- Englewood
-
/eng"geuhl wood'/, n.1. a city in central Colorado, 30,021.2. a city in NE New Jersey. 23,701.3. a town in SW Ohio. 11,329.4. a town in W Florida. 10,229.
* * *
city, Arapahoe county, north-central Colorado, U.S., on the South Platte River, immediately south of Denver. In 1858 a gold placer deposit, one of the first in Colorado, was discovered nearby. Englewood was formed from the settlement of Orchard Place in 1875, and it developed as an agricultural and dairying trade centre. The city's economy is geared to metropolitan Denver. Manufactures include lightweight travel trailers, oil seals, precision machines, metal products, tools and dies, stainless-steel products, wire, and control panels. Inc. 1903. Pop. (1970) 33,695; (1990) 29,387; (2000) 31,727.city, Bergen county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies across the Hudson River from the Bronx, New York City. Founded in 1647 as part of Hackensack, it was detached for urban development as the township of Englewood in 1871 and incorporated as a city in 1899. Englewood is mainly residential but has light manufactures (leather goods, pharmaceuticals, food products, and metal products). The Actors' Fund Home for sick and retired actors was established there in 1928. In 1951 the city's telephone system became the first in the United States to offer direct dialing for long-distance calls. The adjacent borough of Englewood Cliffs (south) contains the headquarters of the Prentice-Hall publishing complex. Pop. (1990) 24,850; (2000) 26,203.* * *
Universalium. 2010.
