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In seventeen o two, settlers from Newark purchased a tract of land that encompassed the areas now known as Caldwell, Livingston and West Essex. They paid one hundred thirty English pounds to the Lenni Lenape Indians. In eighteen eleven, seven hamlets — including Teedtown, now Livingston Center, Northfield, Morehousetown (Livingston Circle), Cheapside (Livingston Mall), Washington Place and Squiertown (Route ten Circle) got together and petitioned for the formation of The Township of Livingston. Livingston was named in honor of William Livingston, the first governor of New Jersey and a framer of the Constitution. Livingston served as governor for thirteen terms before he died in seventeen ninety. The first school in Livingston was built in seventeen eighty-three, a one room schoolhouse on Northfield Road where Roosevelt Plaza is today. The population grew slowly because the town was not close to a primary rail line. Mt. Pleasant Avenue, which runs through Livingston, was the first turnpike, or toll road, in New Jersey. Starting in the eighteen hundreds, stage coaches made what was then a one day trip from Newark to Morristown. Between eighteen thirteen and nineteen twenty, it increased from one thousand to one thousand, five hundred. According to the two thousand census, Livingston has a population of twenty-seven thousand, three hundred ninety-one people. Today's residents enjoy a comfortable suburban lifestyle with easy access to New York City and other areas of New Jersey. Interstates eighty and two eighty, the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and Route twenty-four are all close to Livingston. Prospective residents can choose from a variety of homes. The town boasts a highly rated public school system. It has six elementary schools, two middle schools and a comprehensive high school that received the US Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Award in nineteen ninety-eight. The town's recreation program includes two community pools, tennis courts, basketball courts and playgrounds, youth and adult athletics. Livingston's quality of life excels in large part because its residents are active in more than 30 community boards and organizations.
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