Montclair

Montclair
/mont klair"/, n.
1. a city in NE New Jersey. 38,321.
2. a city in SE California. 22,628.

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      township (town), Essex county, New Jersey, U.S., just northwest of Newark, on the east slope of Watchung Mountain, whose heights command a fine view of New York City and its harbour. Settled by Puritans from Connecticut in 1666 as part of Newark township and set up as the communities of Cranetown and Speertown (both later renamed West Bloomfield), the site was detached in 1812 as part of Bloomfield. It was separately incorporated as the township of Montclair (French: “Clear Mountain”) in 1868, when Bloomfield refused to join in building a rail line to New York City.

      A residential suburb of the New York City region, the town includes the community of Upper Montclair. The Montclair Art Museum houses works of landscape painter George Inness (Inness, George) and sculptor Thomas Ball (Ball, Thomas), both of whom were former residents. The Israel Crane House (built 1796) is a Federal-style mansion that contains a school room, a working 18th-century kitchen, and rooms with period furnishings. Montclair has light industries, including the manufacture of signs, textiles, and cabinets. Montclair State University, in Upper Montclair, was established in 1908. Eagle Rock Reservation (a county park) is just to the west. Pop. (1990) 37,729; (2000) 38,977.

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