Leonia average deed price for residential properties:
2007: $504,722.91
1998: $223,610.42
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Leonia is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
Population (year 2000): 8,914 P
Median age: 39.9 yrs
Land area: 1.51 sq miles
Median Income: $72,440
Leonia was formed as the result of a referendum passed on December 5, 1894, from portions of Ridgefield Township. Portions of Leonia were taken on February 19, 1895, to form the Township of Teaneck. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Leonia as its 31st best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.
Leonia was incorporated in 1894 under the Borough form of government. Under this form of government, voters throughout the community elect the Mayor and six council members “at-large.” Council terms are three years, while the Mayor’s term is four years. Two council seats come up for election each year. By state statute, the Mayor is the head of the municipal government. He or she makes all appointments (most are subject to Council confirmation), and is an “ex officio” member of all Council Committees. In addition, the Mayor has the authority to veto all or part of a new ordinance if it is adopted by the Council. The Mayor presides at all meetings of the Council, but does not vote except in the event of a tie. The Council is Leonia's legislative body, creating and passing the annual operating and capital budgets, and can enact local ordinances that create or change laws within Leonia. Council members attend two Council meetings each month and serve on Council committees and as liaison and / or Commissioner to various Borough organizations. The Mayor and Council members in Leonia receive no compensation for their efforts in governing the town.
Leonia was previously called the English Neighborhood, or sometimes West Fort Lee. It was named "Leonia," after a tribe of Native Americans who were part of the Lenapes. The Lenapes were a small group of natives in Northern New Jersey also known as the Delawares to Europeans. This town was settled in 1668 mainly by Dutch and English farmers, making it one of the oldest towns in the state and county. It was located on the western slope of the Palisades, started as a quiet farming community with grape harvesting. Leonia’s location influenced much of its history. For example, the close distance from New York City is notable, with major universities, theatres, performing venues contributing to Leonia’s growth of art and academics. Many twentieth-century artists emerged from Leonia. Numerous photographs were taken of Leonia’s farms of grape harvesting and vintage. The sleepy farming community persisted until there was a sudden burst of economic and cultural growth at around the late nineteenth century. During much of the twentieth century, many famous artists arrived, attracted to Leonia's small size, culture, and location, earning the town's nickname of the "Athens of New Jersey". In 1890, landowners began marketing plots in Leonia to professors at nearby Columbia University. Another example is the opening in 1915 of the Leonia School of Illustration by Harvey Dunn, and the artists' colony that subsequently emerged over the next decade. Transportation through the town was enhanced with the West Side subway, ferries, and trolley systems. Leonia became a refuge for many of America's creative thinkers which include five distinguished Nobel Prize winners. For two hundred years, one of the two major avenues that run north-to-south through Leonia, Grand Avenue, (the other one is Broad Avenue,) was called the English Neighborhood Road. In colonial times, this road served as the main inland between Paulus Hook, Bergen, and the English Neighborhood. Leonia is famous for being a crossroads of the American Revolution and a training ground for American Civil War soldiers. Historic places in this town include the Civil War Drill Hall and Armory, the Cole-Allaire House, and the Vreeland House.
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