About Bloomfield, NJ
Bloomfield Township is a suburb of New York City with a population of 49,733. Bloomfield Township is in Essex County and is one of the best places to live in New Jersey. Living in Bloomfield Township offers residents an urban suburban mix feel and most residents own their homes. In Bloomfield Township there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many young professionals live in Bloomfield Township. The public schools in Bloomfield Township are above average.
History of Bloomfield, NJ
The area now known as “Bloomfield’ was a part of Newark in 1666 when that town was settled. The land had been bought from the Yantecaw, a subtribe of the Lenni-Lenape Indians. English settlers came from Connecticut to the southern end of town, and Dutch settlers from the Hudson River Valley set up farms in the Stone House Plains section, now Brookdale. The town separated from Newark in 1812, being incorporated as the Township of Bloomfield, taking its name from the Presbyterian parish named for General Joseph Bloomfield. At that time it covered 20.52 square miles (now 5.4 square miles) and included several villages which left Bloomfield during the century.
