Summit, New Jersey
Summit, New Jersey | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: Hill City | |
| Motto: Where Community Thrives | |
Location of Summit in Union County highlighted in yellow (left). Inset map: Location of Union County in New Jersey highlighted in black (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Summit, New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°42′56″N 74°21′53″W / 40.715622°N 74.364684°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Union |
| Settled | 1710 |
| Incorporation | March 23, 1869 as Township |
| Incorporation | March 8, 1899 as City |
| Named after | Summit Lodge or "summit of the Short Hills" |
| Government | |
| • Type | City |
| • Body | Common Council |
| • Mayor | Elizabeth Fagan (R, term ends December 31, 2027) |
| • Administrator | Tammie Baldwin |
| • Municipal clerk | Rosemary Licatese |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.04 sq mi (15.66 km2) |
| • Land | 5.99 sq mi (15.52 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2) 0.84% |
| • Rank | 255th of 565 in state 7th of 21 in county |
| Elevation | 374 ft (114 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 22,719 |
• Estimate (2023) | 22,344 |
| • Rank | 119th of 565 in state 9th of 21 in county |
| • Density | 3,790.3/sq mi (1,463.4/km2) |
| • Rank | 172nd of 565 in state 15th of 21 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Codes | 07901, 07902 |
| Area code | 908 |
| FIPS code | 3403971430 |
| GNIS feature ID | 085412 |
| Website | www |
Summit is the northernmost city of Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located within the New York metropolitan area. Situated on a ridge in northern–central New Jersey, the city is located within the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions, and also borders both Essex and Morris counties in the Passaic Valley region. Summit is a commercial hub and commuter town for New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 22,719, an increase of 1,262 (+5.9%) from the 2010 census count of 21,457, which in turn reflected an increase of 326 (+1.5%) from the 21,131 counted in the 2000 census.
Originally incorporated as Summit Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1869, from portions of New Providence Township (now Berkeley Heights) and Springfield Township, Summit was reincorporated as a city on March 8, 1899.
Possible derivations of Summit's name include its location atop the Second Watchung Mountain; the Summit Lodge, the house to which jurist James Kent moved in 1837 and which stands today at 50 Kent Place Boulevard; and to a local sawmill owner who granted passage to the Morris and Essex Railroad for a route to "the summit of the Short Hills".