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Fanwood is roughly a square mile in size, and surrounded on three sides by Scotch Plains Township. The two municipalities share a school district and, in many ways, we see ourselves as one large community.
Lots of the people in our community grew up here, and chose to buy homes and raise their own families here; other people moved to our community because of the schools. Locally, we typically refer to the community as SP-F, for Scotch Plains-Fanwood. While still predominantly white, like much of New Jersey we’ve seen growth in the population of people of color in our community. 21 We have a rich diversity of populations here, and we take pride in that diversity. We have two historically Black neighborhoods, as well as a historically strong Italian community here. In recent years, we’ve seen growth in our Latin, East Asian, and particularly South Asian populations.
Our community is, in some ways, a lot like Westfield, the municipality immediately east of us. We are similar in socio-economic ways, and many of the people from SP-F shop, attend religious services, and socialize with friends in Westfield. Both communities are known for their schools. To our west is the City of Plainfield. While our racial and socioeconomic makeup is different from Plainfield, increasingly businesses and friendships draw people across the border in both directions.
It’s important that we keep Scotch Plains and Fanwood together in the same District, since we really do see ourselves as one community.
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