Borough of Kenilworth
Incorporated:1907
Population: 7,600 (1990 Census figures)
Total Square Miles:2.1
Frequently Used Telephone Numbers (908):
Police276-1700 or 911
Fire276-1700 or 911
Rescue Squad276-3465 or 911
City Hall276-9090
Board of Education276-1644
Public Library276-2451
Post Office241-3480
Services:
Garbage CollectionMunicipal, curbside twice a week
Fire DepartmentVolunteer
Rescue SquadVolunteer
Transportation
BusNJ Transit
TrainNJ Transit Raritan Valley Line, Cranford or Roselle stations
Schools:
ElementaryOne
HighOne
Points of Interest:
Black Brook ParkLenape Park
History:
In 1892 the New Orange Industrial Association was formed by a group of Elmira, New York, developers. The Association purchased thirty farms in the Cranford-Union area in order to develop housing for low, middle and upper income families.

The town was laid out in a grid pattern, which attracted the New York and New Orange Railroad. In 1897, the railroad extended itself into Kenilworth in order to entice industrial development. The following year, Upsala college moved from Brooklyn to ‘New Orange”.

In 1906, the New Orange Industrial Association changed its name to Kenilworth Realty Company, from which the town derived its name. Today, Kenilworth is an industrial-residential community, with a large variety of shopping stores along “the Boulevard”.