East Orange
a city in Essex co., N. J., on the Lackawanna and Erie rail' roads, 12 miles W. of New York. It is a place of residence for people doing business in New York and Newark. The streets are well paved and lighted by gas and electricity and afford more than 60 miles of macadam road. The city contains many handsome churches, and private residences, public library, and high and graded schools. It was chartered in 1899. Pop. (1910) 34,371; (1920) 50,710. a