Green Brook Township, New Jersey
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Green Brook Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 5,654.
Green Brook shares ZIP Code 08812 with Dunellen.
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[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 11.9 km² (4.6 mi²), all land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 5,654 people, 1,893 households, and 1,508 families residing in the township. The population density was 476.6/km² (1,234.7/mi²). There were 1,916 housing units at an average density of 161.5/km² (418.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 88.43% White, 1.68% African American, 0.07% Native American, 7.99% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.71% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.09% of the population.
There were 1,893 households out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.0% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.20.
In the township the population was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $80,644, and the median income for a family was $87,744. Males had a median income of $52,147 versus $46,434 for females. The per capita income for the township was $37,290. About 1.7% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.9% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Government
[edit] Local government
The Township Committee form of government consists of five members who each serve a term of three years. At its reorganization meeting, which is held within the first week of January, it elects a Mayor and a Deputy for that year.
Members of the Green Brook Township Committee are Mayor Patricia L. Walsh, Deputy Mayor David Bakos, Douglas A. Fontenello, Melonie K. Marano and Michael Kirsh.[1]
[edit] Federal, state and county representation
Green Brook Township is in the Seventh Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 22nd Legislative District.[2]
New Jersey's Seventh Congressional District, covering portions of Hunterdon County, Middlesex County, Somerset County and Union County, is represented by Mike Ferguson (R). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Robert Menendez (D, Hoboken).
The 22nd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Nicholas Scutari (D, Linden) and in the Assembly by Jerry Green (D, Plainfield) and Linda Stender (D, Scotch Plains). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).
Somerset County is governed by a five-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Somerset County's Freeholders are: Freeholder Director Rick Fontana, Freeholder Deputy Director Ken Scherer, Denise Coyle, Peter S. Palmer and Robert Zaborowski.
[edit] History
In 1872, a tract of land was subdivided off from Warren Township. Thirteen years later, in 1885, the Borough of North Plainfield was created from a section of the subdivided land. The land at that time was designated as North Plainfield. Many years later, in 1926, the Borough of Watchung was carved out of North Plainfield Township. The remaining land continued until 1932, when the name changed to Green Brook Township.
Green Brook Township took its name from the powerful stream called the Green Brook that rises in the Watchung Mountains several miles away, feeding from many smaller brooks and ponds along the way, in a southwesterly direction for a distance of fifteen miles, into the Bound Brook then into the Raritan River.
Also contained within the boundaries of this community is Washington Rock State Park, which commemorates the spot where George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette watched the movement of the British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War, mainly the months of May and June 1777. Washington Rock State Park was commissioned on March 17, 1913 and is about 34 acres in size.
[edit] Education
The Green Brook School District serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade. Within the District there are two schools, the Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School (grades K - 3) and the Green Brook Middle School (grades 4 - 8).
For the 1998-99 school year, Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[3]
Green Brook's high school students attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township. Students from Green Brook and from the neighboring communities of Watchung and Warren Township (in Somerset County) and Long Hill Township (in Morris County) attend the school. It serves students in grades nine through twelve and as of the 2005-2006 school year, there were over 1,900 students attending.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Green Brook Township
- Green Brook School District
- Green Brook School District's 2004-2005 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics data for the Green Brook School District
- Watchung Hills Regional High School website
- Green Brook Schools' Alumni Site
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