It was located on the western slope of the Palisades, and started as a quiet farming community. A third of the population was African slaves. It was settled in 1668 mainly by Dutch and English farmers, making it one of the oldest communities in the state and county. At the time of the American Revolutionary War, Leonia was known as part of the English Neighborhood, a name that survives in neighboring Englewood. The population was about 1,000 before the Europeans settled in the area. The original inhabitants of Leonia were the Hackensack tribe (Ashkineshacky) of Native Americans. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Leonia as its 31st best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the 'Best Places To Live' in New Jersey. Portions of Leonia were taken on February 19, 1895, to form the Township of Teaneck. The borough was formed during the ' boroughitis' phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. Leonia was formed as the result of a referendum passed on December 5, 1894, from portions of Ridgefield Township. The borough is a suburb of New York City located near the western approach to the George Washington Bridge. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 9,304, an increase of 367 (+4.1%) from the 2010 census count of 8,937, which in turn reflected an increase of 23 (+0.3%) from the 8,914 counted in the 2000 census. Leonia is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S.

Senior housing in howell township