Nutley is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 28,370. What is now Nutley was originally incorporated as Franklin Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 18, 1874, from portions of Belleville Township. Nutley was incorporated as a Town on March 5, 1902, replacing Franklin Township. Nutley was one of several Essex County communities that changed to the Township type during the 1970s in order to qualify for federal revenue-sharing aid only available to townships. Nutley derived its name from... the estate of the Satterthwaite family, established in 1844, which stretched along the Passaic River and from an artist's colony in the area. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Nutley as its 38th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. Nutley is located at 40°49′11″N 74°09′32″W / 40.819600°N 74.158770°W / 40.819600; -74.158770 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 3.4 square miles , of which, 3.4 square miles of it is land and 0.
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| County: | Essex County |
| State: | New Jersey |
| Population: | 27,011 |
| Area: | 3.4 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Franklin, Nutley, New Jersey, Nutley, New Jersey USA |