West Orange, New Jersey

West Orange is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 44,943. West Orange shares a border with the South Mountain Reservation.

Famous Residents

• Brendan T. Byrne - Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982.
• Richard J. Codey - Acting Governor of New Jersey in 2002 and again from 2004 until 2006.
• Ginny Duenkel - Winner of a Gold and Bronze metal in two swimming events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
• Charles Edison - U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1940, Governor of New Jersey 1941 to 1944 and son of Thomas Edison.
• Thomas Alva Edison - Invented the phonograph, the incandescent electric lightbulb and created the first movie cinema.
• New Jersey Devils - NHL Team whose permanent practice rink is located at South Mountain Arena.
• Peter Rodino - United States Congressman from 1949 to 1989.
• Ian Ziering - Actor who is best known as Steve Sanders on the TV series Beverly Hills 90210.
• Abner Zwillman - Jewish mobster. He was found hanging dead at his mansion home on Beverly Road on February 27, 1959.