

Montclair was initially formed as a township on April 15, 1868, from portions of Bloomfield Township, so that a second railroad could be built to Montclair. As of 2010, it was the 60th-most-populous municipality in New Jersey. The township is the home of Montclair State University, the state's second largest universityĪs of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 40,921, an increase of 3,252 (+8.6%) from the 2010 census count of 37,669, which in turn reflected a decline of 1,308 (−3.4%) from the 38,977 counted in the 2000 census. Situated on the cliffs of the Watchung Mountains, Montclair is a commercial and cultural hub of North Jersey and a diverse bedroom community of New York City within the New York metropolitan area.


Montclair ( / m ɒ n( t) ˈ k l ɛər/) is a township in Essex County in the U.S.
