Vauxhall is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[6] located within Union Township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[7] Vauxhall borders Millburn, Maplewood and Springfield. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07088.[8]
Vauxhall, New Jersey | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 40°43′06″N 74°17′03″W / 40.71833°N 74.28417°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Union |
| Township | Union |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.59 sq mi (1.52 km2) |
| • Land | 0.59 sq mi (1.52 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 190 ft (58 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,251 |
| • Density | 8,915.11/sq mi (3,443.77/km2) |
| ZIP Code | 07088[3] |
| FIPS code | 34-75590[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0881436[5] |
As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07088 was 3,606.[9]
Vauxhall is home to The Home Depot Superstore, that at 217,000 square feet (20,200 m2) was the chain's largest store in the world as of 2012.[10]
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5,251 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[11] | |||
Vauxhall first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.[12][13]
2020 Census
edit| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2020[13] | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 354 | 6.74% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 3,825 | 72.84% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 12 | 0.23% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 165 | 3.14% |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 57 | 1.09% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 147 | 2.80% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 691 | 13.16% |
| Total | 5,251 | 100.00% |
Notable people
editPeople who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Vauxhall include:
- Nija Charles (born 1997), singer-songwriter and record producer.[14]
- Amalya Lyle Kearse (born 1937), a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[15]
- Myra Smith Kearse (1899–1982), physician and community leader.[16]
- Elliott Maddox (born 1947), former professional baseball player who played for both the New York Mets and New York Yankees.[17]
- Lawrence E. Roberts (1922–2004), pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen and a colonel in the United States Air Force.[18]
References
edit- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Vauxhall, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed January 12, 2013.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
- ^ "Vauxhall". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
- ^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016. Listed as Vaux Hall.
- ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Vauxhall, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed April 23, 2012.
- ^ DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010; 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA 07088 Archived 2020-02-12 at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed April 23, 2012.
- ^ Liddane, Lisa. "The Home Depot opens its first Superstore in the West", The Orange County Register, April 5, 2012. Accessed March 8, 2022. "The store, called The Home Depot Superstore, was remodeled and expanded to 205,000 square feet – about one-third larger than a typical Home Depot. Those proportions make it the Atlanta-based home improvement chain’s largest store in the West and the second largest Home Depot in the nation. The Union, N.J., superstore is the largest at 217,000 square feet."
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "2020 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ a b "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Vauxhall CDP, New Jersey". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ Cryan, Kathy. "Union Native, Grammy Award Songwriter Nija Charles Comes Home; Surprised with Street Named Dedication", TAP into Union, October 28, 2020. Accessed October 6, 2022. "A surprise awaited 2015 Union High School graduate and two-time Grammy Award winner Nija Charles when she appeared with family and friends near her childhood home at the corner of Revere and Laurel Avenues in Vauxhall Tuesday afternoon."
- ^ Goldstein, Tom. "Amalya Lyle Kearse; Woman in the News", The New York Times, June 25, 1979. Accessed February 23, 2012. "Amalya Lyle Kearse was born June 11, 1937, in Vauxhall, N.J. where her late father was postmaster and her mother first practiced medicine and then became an antipoverty official."
- ^ The Women's Project of New Jersey. "Myra Smith Kearse" in Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women, p. 336. Syracuse University Press, 1997. ISBN 9780815604181. Accessed June 13, 2020. "Kearse was active until February 14, 1982, when she died of cardiac arrest at her hem in Vauxhall at age 82."
- ^ Kaplan, Ron. "Today I am a baseball bat." Archived 2017-11-23 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Jewish News, 2004. Accessed November 12, 2013. "'Once I started playing Little League, most of my friends were either Jewish or black,' said Maddox, who grew up in Vauxhall, a predominantly African-American section of Union."
- ^ Colonel (Retired) Lawrence E. Roberts, Keesler Air Force Base. Accessed February 10, 2021. "Lawrence E. Roberts was born December 9, 1922 in Vauxhall, New Jersey."