Hardwick Township, New Jersey
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Hardwick Township is a Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 1,464. The township was created around 1713 by royal patent.[1] It is located in the far eastern region of the Lehigh Valley.
The now-defunct Pahaquarry Township was absorbed by Hardwick Township on July 7, 1997. Pahaquarry Township had been created on March 14, 1825, and got its name from the word Pahaquarra, which was a derivation of the Indian word Pahaqualong, which meant "termination of two mountains" and described the mountain or mountainous area that was the area's southern border.[2]
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[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 98.2 km² (37.9 mi²). 94.5 km² (36.5 mi²) of it is land and 3.7 km² (1.4 mi²) of it (3.80%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 1,464 people, 502 households, and 410 families residing in the township. The population density was 15.5/km² (40.1/mi²). There were 530 housing units at an average density of 5.6/km² (14.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.06% White, 0.61% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.89% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.32% of the population.
There were 502 households out of which 38.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.3% were married couples living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.3% were non-families. 13.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the township the population was spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 29.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $72,167, and the median income for a family was $76,111. Males had a median income of $56,000 versus $31,875 for females. The per capita income for the township was $30,038. About 0.5% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.5% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Government
[edit] Local government
The Hardwick Township Committee consists of Mayor Kevin Duffy (term ends December 31, 2006, Deputy Mayor Joseph Dunn (2007) and J. Alfred Carrazzone (2008).[3]
[edit] Federal, state and county representation
Hardwick Township is in the Fifth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 23rd Legislative District.[4]
New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District, covering the northern portions of Bergen County, Passaic County and Sussex County and all of Warren County, is represented by Scott Garrett (R, Wantage Township). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Robert Menendez (D, Hoboken).
The 23rd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Leonard Lance (R, Flemington) and in the Assembly by Michael J. Doherty (R, Oxford) and Marcia A. Karrow (R, Raritan Township). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).
Warren County is governed by a three-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Warren County's Freeholders are: Freeholder Director Richard D. Gardner (term ends 2006), Freeholder Deputy Director John DiMaio (2008) and Freeholder Everett A. Chamberlain (2007).
[edit] Education
Hardwick Township is a non-operating school district. For grades K-6, students attend Blairstown Elementary School in Blairstown Township as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Blairstown Township School District.
Students in grades 7 through 12 attend the North Warren Regional High School (1,044 students) in Blairstown, a public secondary high school, serving students from the townships of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton.
[edit] References
- ^ Snell, James P. (1881) History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. (Centennial ed., Harmony, NJ: Harmony Press, 1981) p. 619
- ^ Pahaquarra Wikipedia page, accessed April 9, 2006
- ^ Warren County page for Hardwick Township, accessed October 25, 2006
- ^ League of Women Voters: 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, p. 58, accessed August 30, 2006
[edit] External links
- Warren County page for Hardwick Township
- Blairstown Township School District
- Blairstown Township School District's 2004-2005 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics data for the Blairstown Township School District
- North Warren Regional School District
- North Warren Regional High School's 2004-2005 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics data for the North Warren Regional High School
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Warren County, New Jersey (County Seat: Belvidere) |
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| Townships | Allamuchy Township | Blairstown Township | Franklin Township | Frelinghuysen Township | Greenwich Township | Hardwick Township | Harmony Township | Hope Township | Independence Township | Knowlton Township | Liberty Township | Lopatcong Township | Mansfield Township | Oxford Township | Pohatcong Township | Washington Township | White Township |
| Towns | Belvidere | Hackettstown | Phillipsburg |
| Boroughs | Alpha | Washington |
| Communities | Allamuchy-Panther Valley | Beattystown | Brass Castle | Great Meadows-Vienna |
| Rivers | Bear Creek | Beaver Brook | Cory's Brook | Dead River | Delaware River | Lopatcong Creek | Musconetcong River | Paulins Kill | Pequest River | Pohatcong Creek | Pophandusing Creek | Yard's Creek |
