Somerset Hills

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Map of The Somerset Hills region in Somerset County

The Somerset Hills is a region in the northern portion of Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, almost entirely north of Interstate 78. It comprises Bernards Township (Basking Ridge, Lyons, and Liberty Corner), Bernardsville, Bedminster Township, Far Hills, and Peapack-Gladstone. Based on the United States Census, 2000 data, population was as follows: Peapack-Gladstone 2,433 (6%), Bernardsville 7,345 (17%), Bernards Township 24,575 (56%), Bedminster Township 8,302 (19%) and Far Hills 857 (2%), for a total of 43,512.

Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, Lyons and West Millington are ZIP codes and unincorporated areas located within Bernards Township.

Bedminster Township includes the area known as Greater Cross Roads, Lamington, Pluckemin, Pottersville, and the section of Bedminster.

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[edit] Background

During the decades following the Civil War, the United States experienced tremendous economic growth and the concomitant accumulation of enormous wealth by a select, but growing and increasingly interrelated, group of industrialists and financiers who were determined to join the ranks of the established upper class. To assimilate themselves into society, these new plutocrats lavishly spent their newfound wealth to acquire all of the physical manifestations of the aristocratic life, including large country houses in one or more of the country’s exclusive residential “colonies,” such the Somerset Hills of New Jersey. These great country estates were intended to be examples of conspicuous consumption and the pursuit of leisure and a blatant statement of the owner’s social standing.(Jack Turpin)

[edit] Historical Landmarks

For Details on Location try The Historical Society of The Somerset Hills website

[edit] Bedminster Township

[edit] Bernards Township

[edit] Bernardsville

[edit] Far Hills Borough

  • Far Hills Train Station, US Route 202 (21)
  • Alexander and James Linn Homestead, Minebrook Rd (22)

[edit] Peapack-Gladstone Borough

[edit] Federal, state and county representation

The Somerset Hills Region is in the Eleventh Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 16th Legislative District.

New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District is represented by Rodney Frelinghuysen (R, Harding Township). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).

The 16th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Christopher Bateman (R, Somerville) and in the General Assembly by Jack Ciattarelli (R, Hillsborough Township).[1] Peter J. Biondi won re-election to an eighth term in the Assembly but died days after the November 2011 election; He will be replaced by a Republican Party convention of district delegates and the remaining year on his seat will be filled in a November 2012 special election.[2] The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham).[3] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).[4]

Somerset County is governed by a five-member Board of Chosen Freeholders, whose members are elected at-large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year.[5] As of 2012, Somerset County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Patricia L. Walsh (Green Brook Township, term ends December 31, 2013),[6] Freeholder Deputy Director Peter S. Palmer (Bernardsville, 2014),[7] Mark Caliguire (Montgomery Township, 2012),[8] Patrick Scaglione (Bridgewater Township, 2012).[9] and Robert Zaborowski (Franklin Township, 2014),[10][11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Legislative Roster 2012-2013 Session, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Megerian, Chris. "Assemblyman Peter J. Biondi (R-Somerset), dies at 69, days after re-election", The Star-Ledger, November 10, 2011. Accessed January 11, 2012. "Assemblyman Peter Biondi, who on Tuesday was elected to his eighth term in the state Legislature representing the 16th District covering parts of Somerset and Morris Counties, died tonight after a battle with cancer, the Assembly Republican office said."
  3. ^ "About the Governor". New Jersey. http://www.nj.gov/governor/about/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  4. ^ "About the Lieutenant Governor". New Jersey. http://www.nj.gov/governor/lt/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  5. ^ Somerset County Government: At Your Service, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 25, 2012.
  6. ^ Patricia Walsh, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 25, 2012.
  7. ^ Peter S. Palmer, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 25, 2012.
  8. ^ Mark Caliguire, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 25, 2012.
  9. ^ Patrick Scaglione, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 25, 2012.
  10. ^ Robert Zaborowski, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 25, 2012.
  11. ^ Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed January 25, 2012.

[edit] Media/News

• News source and blog for all that's happening in the Somerset Hills

[edit] External links

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