Frequently Used Telephone Numbers (908):
Police	789-1500 or 911	Board of Education	789-0332
Fire	789-1500 or 911	Public Library	789-1670
Rescue Squad	789-1500 or 911	Post Office	789-0022
City Hall	789-0710

HISTORY:

Garwood was created as an industrial town at the turn of the century. The area that is now Ganvood was on the fringes of Westfield and Cranford. A large tract of land along the Central Railroad of New Jersey was acquired in the 1890's by John Maxwell, a former president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. He formed the "Garwood Land and Improvement Company" to attract industry and provide workers' housing. Two of the original companies were the Hall Switch and Signal Company and the Aeolian Company (which produced musical instruments). A series of houses from 1896 still stand, built by the Garvood Land and Improvement Company, on Myrtle Avenue, these homes being continuously occupied and frequently altered. The town was incorporated as a borough in 1903, named for Samuel Garwood, president of the Land Company. Garwood expanded from strictly factory-related development to regular suburban housing after World War II. It is a closely knit community. The town center has a large shopping center, with major food markets and a variety of other stores and commercial businesses. *1990 Census figures

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