Township of South Orange Village

Township of South Orange Village is a locality in Essex County, Gateway, New Jersey. Township of South Orange Village is situated nearby to the hamlet Newstead, as well as near the locality Maplewood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Seton Hall University and Turtle Back Zoo.

Seton Hall University

University

Seton Hall University is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States.

Turtle Back Zoo

Zoo

Photo: Davidng913, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Turtle Back Zoo is a zoo in West Orange, New Jersey. Situated on 20 acres in the South Mountain Reservation, it is part of the South Mountain Recreation Complex, which is managed as part of the Essex County Park System, the oldest county park system in the United States.

Highland Avenue station

Railway station

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Highland Avenue is an active commuter railroad station in Orange, New Jersey. One of two in the city, along with the eponymous Orange station, Highland Avenue is serviced by trains of New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex Lines: the Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maplewood and The Oranges.