Put Maplewood, NJ on The List for Your New Hometown Search

Maplewood, New Jersey may just be the idyllic town for you to call home. If you're looking to live in the northern New Jersey area and you haven't given this village a chance, you just don't know what you've been missing. It's a place that believes in cultural arts and a community atmosphere with a mix of mostly well-kept older and older-feeling like homes that brings back the feeling of the character and charm of colonial and tudors in a Norman Rockwell postcard. The neighborhoods provide a burst of warmth and individuality at every corner. One key reason so many people flock to the village is the Mid-Town Direct train that can get you into the New York Penn Station within 30-minutes. Add to this the jitney shuttle service that brings residents to the train station on a regular basis.

The town is stepped in history that began a few hundred years ago. Read the Maplewood Historical Mural Book to learn how a colonial rural community became the Township of Maplewood. Now home to artists, intellectuals, and everything in between this is an inviting place. Whether you go to the Maplewood Arts Center, a performance at arts Maplewood, one of many programs at the schools, or just walking through the train station, you will find that cultural arts abounds in Maplewood, New Jersey. The art work in this blog is from the Maplewood train station.

In 2002, Maplewood was listed by Money Magazine as one of the 10 Best Places to Live in their 16th survey of America's top towns to find where people are moving and real estate is booming. Where you can find, as the magazine states, the best neighborhoods and suburbs for lasting value, quality of life and just plain fun. Money Magazine defined Maplewood as follows: a favorite compromise for city people who want good public schools and their own yards. The town has a palpable sense of community (there are close to 30 block associations in Maplewood and South Orage) and residents prize its diversity.

When you become a resident don't feel alone. Join The Newcomers Club where you'll immediately meet neighbors and new friends, and learn how to navigate around the neighborhood. You'll find that Maplewood and South Orange are two towns joined at the hip. The Newcomers Club has various events and activities ranging from park play dates, poker and morning coffee to telecommuters lunch, progressive dinners, book discussions and more. Stay abreast of the town news with The Maplewood Leaflet the town newsletter and the News-Record, the local paper.

See all the Maplewood houses available for sale and contact Bev and Bob for a town tour and more information. There's so much more we can tell you and show you. As stated in the Maplewood Historical Mural Book, Maplewood is well named for it's green oasis situated as a suburb of the largest populated area in the world. Maplewood has followed the axiom, "Let the light of the past illumine a pathway to the future."

Come home and make your future and your history in Maplewood, New Jersey. We'd love to show you how.