June 18, 1989 *City official name :Bloomfiled *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Bloomfield is a Township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 47,683. The town separated from Newark in 1812, being incorporated as the Township of Bloomfield, taking its name from the Presbyterian parish named for Governor of New Jersey Joseph Bloomfield. The area now known as "Bloomfield' was a part of Newark in 1666 when that town was settled. The land had been bought from the Yantecaw, a subtribe of the Lenni-Lenape Indians. English settlers came from Connecticut to the southern end of town, and Dutch s
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