honor of President

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, who had died on April 12, 1945.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 184 re Roosevelt, p. 180 re Jersey Homesteads. Accessed May 30, 2024. ''

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'' magazine ranked Roosevelt as its 12th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.

History

Roosevelt was originally called Jersey Homesteads, and was created during the

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as part of

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Roosevelt's

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, its main purpose being to resettle Jewish garment workers. The town was conceived as an integrated cooperative project, with farming, manufacturing, and retail all on a cooperative basis. Perdita Buchan
When Louis Kahn and Roosevelt Created a New Jersey Utopia
dated December 4, 2014, at curbed.com, accessed January 14, 2016 The project fell under the discretion of the

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, but was conceived and largely planned out by Benjamin Brown. Farmland in

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was purchased by Jersey Homesteads, Inc., a corporation owned by the federal government but under control of a board of directors selected by Brown. Construction started around 1936. Soon after there were 200 homes and various public facilities in place. The economy of the town consisted of a garment factory and a farm.History Of Roosevelt, New Jersey
Rutgers University Library, accessed April 11, 2007. Objectives of the community were to help residents escape poverty, to show that cooperative management can work, and as an experiment in government intervention.

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gave the town his political and moral support. Artist

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lived in the town and painted a fresco mural viewable in the current Roosevelt Public School. The three panels show the history of the Jersey Homesteads, starting with the eastern European origins of its Jewish residents, their passage through

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and making plans for the community in Roosevelt.Roosevelt Mural
Roosevelt Arts Project website, accessed December 13, 2009.

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and the

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opposed the project, arguing that the factory town would cause unions to lose their power over wages. Political opposition came from those who thought too much money was being spent on the project, as well as those opposed to the New Deal in general. The Jersey Homesteads cooperative didn't last through

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. It failed for a number of reasons. One of the main reasons for its failure is because of delays in housing construction and resulted of shortage in workers in the garment factory. They ended up going on strike against themselves and the Farm Security Administration declared it a failure in 1939 and tried to auction off the assets. By early 1940, having failed to auction the factory fixtures, negotiations with Kartiganer and Co. succeeded and the company began operations at the Jersey Homesteads factory. Proving to be no more economically successful than the factory, the settlement's agricultural cooperative ceased operations in 1940. Although the clothing store failed with the factory, the borough's cooperative grocery and meat market endured into the 1940s. According to town expert Michael Hiltzik another reason it failed is "It was very, very expensive, and the agricultural progress that New Dealers thought they'd make, and certainly the industrial gains they thought they would see, never really materialized" Roosevelt is a historic landmark and is the subject of the 1983 documentary, '' Roosevelt, New Jersey: Visions of Utopia''. The Jersey Homesteads Historic District was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and to the

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in 1983, including "all that area within the corporate boundaries of the Borough of Roosevelt".

Geography

According to the

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, the borough had a total area of 1.95 square miles (5.05 km²), including 1.94 square miles (5.02 km²) of land and 0.01 square miles (0.02 km²) of water (0.46%). The borough borders the Monmouth County municipalities of Millstone Township on the north and east and Upper Freehold Township on the southwest.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 882 people, 314 households, and 241 families in the borough. The

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was 461.8 per square mile (178.3/km²). There were 327 housing units at an average density of 171.2 per square mile (66.1/km²). The racial makeup was 92.52% (816)

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, 0.91% (8) Black or African American, 0.00% (0) Native American, 3.17% (28) Asian, 0.00% (0)

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, 1.93% (17) from other races, and 1.47% (13) from two or more races.

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of any race were 5.90% (52) of the population. Of the 314 households, 31.8% had children under the age of 18; 65.9% were married couples living together; 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present and 23.2% were non-families. Of all households, 17.5% were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.22. 23.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 17.5% from 25 to 44, 37.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.8 years. For every 100 females, the population had 98.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 93.9 males. The Census Bureau's 2006–2010

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showed that (in 2010

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dollars)

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was $81,000 (with a margin of error of +/− $13,354) and the median family income was $86,406 (+/− $11,892). Males had a median income of $48,571 (+/− $11,433) versus $40,909 (+/− $17,307) for females. The

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for the borough was $33,863 (+/− $6,772). About 4.7% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the

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, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States Census there were 933 people, 337 households, and 258 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 351 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 88.96%

, 2.57%

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, 2.04% Asian, 0.11%

, 2.25% from other races, and 4.07% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 4.50% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Roosevelt borough, New Jersey
,

. Accessed July 31, 2012.DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Roosevelt borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey
,

. Accessed July 31, 2012. There were 337 households, out of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.1% were

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living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families. 18.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.17. In the borough the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $61,979, and the median income for a family was $67,019. Males had a median income of $50,417 versus $38,229 for females. The

for the borough was $24,892. About 3.9% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the

, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 18.4% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

Roosevelt is governed under the

form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey. The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected

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on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',

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, March 2013, p. 135. The borough form of government used by Roosevelt is a "

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/ strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can

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ordinances subject to an

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by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council. , the mayor of Roosevelt is

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Peggy Malkin, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.Mayor
Borough of Roosevelt. Accessed February 3, 2025. The members of the Roosevelt Borough Council are Council President Joseph E. Trammell (D, 2026), Robert Atwood (D, 2024), Louis Esakoff (D, 2026), Danelle Feigenbaum (D, 2025; appointed to serve an unexpired term), Constance Herrstrom (D, 2025), Kristine Kaufman-Marut (D, 2027) and Ralph Warnick (D, 2027).Mayor and Council
Borough of Roosevelt. Accessed February 3, 2025.November 5, 2024 General Election Official Results

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, updated December 16, 2024. Accessed January 1, 2025.November 8, 2023 General Election Official Results

, updated January 18, 2024. Accessed January 22, 2024.General Election November 8, 2022 Official Results

Clerk, updated December 27, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023. In June 2021, the borough council selected Constance Herrstrom from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Luke D. Dermody until he resigned from office. Herrstrom served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election when she was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.November 2, 2021 General Election Official Results

, December 13, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022. In August 2017, Mayor Jeff Ellentuck (whose term was to expire in December 2019), Council President Stacey Bonna (in 2017) and Councilwoman Jill Lipoti (2018) all resigned, citing conflicts between factions of the Democratic Party in the borough. Councilmember Michael L. Ticktin, who had been elected to serve an unexpired term of office expiring in 2018, presented his resignation as Councilmember on August 19, leaving the three remaining councilmembers without the

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needed to conduct official business. As in all such cases where there is an insufficient number of elected officials, Governor

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will have 30 days to appoint replacements to fill the vacancies. Citing infighting on the council, Mayor Jeff Ellentuck, and councimembers Stacey Bonna and Jill Lipoti resigned in August 2017 and when councilmember Michael Ticktin resigned less than a week later, the governing body was left without a quorum. As specified by state law in such circumstances,

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selected registered Democrats Robin Middleman Filepp, Nicholas Murray and Maureen S. Parrott to fill the vacant seats, from applications submitted by borough residents. In the November 2017 general election, Peggy Malkin was elected to serve the two years remaining on the mayoral term and Robin Filepp and Deirdre Sheean were elected to one-year vacancies on the borough council. In February 2015, the borough council selected Jill Lipoti to fill the vacant seat expiring in December 2017 of Michelle Hermelee, who had resigned earlier that month due to work demands. In 2006, more than 80% of Roosevelt voters supported the

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of Neil Marko, the borough's mayor, by a vote of 282–68, in an effort initiated by the Committee to Recall Marko. Voters chose Beth Battel, then the borough council's president, to replace Marko as mayor. The recall election was part of a larger controversy regarding a local yeshiva, a school for Jewish boys, that had been permitted to operate in a local synagogue by Mayor Marko, who was also the congregation's president. While supporters of the yeshiva, including Mayor Marko, described the opposition as "thinly veiled prejudice", a local historian described the recall as reflecting "not so much anti-Semitism as anti-Orthodox feelings".

Federal, state, and county representation

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, December 8, 2022. and is part of New Jersey's 12th state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District

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. Accessed February 1, 2020.''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
New Jersey

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. Accessed October 30, 2019.

Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 608 registered voters in Roosevelt, of which 351 (57.7%) were registered as Democrats, 60 (9.9%) were registered as

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and 195 (32.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 2 voters registered as

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or Greens. Roosevelt is a historically Democratic jurisdiction in the state of New Jersey. Since the first presidential election after its incorporation as Jersey Homesteads, all 21 Democratic party nominees for president have carried the borough by a margin of 25 points or greater, even in the nationwide Republican landslides of

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, and

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that saw New Jersey vote Republican by over 20 points, and Monmouth County vote Republican by over 30 points. The highest percentage of the vote won by a Democratic presidential candidate is the 94.68% of the vote won by

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in 1944. Roosevelt in 1940, as well as

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in 1964 also won over 90% of the vote for the Democrats. The highest percentage of the vote won by a Republican presidential candidate is the 36.11% of the vote won by

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in 1984. Similarly, all 23 Democratic party nominees for governor of New Jersey since 1937 have carried Roosevelt with three campaigns, Robert B. Meyner in 1953 and 1957, and

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in 1973 each breaking 90% of the vote for the party. Meyner's 1957 campaign which garnered 93.52% being the largest total won by any gubernatorial candidate in Roosevelt since the borough's incorporation. The best showing by a Republican gubernatorial nominee was the 46.13% received by

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in 1985. In that election, Roosevelt was one of only three municipalities (along with Audubon Park, and Chesilhurst) in the entire state of New Jersey that supported Peter Shapiro.

Education

The

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serves public school students in

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through

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at Roosevelt Public School. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 84 students and 8.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 10.5:1.District information for Roosevelt Borough Public School District

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. Accessed December 1, 2022. In the 2016–17 school year, Roosevelt had the 6th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 88 students. For sixth through

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s, public school students attend the

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, which serves students from East Windsor and

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, with students from Roosevelt attending as part of a

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. Schools in the East Windsor district attended by Roosevelt students (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the

) are Melvin H. Kreps Middle School with 1,194 students in grades 6–8 and Hightstown High School with 1,621 students in grades 9–12. From 2005 to 2010, a Jewish secondary and post-secondary religious school, Yeshiva Me'on Hatorah, was located in a local synagogue, Congregation Anshei Roosevelt. Due to unresolvable zoning issues for its dormitory and dining facilities, and local opposition to its presence, the yeshiva relocated to

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, after the yeshiva brought and lost several actions against the borough and certain individual borough officials in state and Federal courts.

Transportation

, the borough had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality and by Monmouth County. The only major road that passes through is County Route 571, which traverses the center of the borough. Interstate 195 is accessible in both of its neighboring towns.

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(the

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) and Route 33 are also nearby.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Roosevelt include: *

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(1907–1977), crime novelist * Benjamin Brown (1885–1939), poultry trader who developed Roosevelt *

John Stanley Grauel John Stanley Grauel (December 12, 1917 – September 6, 1986, also nicknamed "John the Priest" after Prester John from the June 2009 Edition of the Jewish Magazine, presented on the Palyam Aliyah Bet Org.) was a Methodist minister and American Ch ...

(1917–1986), Methodist minister and Zionist leader * Lois Hunt (1925–2009), soprano opera singer who toured for decades with baritone

Earl Wrightson Earl Wrightson (January 1, 1916 – March 7, 1993) was an American singer and actor best known for musical theatre, concerts and television performances. His regular singing partner was the soprano Lois Hunt. Early life and career Wrightson was ...

Cheslow, Jerry
"If You're Thinking of Living In/Roosevelt, N.J.; A New Deal Enclave Friendly to the Arts"
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The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'', February 3, 2002. Accessed July 28, 2009. *

Louis Kahn Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. Whil ...

(1901–1974), assistant architect for the Jersey Homesteads, who later designed internationally famous buildings * Irwin Lachman (born 1930), one of the inventors of the

catalytic converter A catalytic converter part is an vehicle emissions control, exhaust emission control device which converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalysis, catalyzing a redox ...

* Jacob Landau (1917–2001), printmaker, painter, and humanist *

David Stone Martin David Stone Martin, born David Livingstone Martin (June 13, 1913 – March 6, 1992 in New London, Connecticut) was an American artist best known for his illustrations on jazz record albums.Detailed biographical information is spread throughout ...

(1913–1992), artist best known for his designs for jazz album coversStaff
"History Of Roosevelt, New Jersey"

Libraries. Accessed February 14, 2011. *

Stefan Martin Stefan Martin (born 17 November 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions, and Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Martin grew up in Berwick, the s ...

(1936–1994), printmaker * Gregorio Prestopino (1907–1984),

social realist Social realism is work produced by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers, filmmakers and some musicians that aims to draw attention to the real socio-political conditions of the working class as a means to critique the power structures ...

painter of the 1930s *

Paul Prestopino Paul Prestopino (September 20, 1939 – July 16, 2023) was a multi-instrumental musician and audio engineer from the artist colony in Roosevelt, New Jersey, and the son of artist Gregorio Prestopino. Early life and career Prestopino's family mov ...

(1939–2023), multi-instrumental musician and audio engineer *

Louise Rosskam Louise Rosskam (born Louise Rosenbaum) (March 27, 1910 – April 1, 2003) was a photographer for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the Standard Oil Company during the mid-20th century. Together with her husband, Edwin Rosskam (1903– ...

(1910–2003), documentary photographer *

(1898–1969), Social realist painter *

Bernarda Bryson Shahn Bernarda Bryson Shahn (March 7, 1903 – December 12, 2004) was an American painter and lithographer. She also wrote and illustrated children's books including ''The Zoo of Zeus'' and ''Gilgamesh.'' The artist Ben Shahn was her "life companion ...

(1903–2004), painter and wife of Ben Shahn * Jonathan Shahn (1938–2021), noted sculptor and son of Ben and Bernarda ShahnJonathan Shahn (b. 1938)
, Art & Architecture of New Jersey,

Stockton University Stockton University is a public university in Galloway Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. It is named for Richard Stockton, one of the New Jersey signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence ...

. Accessed July 31, 2012. "He lives and works in Roosevelt, New Jersey."

References

External links

Borough of Roosevelt official website
* {{Authority control 1937 establishments in New Jersey Borough form of New Jersey government Boroughs in New Jersey Boroughs in Monmouth County, New Jersey New Deal subsistence homestead communities Populated places established in 1937 New Jersey Register of Historic Places Intentional communities in New Jersey