WEST ORANGE
Essex County • New Jersey Local
Incorporated Township April 10, 1863
West Orange reincorporated as a town on February 28, 1900. Its motto is “Where Invention Lives”. West Orange is approximately 12 miles west of Manhattan. West Orange is well known for having been home to the inventor Thomas Edison, who also maintained a laboratory and workshop in town.
In 1678, Anthony Olive became the first European to settle in what is now West Orange. In 1702, New Jersey became a royal colony of England. By 1706 what is now West Orange – was considered part of Essex County in the East Jersey territory.
In 1980, West Orange again became a township to take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies that allocated a greater share of government aid to municipalities classified as townships. West Orange was the home of Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) who was an American inventor and businessman.
Edison developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. Edison had a laboratory in West Orange, that featured the world’s first film studio, the Black Maria. He was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as patents in other countries.
In the spirit of Edison, West Orange encourages its residents to become inventors and creators of startups in retail, music, beauty, healthcare, legal services, medical support, information technology (IT), online sales, EV cars, education technology to help West Orange’s local business community to grow and prosper.
The Township of West Orange always embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many historic business-friendly neighborhoods. The Township of West Orange is rolling out their favorite “Welcome to West Orange” and their “Glad You’re Here!” inspiring West Orange welcome mats to new entrepreneurs, new startups, business founders, new residents and many value-added local businesses.
In the spirit of many enterprising early settlers, local West Orange entrepreneurs have created many jobs and business opportunities in the area. With the help of local business leaders, the demand for startup ventures and the need for more goods and services has ignited the spirit of business ownership in the local West Orange community.
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