Roselle Park, New Jersey Real Estate
Roselle Park: On Old York Road

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Roselle Park is a Borough located in Union County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough had a total population of 13,281. Roselle Park is known as the boyhood home of basketball superstar Rick Barry, and as the base of operations for inventor Guglielmo Marconi while he refined the telegraph machine. The area has earlier historical significance, as well, as scouts carrying messages to and from General George Washington during the Revolutionary War frequently traveled through the area, along what is today Galloping Hill Road.

When colonists came to the New World, some had settled between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, in what is now New Jersey. A subtribe of Algonquin Indians who called themselves Leni Lenape, meaning "men among men," were the primary inhabitants until then. One of three sub-tribes of the Leni Lenape, known as Unami - or, Turtle tribe - had a smaller kingdom called Raritans or Wawitane and these are the Indians that occupied what is now known as Union County. Although no evidence of an Indian village site has been found within Roselle Park boundaries, it is believed that the original, meandering Westfield Avenue, also known to be part of the Old York Road, was an Indian Trail. The Lenape criss-crossed New Jersey and left a network of such trails, which became colonial roads and later, highways.

Today, Roselle Park continues in its original tradition, a spirited community of many volunteers supporting their borough's needs, creating a better community for all. Roselle Park celebrated its 75th Anniversary during 1976 during the Nation's Bicentennial with gala festivities. In 2001, the borough and all its residents, their friends and families participated in Roselle Park's 100th Anniversary.