Where do eruvs exist and how common are they?

A multitude of eruvin have been established nationwide and worldwide. The first documented eruv in the United States was established in 1894 in the city of St. Louis, Missouri.

Since then at least twenty-eight out of the fifty states now contain one or more municipalities with an eruv.  These include, among many others:

  • Cherry Hill, New Jersey
  • East Brunswick, New Jersey
  • Englewood, New Jersey
  • Fort Lee, New Jersey
  • Maplewood, New Jersey
  • Paramus, New Jersey
  • Passaic-Clifton, New Jersey
  • Rutherford, New Jersey
  • Teaneck, New Jersey
  • Edison, New Jersey
  • West Orange, New Jersey
  • Long Branch, New Jersey
  • Tenafly, New Jersey
  • Ventnor, New Jersey
  • Westhampton Beach
  • Southampton, New York
  • Quogue, New York
  • Huntington, New York
  • Stony Brook, New York
  • Patchogue, New York
  • East Northport, New York
  • Merrick, New York
  • Mineola, New York
  • North Bellmore, New York
  • Plainview, New York
  • Great Neck, New York
  • Valley Stream, New York
  • West Hempstead, New York
  • Long Beach, New York
  • Atlantic Beach, New York
  • Lido Beach, New York
  • Roslyn, New York
  • Searingtown, New York
  • Forest Hills, New York
  • Kew Gardens, New York
  • Belle Harbor, New York
  • Holliswood, New York
  • Jamaica Estates, New York
  • New Rochelle, New York
  • Scarsdale, New York
  • White Plains, New York
  • Albany, New York
  • Manhattan, New York
  • Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • Hartford, Connecticut
  • Norwalk, Connecticut
  • Stamford, Connecticut
  • New Haven, Connecticut
  • Waterbury, Connecticut
  • Boston, Massachusetts
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Springfield, Massachusetts
  • Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Providence, Rhode Island
  • Berkeley, California
  • La Jolla, California
  • Long Beach, California
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Palo Alto, California
  • San Diego, California
  • San Francisco, California
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Lower Merion, Pennsylvania
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Buffalo Grove, Illinois
  • Glenview-Northbrook, Illinois
  • Skokie, Illinois
  • Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Southfield, Michigan
  • Oak Park, Michigan
  • West Bloomfield Township, Michigan
  • Baltimore, Maryland
  • Potomac, Maryland
  • Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Charleston, South Carolina
  • Birmingham, Alabama
  • Atlanta, Georgia
  • Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Miami, Florida
  • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
  • Boca Raton, Florida
  • Boyton Beach, Florida
  • Deerfield Beach, Florida
  • Delray Beach, Florida
  • Jacksonville, Florida
  • Denver, Colorado
  • Cleveland, Ohio
  • Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Columbus, Ohio
  • Portland, Oregon
  • Memphis, Tennessee
  • Nashville, Tennessee
  • New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Dallas, Texas
  • Houston, Texas
  • San Antonio, Texas
  • Richmond, Virginia
  • Seattle, Washington
  • Phoenix, Arizona
  • Washington, D.C.

Most recently, eruvin have been established in Plano and Austin, Texas; Scottsdale, Arizona; and Omaha, Nebraska.

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