Ringwood, NJ
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Ringwood is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the borough population was 12,396. It is the home of Ringwood State Park which contains the State Botanical Garden, the Shepherd Lake Recreation Area, and Skylands and Ringwood Manors.
The Borough of Ringwood was incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1918, from a "portion of the Township of Pompton", as one of three boroughs formed from Pompton Township, joining Bloomingdale and Wanaque, based on the results of a referendum held on March 22, 1918. The first organizational meeting of the Borough Council took place in the existing Borough Hall on May 6, 1918
The inhabitants upon the arrival of Europeans to the area were the Lenape and Ramapough Native Americans.
Nearby cities include Monsey, Ridgewood, Chestnut Ridge, Hawthorne, Glen Rock.