Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Basking Ridge, Franklin Corners, Green Knoll, Hardscrabble, Liberty Corner, Lyons, Madisonville, Mount Horeb, Somerset Mills, State Park, Stone House and White Bridge. The township is roughly bounded by the Second Watchung Mountain in the southwest, the Dead River swamp on the south, the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Passaic River, and Millington Gorge in the east. Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 24.33 square miles (63.01 km 2), including 24.20 square miles (62.68 km 2) of land and 0.13 square miles (0.33 km 2) of water (0.52%). The township was named for Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, who served as governor of the Province of New Jersey. Voters rejected the creation of proposed borough of Basking Ridge by a more than 4–1 margin.
Ī set of referendums to create independent boroughs from portions of Bernards Township were held in June 1921, which would have left only Liberty Corner and Lyons remaining in Bernards Township if all three proposals had been approved The referendum in Far Hills passed and the vote in Bernardsville failed in 1921, but ultimately passed in 1924.
The township celebrated its 250th charter anniversary in May 2010. Portions of the township were taken to form Warren Township (March 5, 1806), Far Hills (April 7, 1921) and Bernardsville (March 6, 1924). It was incorporated as Bernards Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships. History īernards Township was originally formed by royal charter on May 24, 1760, as Bernardston Township from remaining portions of Northern precinct. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 27,830, an increase of 1,178 (+4.4%) from the 2010 census count of 26,652, reflecting an increase of 2,077 (+8.5%) from the 24,575 counted in the 2000 census. The township is a bedroom suburb of New York City in the much larger New York metropolitan area, located within the Raritan Valley region. Bernards Township ( / ˈ b ɜːr n ər d z/ ) is a township in the Somerset Hills of Somerset County, in the U.S.
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