Leonia, New Jersey

miniatyr|Leonia High School Leonia är en stad eller köping (på engelska borough) i Bergen County, New Jersey, USA. Enligt folkräkningen år 2010 bor 8937 personer på orten. Staden ligger nära den berömda George Washington Bridge. Staden grundades som ett resultat av en folkomröstning den 5 december 1894. 2008 rankade tidskriften New Jersey Monthly orten som den 31:a bästa att leva på i delstaten New Jersey."Best Places To Live - The Complete Top Towns List 1-100" , New Jersey Monthly, February 21, 2008. Accessed February 24, 2008.

Kommunikationer Man kan ta sig till staden via New Jersey Route 93 (också känd som Grand Avenue), U.S. Route 46, U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 9 och Interstate 95.

Kända personer som bott i staden

Alan Alda (född 1936), skådespelare.Well-Read, Well-Shaded and Well-Placed, The New York Times, 15 juni 1997. Accessed March 30, 2011. Freddie Bartholomew (1924–92), barnskådespelare.Nuccio, Sal. "Advertising: Role for Freddie Bartholomew", The New York Times, 6 november 1964. Accessed March 30, 2011. "He lives in Leonia, N. J., with his wife and three children 'in an old house we are all inordinately fond of.'"Karels, Carol. "Leonia". Accessed June 2, 2007. "By the 1970s, Leonia was home to may professional musicians, writers, and entertainers. Many - such as Alan Alda, an actor and director; Carmel Quinn a singer; Freddie Bartholomew, a child star; And Robert Ludlum, an actor, producer and author - contributed to the cultural life of the community. Others - such as singer Pat Boone, comic Buddy Hackett, and singer Sammy Davis, Jr. - lived here because of its proximity to New York City." Toomas Hendrik Ilves (född 1953 i Stockholm), Estlands president 2006–2016, uppväxt i Leonia.

Referenser

Externa länkar Stadens officiella webbsida Leonia Public Schools

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