Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
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- See also: the Borough of Hopewell, New Jersey.
Hopewell Township is a Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 16,105.
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[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 151.9 km² (58.7 mi²). 150.5 km² (58.1 mi²) of it is land and 1.4 km² (0.5 mi²) of it (0.92%) is water.
Hopewell Township borders Ewing Township, Lawrence Township, Princeton Township, Hunterdon County, Somerset County, and the Delaware River.
Pennington Borough and Hopewell Borough are both independent municipalities surrounded entirely by Hopewell Township.
Titusville is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Hopewell Township.
Washington Crossing State Park is located in the western part of the township.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 16,105 people, 5,498 households, and 4,431 families residing in the township. The population density was 107.0/km² (277.1/mi²). There were 5,629 housing units at an average density of 37.4/km² (96.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 88.30% White, 5.83% African American, 0.12% Native American, 3.97% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.66% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.45% of the population.
There were 5,498 households out of which 40.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.6% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.4% were non-families. 16.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.11.
In the township the population was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 103.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.3 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $93,640, and the median income for a family was $101,579. Males had a median income of $66,849 versus $47,701 for females. The per capita income for the township was $43,947. About 0.9% of families and 1.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.5% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Government
[edit] Local government
Hopewell Township has a Township Committee form of municipal government. All Committee members are elected at large for three year terms. Each year, the Township Committee elects one of its members as Mayor[1].
Members of the Hopewell Township Committee, with their areas of general responsibility, are[2]:
- Mayor Vanessa Sandom: Administration, Health, Environmental and Wastewater
- Deputy Mayor David Sandahl: Finance, Legal, Planning and Zoning
- Mark Iorio: Economic Development, Agriculture, Open Space Preservation
- John Murphy: Recreation, Buildings & Grounds, Parks, Public Works and Interlocal Relations
- Judy Niederer: Affordable Housing, Historic Preservation and Public Safety
[edit] Federal, state and county representation
Hopewell Township is in the Twelfth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 15th Legislative District.[3]
New Jersey's Twelfth Congressional District, covering all of Hunterdon County and portions of Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Morris County, and Somerset County, is represented by Rush D. Holt Jr. (D). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Robert Menendez (D, Hoboken).
The 15th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Shirley Turner (D, Ewing) and in the Assembly by Reed Gusciora (D, Trenton) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D, Trenton). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).
Mercer County's County Executive is Brian M. Hughes. The executive, along with the Board of Chosen Freeholders administer all county business. Mercer County's Freeholders are Freeholder Chair Keith V. Hamilton, Freeholder Vice Chair Pasquale "Pat" Colavita, Jr., Ann M. Cannon, Anthony P. Carabelli, Tony Mack, Elizabeth Maher Muoio and Lucylle R. S. Walter.
[edit] Education
Students in kindergarten through twelfth grade attend the Hopewell Valley Regional School District, a comprehensive regional public school district serving (as of 2005) nearly 4,000 students from Hopewell Borough (371 students), Hopewell Township (2,998 students), and Pennington Borough (497 students). The district consists of four K-5 elementary schools (Bear Tavern Elementary School with 498 students, Hopewell Elementary School with 520 students, Stony Brook Elementary School with 461 students and Toll Gate Grammar School with 312 students), Timberlane Middle School with 945 students in grades 6-8 and Central High School, which has an enrollment of 1,103 students in grades 9-12.
[edit] Media
[edit] References
- ^ THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE FORM OF GOVERNMENT, accessed August 25, 2006
- ^ Hopewell Township Committee, accessed August 25, 2006
- ^ League of Women Voters: 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, p. 59, accessed August 30, 2006
[edit] External links
- Hopewell Township web site
- Hopewell Valley School District
- Hopewell Valley Regional School District's 2004-2005 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics data for the Hopewell Valley Regional School District
- Hopewell Township Fire District
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| Townships | East Windsor | Ewing | Hamilton | Hopewell | Lawrence | Princeton | Washington | West Windsor | |
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