Mine Hill Township, New Jersey
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Mine Hill Township is a Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 3,679.
Mine Hill Township is a residential community located in the northwest corner of Morris County. The Township and is easy to reach via the Midtown Direct line of New Jersey Transit, which is available in nearby Dover, Interstate 80, U.S. Route 46, and Route 10.
Mine Hill was once a thriving mining center, with the first mining occurring in the early 1700s. The Dickerson Mine was owned and operated by Mahlon Dickerson — New Jersey's 12th Governor (1815-1817) and Secretary of the Navy (1834-1838) — and his family and was the largest ore mine in the area. The mine supplied much of the iron ore used during the American Revolutionary War period. The township had some of the richest iron ore mines in the country, until the last mine closed during the late 1960s.
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[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 7.8 km² (3.0 mi²). 7.7 km² (3.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.33% is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 3,679 people, 1,365 households, and 1,041 families residing in the township. The population density was 475.1/km² (1,228.6/mi²). There were 1,388 housing units at an average density of 179.2/km² (463.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 90.41% White, 3.42% African American, 0.11% Native American, 2.50% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 1.79% from other races, and 1.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.67% of the population.
There were 1,365 households out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families. 19.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the township the population was spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 34.3% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.3 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $64,643, and the median income for a family was $67,467. Males had a median income of $47,813 versus $37,250 for females. The per capita income for the township was $27,119. About 4.7% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Government
[edit] Local government
Mine Hill Township is governed under the Mayor-Council system of New Jersey municipal government under the Faulkner Act.
The Mayor of Mine Hill Township is Richard Leary.
The Mine Hill Township Council consists of five elected members, each chosen by the voters of Mine Hill for a 4-year term. At the Council’s organizational meeting each January, one member is elected to serve as President for a twelve-month term and another is chosen to serve as Vice President. The current members are Council President Marc Sovelove, Council Vice President Gary Colucci, Steven Cicchetti, Cynthia Collins and Michael Warholak.[1]
[edit] Federal, state and county representation
Mine Hill Township is in the Eleventh Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 25th Legislative District.[2]
New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District, covering western portions of Essex County, all of Morris County, and sections of Passaic County, Somerset County and Sussex County, is represented by Rodney Frelinghuysen (R, Harding Township). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Robert Menendez (D, Hoboken).
The 25th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Anthony Bucco (R, Denville) and in the Assembly by Michael Patrick Carroll (R, Morristown) and Richard A. Merkt (R, Randolph). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).
Morris County is governed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Morris County's Freeholders are: Margaret Nordstrom (Freeholder Director), John Inglesino (Freeholder Deputy Director), Douglas R. Cabana, Frank J. Druetzler, Cecilia G. Laureys John J. Murphy and Jack Schrier.
[edit] Education
The Mine Hill Public Schools serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade. For the 1991-92 school year, Canfield Avenue School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[3]
For grades 7-12, students attend the Dover School District in Dover as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Mine Hill Township website
- Mine Hill Public Schools
- Mine Hill Public Schools's 2004-2005 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics data for the Mine Hill Public Schools
- Abandoned Mines of New Jersey
- Abandoned Mine Research
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