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* [[Jason Mewes]] (born 1974), actor who is best known for his role as Jay, the vocal half of the duo [[Jay and Silent Bob]].<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/2003-04-02-mewes_x.htm "Judge orders Mewes to finish drug rehab"], ''[[USA Today]]'', April 2, 2003. Accessed October 17, 2013. "Mewes, a Highlands native now living in Hollywood, Calif., must complete the program before he's allowed to leave New Jersey, Farren said."</ref>
* [[Jason Mewes]] (born 1974), actor who is best known for his role as Jay, the vocal half of the duo [[Jay and Silent Bob]].<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/2003-04-02-mewes_x.htm "Judge orders Mewes to finish drug rehab"], ''[[USA Today]]'', April 2, 2003. Accessed October 17, 2013. "Mewes, a Highlands native now living in Hollywood, Calif., must complete the program before he's allowed to leave New Jersey, Farren said."</ref>
==Climate==
==Climate==
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Highlands has a [[Humid subtropical climate|humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Highlands has a [[Humid subtropical climate|humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=568782&cityname=Highlands%2C+New+Jersey%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Highlands, New Jersey]</ref>


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Highlands, New Jersey
Borough
Borough of Highlands
Twin Lights
Twin Lights
Map of Highlands in Monmouth County. Inset: Location of Monmouth County in New Jersey.
Map of Highlands in Monmouth County. Inset: Location of Monmouth County in New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Highlands, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Highlands, New Jersey
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountyMonmouth
IncorporatedMarch 22, 1900
Government
[6]
 • TypeFaulkner Act (Small Municipality)
 • MayorFrank Nolan (term ends December 31, 2013)[1]
 • AdministratorTim Hill[2][3]
 • ClerkCarolyn Cummins[4][5]
Area
[7]
 • Total1.369 sq mi (3.546 km2)
 • Land0.767 sq mi (1.987 km2)
 • Water0.602 sq mi (1.559 km2)  43.96%
 • Rank464th of 566 in state
39th of 53 in county[7]
Elevation
[8]
13 ft (4 m)
Population
 (2010 Census)[9][10][11]
 • Total5,005
 • Estimate 
(2012[12])
4,978
 • Rank377th of 566 in state
32nd of 53 in county[13]
 • Density6,522.8/sq mi (2,518.5/km2)
  • Rank72nd of 566 in state
7th of 53 in county[13]
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP code
07732[14][15]
Area code(s)732/838 exchanges: 291, 708, 872[16]
FIPS code3402531500Template:GR[7][17]
GNIS feature ID0885253Template:GR[7]
Websitewww.highlandsnj.com

Highlands is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 5,005,[9][10][11] reflecting a decline of 92 (-1.8%) from the 5,097 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 248 (+5.1%) from the 4,849 counted in the 1990 Census.[18] It is the home town of film maker, director, and comic book writer Kevin Smith. The eastern part of the town is built on a high bluff that overlooks Sandy Hook and the Atlantic Ocean. Atop this bluff are the Navesink Twin Lights.

Highlands was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1900, from portions of Middletown Township. Additional portions of Middletown Township were annexed in 1914.[19]

Highlands is part of the Bayshore Regional Strategic Plan, an effort by nine municipalities in northern Monmouth County to reinvigorate the area's economy by emphasizing the traditional downtowns, dense residential neighborhoods, maritime history, and the natural beauty of the Raritan Bayshore coastline.

On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy slammed into the eastern seaboard of the United States, making landfall just north of Atlantic City. The Borough was heavily damaged when a storm surge of nearly 10 feet (3.0 m) swept in from the bay beginning as early as October 28. Most homes and businesses, including the Bahrs Landing and Lusty Lobster fishery were either damaged or totally destroyed. The borough lost several police cars and their fire station was destroyed.[citation needed]

History

Giovanni da Verrazzano explored the area known today as Highlands in 1525. During the next two centuries, the Highlands area would welcome English and Dutch settlers. Even by the 20th Century, many immigrants saw the hills of the Highlands of Navesink which were almost 300 feet above sea level.

The oldest route to the eastern coast of the United States is the Minisink Trail which started on the upper Delaware River, came through northern New Jersey and ended at the Navesink River. Navesink means “good fishing spot” in the native tongue at the time. The trail was used by Native Americans, such as the Algonquin and Lenni Lenapi tribes. They came from all over New Jersey to spend the summer fishing and finding clams. The Newasunks, Raritans, and Sachem Papomorga (or Lenni Lenapis) were the most prevalent tribes and stayed the longest. These were the tribes which mostly traded with early settlers.

One year after Verrazzano explored the area, Portuguese explorer Estevan Gomez visited the Highlands of Navesink and created the first maps of the area. These were the maps in which Sandy Hook was first drawn and called "Cabo de Arenas" or "Cape of Sands".

In 1609, Henry Hudson sailed into the Sandy Hook Bay and wrote: "This is very good land to fall in with and a pleasant land to see. Our men went on land, so they went up into the woods and saw great stores of very goodly oaks and some currants". One of Hudson’s crew became the first man killed by Native Americans who were frightened by his scouting party.

Many years after Hudson's trip to the area, the Highlands of Navesink saw a number of Dutch who traded with the Navesink Indians and prepared nautical charts. William Reape, one of the Dutch, made a bargain with the local natives to trade land in exchange for rum, blankets and gunpowder.

Eventually, the Dutch settlers named the land "Rensselaer's Hoeck," but British settlers took over and renamed the settlement "Portland" in 1664. The group purchasing the land included James Hubbard, John Bawne, John Tilton, Jr., Richard Stout, William Goulding and Samuel Spear.

Three years later, in 1677, Richard Hartshorne purchased a 2,320-acre (940 ha) tract of land from the Native Americans which provided him with control of nearly all of Sandy Hook and Highlands which was then called "Portland Poynt." Hartshorne and his family became the first permanent settlers of the area.

Some early settlers soon realized the importance Highlands and Sandy Hook would have in the defense of the country. People in Highlands and Sandy Hook could warn New York of any enemies approaching by sea and also to help guide ships into New York harbor. In 1762, New York merchants purchased a four acre site from the Hartshorne family for a light house. Two years later, the Sandy Hook Light House was lighted for the first time.

The hills of the Highlands of Navasink and Sandy Hook also played an important role during the American Revolutionary War. It was a vital strategic site for the British and Colonial Armies. When the British fleet arrived close to Sandy Hook in 1776, sympathizers with the British built fortifications and with the help of the British were able to hold Sandy Hook for the remainder of the Revolutionary War. The Loyalists stayed in control of Sandy Hook even after the war was ended by the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown on October 19, 1781.

Captain Joshua Huddy was the eldest of seven brothers and a member of the Monmouth Continental Militia. He pursued gangs of Tory (Loyalist) refugees who plundered the area searching for American rebels. The refugees made Huddy a target and tried to kill him several times. Unfortunately, one of the Loyalists' raids from Sandy Hook ended with setting Huddy’s house on fire. Huddy agreed to surrender if they would help him to put out the fire. They agreed and took Huddy as a prisoner. The fire from the house had attracted the attention of Huddy’s neighbors and the local militia raced after the Tories before they could reach their boats at Black Point in Rumson. In the fight that pursued, Huddy escaped.

However, two years later the Loyalists captured Huddy and brought him to Gravelly Point in Highlands where he was allowed to write his will. Then Huddy was hanged for the death of Captain Philip White who had been captured by Rebels earlier in Long Branch and shot while being transported to Freehold. Huddy was not involved in the shooting because he was in a British prison at the time, but was hanged anyway. His body was carried by patriots to Freehold and buried. Today, a monument in Huddy Park honors Captain Joshua Huddy.

In 1796, the first hotel in the Highlands of Navesink was built and many other hotels were built until the War of 1812. Two years later, the tourism began to grow an d new hotels were built on Sandy Hook and on the hills of Highlands. In addition, a number of new homes were being built and visitors were coming to Highlands by the boatload.

Author James Fenimore Cooper, author of Last of the Mohicans, also wrote Water Witch, a novel which was inspired by his visits to Highlands. Walt Whitman, one of America's most famous poets, celebrated his excursions to Highlands in his journals and a group of his poems entitled, "Fancies at Navesink."[20]

By 1880, numerous hotels, beach pavilions and private clubs were flourishing in Highlands. It was the beginning of a glorious era for the small town on the Shrewsbury River. Trains and steamships brought vacationers to celebrate post-Civil War prosperity.

New York theatrical producers and famous actors built summer homes in Highlands. The area became so popular that Harper's Magazine sent a journalist down nearly every summer in the 1870s and 1880s to write about the community and its people.[20]

The Seashore Railroad had been built on the Sandy Hook peninsula during 1865 and a ferry service was established to take passengers across the river from Highlands to his hotel on Sandy Hook. Then a bridge was constructed in 1872 and the ferry service ceased operations. The new drawbridge was about 1,500 feet (460 m) and 18 feet (5.5 m) wide. It was constructed at a cost of $35,000 and opened in 1872, but was closed for three years when a schooner ran into it in 1875.[20] By 1883, a railroad came to Atlantic Highlands and in 1892 the old draw bridge at Highlands was torn down and a new railroad bridge was built by the New Jersey Central Railroad Company for their coastal line. This new bridge for rail, vehicular, and foot traffic was opened in 1892.[20]

On Lighthouse Hill were the Twin Lights which is one of the most historic sites in the nation. Built in 1862, it was the first twin light house, the first electric powered light, the first glimpse of America for incoming ships, the first in the nantion to use the Fresnel lens, the first to use wireless telegraphy, and the site of the first experiments with radar.[21]

Light House Hill (also known as Beacon Hill) was employed as a site for a beacon as early as 1746, when England was in conflict with France in the War of Austrian Succession, and the colonies of both were up for grabs. The beacon - whale oil burned in pots - was not only to welcome sailors, but to warn citizens that the French were coming up the harbor and it was time to take down the musket from over the fireplace. During the Revolutionary War, the beacon served the same purpose, only Britain was the enemy.[22]

In 1899, Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy demonstrated his invention at the Twin Lights so the New York Herald could be the first to have news of the 1899 America's Cup races to be run off the New Jersey Coast.[23]

By the 1920s, Highlands was an incredibly popular tourist destination. By 1932, however, century-long steamboat operations on the Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers came quickly to an end.

Before World War II, the northern tower was the first place where experiments with radar were held. So successful were the tests that, soon after the war, radar was the major tool of navigation and the government decided to decommission the Twin Lights and abandon the building as an operative light house.

During 1900, Highlands was incorporated and passed an ordinance prohibiting horses, cows and pigs from running loose on the streets. It also ordered that three-inch hemlock and chestnut planking be used as curbs along the officially designated streets.

By 1920 the "manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors" was prohibited. However, "rum-running" was a common practice for New Jersey's beachfront and Highlands became the main port for the infamous trade. Highlands also had great boat-building facilities which could produce boats faster than the authorities could catch. The Jersey Skiff, designed and built in Highlands, became the primary craft to be used in the smuggling operations.

Highlands became known for sport fishing in the 1920s. Today, countless boats can be seen in the rivers, bays and ocean to catch fluke, bluefish, striped bass or whiting.

Clamming was an important activity here for the Native Americans and the first settlers learned from them. A writer in 1890 reported that clams were to Parkertown what the whale once was to Nantucket.

Gertrude Ederle spent all of her summers in Highlands and learned to swim at the beach on Miller Street. She would swim from Sandy Hook to the Highlands Bridge in two hours and forty minutes to train for her famous English Channel swim in 1926. She became the first woman to swim the English Channel, and also the first to be given a ticker-tape parade on Broadway. Ederle attended the 1975 dedication of a park in Highlands named in her honor.[24]

During 1975, all military installations on Sandy Hook (except for the U.S. Coast Guard) were decommissioned and the land was given to the National Park Service to become the Gateway National Recreation Area.

Geography

Highlands is located at 40°24′15″N 73°59′26″W / 40.40422°N 73.990674°W / 40.40422; -73.990674 (40.40422,-73.990674). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.369 square miles (3.546 km2), of which, 0.767 square miles (1.987 km2) of it was land and 0.602 square miles (1.559 km2) of it (43.96%) was water.[7]Template:GR

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19001,228—
19101,38612.9%
19201,73124.9%
19301,8778.4%
19402,07610.6%
19502,95942.5%
19603,53619.5%
19703,91610.7%
19805,18732.5%
19904,849−6.5%
20005,0975.1%
20105,005−1.8%
2012 (est.)4,978[12]−0.5%
Population sources: 1900-1920[25]
1900-1910[26] 1910-1930[27]
1930-1990[28] 2000[29][30] 2010[9][10][11]

Census 2010

Template:USCensusDemographics

The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $75,291 (with a margin of error of +/- $12,503) and the median family income was $80,430 (+/- $7,353). Males had a median income of $63,686 (+/- $6,479) versus $46,641 (+/- $9,013) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $42,737 (+/- $4,647). About 11.5% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.3% of those under age 18 and 1.9% of those age 65 or over.[31]

Census 2000

As of the 2000 United States CensusTemplate:GR there were 5,097 people, 2,450 households, and 1,193 families residing in the borough. The population density was 6,689.2 people per square mile (2,589.4/km2). There were 2,820 housing units at an average density of 3,700.9 per square mile (1,432.6/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 95.10% White, 1.59% African American, 0.33% Native American, 1.00% Asian, 0.59% from other races, and 1.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.06% of the population.[29][30]

There were 2,450 households out of which 19.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.4% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.3% were non-families. 41.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.90.[29][30]

In the borough the population was spread out with 18.8% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 36.8% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males.[29][30]

The median income for a household in the borough was $45,692, and the median income for a family was $50,985. Males had a median income of $50,296 versus $31,265 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $29,369. About 11.5% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.0% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.[29][30]

Government

Local government

Highlands is governed by a Faulkner Act form of New Jersey municipal government under the Small Municipality (Plan C), enacted by direct petition as of January 1, 1978.[32] The officials that head the government are a mayor and four council members, who are elected on an at large basis in partisan elections to three-year terms on a staggered basis, as part of a three-year cycle in which two council seats come up for election in two consecutive years followed by the mayoral seat.[6] The current form of government was adopted in 1956.[33]

As of 2013, members of the Highlands Borough Council are Mayor Frank L. Nolan (R, term ends December 31, 2013), Council President Rebecca Kane (D, 2014), Christopher Francy (D, 2014), Kevin Redmond (D, 2015) and Tara Ryan (D, 2015).[34][35][36][37][38]

Tim Hill is the Borough Administrator.[2] David "Bruce" Hilling was the Borough Administrator from April 2007 until he was terminated on April 6, 2011.[39]

Federal, state and county representation

Highlands is located in the 6th Congressional District[40] and is part of New Jersey's 13th state legislative district.[10][41][42] Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Highlands had been in the 11th state legislative district.[43]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 6th congressional district is represented by Frank Pallone (D, Long Branch).[44][45] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrat Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[46]. One seat is currently vacant after Senator Bob Menendez (Englewood Cliffs) resigned on August 20, 2024.[47][48][49]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 13th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Declan O'Scanlon (R, Little Silver) and in the General Assembly by Vicky Flynn (R, Holmdel Township) and Gerard Scharfenberger (R, Middletown Township).[50] Template:NJ Governor

Template:NJ Monmouth County Freeholders

Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 3,118 registered voters in Highlands, of which 880 (28.2%) were registered as Democrats, 728 (23.3%) were registered as Republicans and 1,509 (48.4%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There was one voter registered to another party.[51]

In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 51.3% of the vote here (1,266 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 44.9% (1,108 votes) and other candidates with 1.7% (42 votes), among the 2,467 ballots cast by the borough's 3,451 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.5%.[52] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 50.6% of the vote here (1,230 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 47.9% (1,164 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (25 votes), among the 2,429 ballots cast by the borough's 3,431 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 70.8.[53]

In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 55.1% of the vote here (887 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 34.3% (553 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 7.1% (115 votes) and other candidates with 2.4% (39 votes), among the 1,611 ballots cast by the borough's 3,216 registered voters, yielding a 50.1% turnout.[54]

Education

The Highlands School District serves public school students in Pre-Kindergarten through sixth grade. Highlands Elementary School had an enrollment of 199 students in the 2010-11 school year.[55]

For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend Henry Hudson Regional High School, a comprehensive six-year high school and regional public school district that serves students from both Atlantic Highlands and Highlands.[56][57] The district served a total enrollment of 401 students in the 2010-11 school year.[58]

Transportation

The Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, a 1,240-foot (380 m) drawbridge built in 1932, connected Highlands in the west to Sea Bright, New Jersey in the east, across the Shrewsbury River. The eastern terminus was at the entrance to Sandy Hook. The span was part of Route 36. The bridge has been replaced with a fixed span instead of a drawbridge. The new bridge rises 65 feet (20 m) instead of the original span's 35 feet (11 m).[59][60]

SeaStreak offers ferry service to Manhattan at Conner's Ferry Landing. There are three morning trips, which stop at Pier 11/Wall Street and then the East 34th Street Ferry Landing. Six ferry trips return each weekday evening.[61]

New Jersey Transit provides local bus transportation on the 834 route between the borough and Red Bank.[62][63] Academy Bus offers bus service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan and to Wall Street.[61]

The Kevin Smith film Jersey Girl is set in Highlands.[64] In addition, Highlands' ZIP code (07732) is featured in the opening titles of Mallrats, and is Dante's ZIP code in Clerks: The Animated Series, although it is misattributed in the show to nearby Leonardo.

Notable people

Notable current and former residents of Highlands include:

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Highlands has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.[69]

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  69. ^ Climate Summary for Highlands, New Jersey
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