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Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Clinton NJ Easter 2014
A view of Clinton, New Jersey, with the Red Mill in the foreground, and the downtown district across the Raritan River in the background
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Seal of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
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Map of New Jersey highlighting Hunterdon County
Location in the state of New Jersey
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Founded 1714
Named for Robert Hunter
Seat Flemington[1]
Largest city Raritan Township (population)
Readington Township (area)
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

437.44 sq mi (1,133 km²)
427.82 sq mi (1,108 km²)
9.62 sq mi (25 km²), 2.20
Population
 - (2020)
 - Density

128,947
Congressional district 7th
Website http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us

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Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was 128,947, making it the state's 18th-most populous county,[2] representing an increase of 598 (0.5%) from the 128,349 enumerated in the 2010 United States Census,[3] which in turn increased by 6,360 (5.2%) from the 121,989 counted in the 2000 Census.[4] Its county seat is Flemington.

In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $80,759, the third-highest in New Jersey and ranked 33rd of 3,113 counties in the United States.[5] The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 19th-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the highest in New Jersey) as of 2009. Hunterdon County is noted for having the second-lowest level of child poverty of any county in the United States.

Geographically, much of the county lies in the Delaware Valley as a geographic concept, that is, the drainage basin of the Delaware River. Local businesses and the Delaware Valley Regional High School carry the name. However, "Delaware Valley" is also used to refer to the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden Combined Statistical Area (CSA), and Hunterdon County does not belong to the Philadelphia CSA, but rather to the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), part of the larger New York-Newark Combined Statistical Area (CSA).[6] It is located within the state's Skylands Region.

Hunterdon County was established on March 11, 1714, separating from Burlington County, at which time it included all of present-day Morris, Sussex and Warren counties. The rolling hills and rich soils which produce bountiful agricultural crops drew Native American tribes and then Europeans to the area.

Geology[]

Around 500 million years ago, a chain of volcanic islands shaped like an arch collided with proto North America and rode over the top of the North American plate. The rock from the islands created the highlands of Hunterdon County as there was a shallow sea where Hunterdon County is now located. Then around four hundred million B.C., a small continent that was long and thin, collided with proto North America. This collision created compression, which caused heat. The Paleozoic sediment of shale and sandstone folded and faulted. The heat allowed the igneous rock to bend, thus Hunterdon County was born.

The African plate which later collided with North America created more folding and faulting, especially in the southern Appalachians. Then the African and North America plates tore and drifted away from each other.

The Wisconsin glacier that entered into New Jersey around 21,000 BCE and then melted around 13,000 BCE did not reach Hunterdon County. However, there are glacial outwash deposits from streams and rivers that flowed from the glacier southward depositing rock and sediment.

Hunterdon County has two geophysical provinces. The first is the Highlands which is the western section of the county. The other is the Piedmont which is the eastern and southern section of the county. The Highlands account for one-third of the area and Piedmont accounts for two-thirds of the county.

The Highlands are part of the Reading Prong. Limestone and shale over igneous rock comprise the Highlands.

Piedmont includes the Hunterdon Plateau and the Raritan Valley Lowlands which are 150 to 300 feet (46 to 91 m) above sea level. Piedmont is made up of shale and sandstone.

Canal in Lambertville

The Delaware and Raritan Canal in Lambertville

Oldwick General Store

Oldwick General Store

History[]

Paleo Indians and Native Americans[]

Paleo Indians moved into Hunterdon County between 12,000 BCE and 11,000 BCE. The area was warming due to climate change. The Wisconsin Glacier in Warren and Sussex County was retreating northward. The area was that of Taiga/Boreal forests. Paleo Indians traveled in small groups in search of game and edible plants. They used spears made of bone, jasper or black chert. Their camp sites are difficult to find as they are many feet below the present surface.

Native Americans moved into the area but the time they arrived is unknown. Most have come from the Mississippi River area. Many tribes of the Delaware Nation lived in Hunterdon County especially along the Delaware River and in the Flemington area. These tribes were agricultural in nature, growing corn, beans and squash. Those that lived along the South Branch of the Raritan River fished and farmed. There was a Native American trail that went along the South Branch of the Raritan River (Philhower 1924).

European settlement[]

Land purchases from Native Americans occurred from 1688 to 1758. Large land purchases from Native Americans occurred in 1703, 1709 and 1710. Over 150,000 acres (610 km2) were bought with metal knives and pots, clothing, blankets, barrels of rum or hard cider, guns, powder and shot. This allowed for European settlers to enter into Hunterdon County in the early 18th century. After 1760, nearly all Native Americans left New Jersey and relocated to eastern Canada or the Mississippi River area.

The first European settlers were Col. John Reading who settled in Reading Township in 1704 and John Holcombe who settled in Lambertville in 1705.

County origin[]

Hunterdon County was separated from Burlington County on March 11, 1714. At that time Hunterdon County was large, going from Assunpink Creek near Trenton to the New York State line which at that time was about 10 miles (16 km) north of Port Jervis, New York.[7] Hunterdon County was named for Robert Hunter, a colonial governor of New Jersey.[8] Language changes over time and location, so by stemming of [s], and a [t] → [d] lenition of the name of his family seat of "Hunterston" in Ayrshire, Scotland, the name "Hunterdon" was derived.[9]

On March 15, 1739, Morris County (which at the time included what would later become Sussex County and Warren County) was separated from Hunterdon County.[7] The boundary between Hunterdon and Somerset counties is evidence of the old Keith Line which separated the provinces of West Jersey and East Jersey.

Hunterdon County was reduced in area on February 22, 1838, with the formation of Mercer County from portions of Burlington County, Hunterdon County and Middlesex County. In February 1839, the remaining portion of Hopewell Township was annexed to Mercer County. On March 13, 1844 Hopewell Township returned to Hunterdon County while Tewksbury Township was annexed by Somerset County but in February 1845 both of these changes were repealed. Since then, the county boundaries have remained the same.[7]

Hunterdon County was being affected by industrialization in the state and nation, mining speculation in northwest New Jersey, and competitors constructing railroads. The Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad leased a section to White House just south of Tewksbury Township in 1848.

Recent history[]

Transitioning from rural to suburban, Hunterdon County is an exurb on the western edge of New Jersey and home to commuters to New York City and Philadelphia. The county seat, Flemington, is noted as the site of the Lindbergh kidnapping trial which convicted Bruno Hauptmann of the murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh's son. With growing towns and shopping areas, as well as relaxing rural areas, Hunterdon County is a far stretch from the urban areas stereotypically associated with New Jersey. Due to the presence of natural habitats with many homes in wooded settings, Hunterdon County was recently found to have the third highest case rate of Lyme disease out of all counties in the United States.[10]

On December 24, 2020, The Hunterdon County Library System announced that the library system will be joining the MAIN Library System which covers libraries in Morris County and parts of Somerset and Warren counties, this merger was completed on January 11, 2021.[11]

Geography[]

According to the 2010 Census, the county had a total area of 437.44 square miles (1,133.0 km2), including 427.82 square miles (1,108.0 km2) of land (97.8%) and 9.62 square miles (24.9 km2) of water (2.2%).[12]

Much of the county is hilly, with several hills rising to one thousand foot in elevation. The highest points are two areas in Lebanon Township, one on the Morris County line, both reaching approximately 1,060 feet (320 m) above sea level. The first is at Smith on the Morris County line and the second is north of the area called Little Brook. This area is known as the Highlands of New Jersey. The lowest elevation is where the Mercer County line reaches the Delaware River, approximately 50 feet (15 m) above sea level. The county is drained by the Musconetcong River in the north. The river flows in a southwest direction. The Lamington River drains the county in the east. The central portion of the county is drained by the South Branch of the Raritan River. The Delaware River drains the western side of the county.

Adjacent counties[]

The county borders the following:

Climate[]

Hunterdon has a humid continental climate which is hot-summer (Dfa) except in some higher northern areas where it is warm-summer (Dfb). The hardiness zone is mainly 6b except for some 6a in higher northern areas and 7a along the Delaware River in West Amwell Township. Average monthly temperatures in Clinton range from 29.0 °F in January to 74.0 °F in July, while in Flemington they range from 30.0 °F in January to 74.8 °F in July and in Lambertville they range from 31.1 °F in January to 75.7 °F in July. [2]

Demographics[]

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1790 20,153
1800 21,261 5.5%
1810 24,556 15.5%
1820 28,604 16.5%
1830 31,060 8.6%
1840 24,789 * −20.2%
1850 28,990 16.9%
1860 33,654 16.1%
1870 36,963 9.8%
1880 38,570 4.3%
1890 35,355 −8.3%
1900 34,507 −2.4%
1910 33,569 −2.7%
1920 32,885 −2.0%
1930 34,728 5.6%
1940 36,766 5.9%
1950 42,736 16.2%
1960 54,107 26.6%
1970 69,718 28.9%
1980 87,361 25.3%
1990 107,776 23.4%
2000 121,989 13.2%
2010 128,349 5.2%

2020 Census[]

2010 Census[]

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 128,349 people, 47,169 households, and 34,339 families residing in the county. The population density was 300 inhabitants per square mile (120 /km2). There were 49,487 housing units at an average density of 115.7 per square mile (44.7 /km2). The racial makeup of the county was 91.36% (117,264) White, 2.69% (3,451) African American, 0.13% (167) Native American, 3.26% (4,181) Asian, 0.03% (37) Pacific Islander, 1.22% (1,570) from other races, and 1.31% (1,679) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.24% (6,722) of the population.[3]

There were 47,169 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.8% were married couples living together, 7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% were non-families. 22% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.1.[3]

In the county the population was spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 34.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.5 years. For every 100 females there were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males.[3]

Economy[]

Based on data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Hunterdon County had a gross domestic product (GDP) of $6.8 billion in 2018, which was ranked 16th in the state and represented an increase of -0.4% from the previous year.[13]

Hunterdon County ranked as the 19th among the highest-income counties in the United States with a 2010 per capita income of $67,053. It ranks fourth among U.S. counties for household income according to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Hunterdon County's median household income was $105,186, behind only Loudoun County and Fairfax County in Virginia, and Howard County, Maryland.

Transportation[]

Roads and highways[]

As of May 2010, the county had a total of 1,412.33 miles (2,272.92 km) of roadways, of which 1,059.23 miles (1,704.67 km) were maintained by the local municipality, 237.73 miles (382.59 km) by Hunterdon County and 114.79 miles (184.74 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 0.58 miles (0.93 km) by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.

Many important roads pass through the county. They include state routes, such as Route 12, Route 29, Route 31, Route 173 and Route 179. Two U.S. Routes pass through the county, which are U.S. Route 22 and U.S. Route 202. The only limited access road that passes through is Interstate 78.

Public Transportation[]

Whitehouse Station

Whitehouse Station

Limited rail service to the northern part of the county from Newark Penn Station/Pennsylvania Station is provided to High Bridge, Annandale, Lebanon and Whitehouse Station by NJ Transit's Raritan Valley Line.[14]

The Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line (formerly the mainline of the Lehigh Valley Railroad), runs through Hunterdon County.

In addition, The Hunterdon County Link operates demand-response service across the county, as well as fixed-route service in Flemington.[15] Trans-Bridge Lines also provides service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, as well as several towns/cities west in Pennsylvania. Stops include Clinton, Flemington, Lambertville, and Frenchtown.

Government[]

Hunterdon County is governed by a five-member Board of Chosen Freeholders, who serve three-year terms of office at-large on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization meeting held each January, the freeholders select one member to serve as the board's Director and another to serve as Deputy Director. The Freeholder Board is the center of legislative and administrative responsibility and, as such, performs a dual role. As legislators they draw up and adopt a budget, and in the role of administrators they are responsible for spending the funds they have appropriated. In 2016, freeholders were paid $16,000 and the freeholder director was paid an annual salary of $17,000.

The Hunterdon County Prosecutor is Anthony P. Kearns III of Clinton, who was nominated by Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie in September 2016.

Hunterdon County is a part of Vicinage 13 of the New Jersey Superior Court (along with Somerset County and Warren County), which is seated at the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerville, the county seat of Somerset County; the Assignment Judge for Vicinage 15 is Yolanda Ciccone. The Hunterdon County Courthouse is in Flemington.

Federal Representation[]

Hunterdon County falls entirely within the 7th congressional district. New Jersey's Seventh Congressional District is represented by Leonard Lance (R, Clinton Township).

State Representatives[]

The 26 municipalities of Hunterdon County are represented by three Separate Legislative Districts.[16]

District Senator[17] Assembly[17] Municipalities
15th Shirley Turner (D) Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)

Anthony Verrelli (D)

East Amwell Township (3,878) , Lambertville (3,822) and West Amwell Township (2,739)

The remainder of this district covers portions of Mercer County.

16th Andrew Zwicker (D) Sadaf F. Jaffer (D)

Roy Freiman (D)

Delaware Township (4,435), Flemington (4,608), Raritan Township (22,219),

Readington Township (15,840) and Stockton (614).

The remainder of this district covers portions of Mercer County, Middlesex County and

Somerset County.

23rd Michael J. Doherty (R) John DiMaio (R)

Erik Peterson (R)

Alexandria Township (4,758), Bethlehem Township (3,855), Bloomsbury (729),

Califon (1,139), Clinton Town (2,686), Clinton Township (12,877),

Franklin Township (3,195), Frenchtown (1,464), Glen Gardner (1,704),

Hampton Borough (1,401), High Bridge (3,648), Holland Township (5,291),

Kingwood Township (3,845), Lebanon Borough (1,358), Lebanon Township (6,588),

Millford Borough (1,233), Tewksbury (5,993) and Union Township (5,098).

The remainder of this district covers portions of Somerset County and Warren County.

Law enforcement[]

The Hunterdon County Sheriff's Office includes about 43 sworn officers.[18] The current sheriff is Frederick Brown, who was reelected to a second three-year term in 2013.[19] He was preceded by Republican Deborah Trout who served one term starting in November 2007.[20]

In January 2008, Hunterdon County Sheriff’s Officer Jeremiah Hupka pleaded guilty to fourth-degree sexual contact. He admitted he had attacked a drunken woman in 2006. She gave birth to a child as a result of the assault. He was sentenced to two years probation.[21]

On December 22, 2008, state investigators seized computers and other records related to Sheriff Deborah Trout’s hiring of undersheriffs and other personnel without the usual background checks and qualifications.[20] In 2010, a grand jury indicted then-sheriff Deborah Trout and two under-sheriffs on 43 counts of official misconduct and other charges. The indictment was later suppressed when new state officials were appointed by incoming Governor Chris Christie. The propriety of the investigation, the indictment and its aftermath are the subject of a number of legal actions.[22][23][24]

Politics[]

Hunterdon County is considered a Republican stronghold and has traditionally elected some of the most conservative members of the New Jersey legislature. It has also provided big votes for independent conservative third party candidates opposing liberal and moderate Republicans, particularly in 1997, when 13% of county voters backed two conservative independent candidates against incumbent Governor Christine Todd Whitman. Hunterdon supported Steve Lonegan for Governor over Chris Christie in the 2009 Republican Primary, by a 4.0% margin. All five County Freeholders are Republican, as are all countywide elected officers and the majority of township committee and borough council members. The county has only gone Democratic in a presidential election twice since 1920, in the national Democratic landslides of 1936 and 1964.

As of August 1, 2020, there were a total of 102,354 registered voters in Hunterdon County, of which 40,557 (39.6%) were registered as Republicans, 27,823 (27.2%) were registered as Democrats and 33,156 (32.4%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 818 (0.8%) voters registered to other parties.[25]

In the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Barack Obama defeated John McCain by a 7.2% margin nationally, but Obama defeated McCain in New Jersey by a 15.5% margin. Republican John McCain received 55.5% of the vote (39,092 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 42.3% (29,776 votes) and other candidates with 1.4% (981 votes), among the 70,409 ballots cast by the county's 87,460 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.5%. In the 2004 U.S. presidential election, George W. Bush carried the county by a 20.8% margin over John Kerry, with Kerry carrying the state by 6.7% over Bush. Bush received 60.0% of the vote (39,888 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 39.2% (26,050 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (742 votes), among the 66,522 ballots cast by the county's 81,185 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 81.9.

In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 64.9% of the vote (33,360 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 25.1% (12,893 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 8.0% (4,098 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (387 votes), among the 51,372 ballots cast by the county's 86,186 registered voters, yielding a 59.6% turnout.

However in 2016, the margin of victory for Republican presidential candidates decreased 17.8 percent in 2012 to 13.7 percent, despite the Democrats national popular vote margin shrinking from 3.9 points to 2.1 points. In 2020, Joe Biden came closer than any Democratic nominee to carrying the county since Lyndon B. Johnson’s win in 1964, losing by 4.4 percent to Donald Trump.

United States presidential election results for Hunterdon County, New Jersey[26]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 43,153 50.96% 39,457 46.60% 2,063 2.44%
2016 38,712 54.02% 28,898 40.33% 4,050 5.65%
2012 38,687 58.07% 26,876 40.34% 1,061 1.59%
2008 39,092 55.83% 29,776 42.53% 1,147 1.64%
2004 39,888 59.82% 26,050 39.07% 742 1.11%
2000 32,210 57.05% 21,387 37.88% 2,858 5.06%
1996 26,379 51.00% 18,446 35.66% 6,902 13.34%
1992 25,130 46.56% 15,423 28.57% 13,421 24.87%
1988 31,907 69.09% 13,758 29.79% 517 1.12%
1984 29,737 72.39% 10,972 26.71% 370 0.90%
1980 21,403 58.75% 10,029 27.53% 4,998 13.72%
1976 19,616 59.50% 12,592 38.20% 758 2.30%
1972 21,282 68.97% 9,031 29.27% 543 1.76%
1968 15,851 57.77% 8,755 31.91% 2,833 10.32%
1964 10,173 40.24% 15,091 59.69% 19 0.08%
1960 15,842 64.06% 8,863 35.84% 26 0.11%
1956 16,150 72.77% 5,957 26.84% 86 0.39%
1952 14,439 67.47% 6,878 32.14% 83 0.39%
1948 10,654 60.85% 6,515 37.21% 340 1.94%
1944 9,843 59.11% 6,774 40.68% 35 0.21%
1940 10,284 56.50% 7,872 43.25% 47 0.26%
1936 8,832 47.98% 9,526 51.75% 51 0.28%
1932 8,476 51.92% 7,531 46.13% 319 1.95%
1928 11,820 73.53% 4,225 26.28% 31 0.19%
1924 8,940 60.62% 5,103 34.60% 704 4.77%
1920 7,443 54.38% 6,067 44.33% 176 1.29%
1916 3,408 42.69% 4,462 55.89% 114 1.43%
1912 1,970 25.62% 4,103 53.37% 1,615 21.01%
1908 3,733 43.05% 4,736 54.61% 203 2.34%
1904 3,856 44.55% 4,360 50.38% 439 5.07%
1900 3,873 41.29% 5,137 54.76% 371 3.95%
1896 4,264 44.20% 4,992 51.75% 390 4.04%



Municipalities[]

Hunterdon County, New Jersey Municipalities

Index map of Hunterdon County municipalities (click to see index key)

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The following 26 municipalities are located in Hunterdon County (with 2010 Census data for population, housing units and area):[27]

Municipality
(with map key)
Municipal
type
Population Housing
Units
Total
Area
Water
Area
Land
Area
Pop.
Density
Housing
Density
Communities
Alexandria Township 11 township 4,938 1,865 27.64 0.22 27.42 180.1 68.0 Everittstown
Little York
Mechlings Corner
Mount Pleasant
Mount Salem
Swinesburg
Bethlehem Township 16 township 3,979 1,386 20.83 0.12 20.71 192.1 66.9 Charlestown
Polktown
Swinesburg
West Portal
Bloomsbury 15 borough 870 358 0.91 0.03 0.88 991.9 408.1
Califon 25 borough 1,076 419 0.97 0.02 0.95 1,133.3 441.3 Lower Valley
Clinton (town) 18 town 2,719 1,098 1.42 0.08 1.34 2,032.6 820.8
Clinton Township 19 township 13,478 4,737 33.82 3.95 29.88 451.1 158.6 Annandale CDP (1,695)
Cedar Heights
Cokesbury
Hamden
Mariannes Corner
Potterstown
Readingsburg
Sunnyside
Delaware Township 4 township 4,563 1,927 37.02 0.39 36.64 124.5 52.6 Bowne
Brookville
Dilts Corner
Headquarters
Locktown
Prallsville
Raven Rock
Rosemont
Sand Brook
Sandy Ridge
Sergeantsville
East Amwell Township 3 township 4,013 1,580 28.56 0.10 28.46 141.0 55.5 Amwell
Boss Road
Bowne
Buttonwood Corners
Cloverhill
Furmans Corner
Larisons Corners
Linvale
Reaville
Rileyville
Ringoes
Rocktown
Snydertown
Unionville
Vanlieu Corners
Wertsville
Flemington 8 borough 4,581 1,926 1.08 0.00 1.08 4,252.2 1,787.8
Franklin Township 10 township 3,195 1,204 23.00 0.20 22.80 140.1 52.8 Allens Corner
Alvater Corner
Cherryville
Grandin
Kingtown
Lansdowne
Littletown
Oak Grove
Quakertown
Sidney
Sunnyside
Frenchtown 12 borough 1,373 656 1.36 0.10 1.26 1,087.2 519.4
Glen Gardner 22 borough 1,704 825 1.52 0.00 1.52 1,117.8 541.2 Bells Crossing
Clarksville
Hampton 23 borough 1,401 612 1.54 0.01 1.53 915.1 399.7 Hampton Junction
High Bridge 21 borough 3,648 1,481 2.43 0.04 2.39 1,526.9 619.9 Pierce Heights
Holland Township 14 township 5,291 2,066 24.02 0.51 23.51 225.0 87.9 Amsterdam
Hughesville
Little York
Mount Joy
Riegel Ridge
Spring Mills
Kingwood Township 6 township 3,845 1,569 35.77 0.62 35.16 109.4 44.6 Barbertown
Byram
Idell
Milltown
Point Breeze
Tumble Falls
Lambertville 1 city 3,914 2,079 1.30 0.14 1.15 3,386.1 1,798.8
Lebanon 20 borough 1,358 664 0.89 0.00 0.89 1,532.0 749.1
Lebanon Township 24 township 6,588 2,439 31.70 0.24 31.46 209.4 77.5 Anthony
Bunnvale
Hampton Junction
Hoffmans
Little Brook
Lower Valley
Mount Lebanon
New Hampton
Newport
Penwell
Red Mill
Scrappy Corner
Spruce Run
Woodglen
Milford 13 borough 1,233 552 1.23 0.08 1.15 1,073.4 480.5
Raritan Township 7 township 22,177 8,284 37.69 0.16 37.53 591.2 220.9 Bartles Corners
Cloverhill
Copper Hill
Croton
Flemington Junction
Gary Corner
Klinesville
Larisons Corners
Muirhead
Reaville
Rockefellows Mills
Thachers Hill
Voorhees Corner
Readington Township 9 township 16,126 6,191 48.04 0.30 47.74 337.8 129.7 Barley Sheaf
Centerville
Cushetunk
Darts Mills
Dreahook
Holcomb Mills
McCrea Mills
Mechanicsville
Pleasant Run
Potterstown
Readington Village
Riverside
Rowland's Mills
Stanton
Three Bridges
Whitehouse
Whitehouse Station CDP (2,089)
Stockton 5 borough 538 259 0.61 0.08 0.54 1,005.6 484.1
Tewksbury Township 26 township 5,993 2,323 31.70 0.17 31.53 190.1 73.7 Bissell
Cokesbury
Fairmount
Farmersville
Laurel Farms
Lower Fairmount
Mountainville
Oldwick
Sutton
Vernoy
Union Township 17 township 5,908 1,830 20.61 1.87 18.74 315.3 97.7 Coles Mills
Grandin
Hensfoot
Jutland
Kingtown
Mechlings Corner
Mount Salem
Norton
Pattenburg
Perryville
Polktown
Van Syckel
West Amwell Township 2 township 2,842 1,157 21.78 0.19 21.58 177.9 53.6 Alexauken
Bowne
Linvale
Mount Airy
Rocktown
Hunterdon County county 127,351 49,487 437.44 9.62 427.82 300.0 115.7

Other unincorporated places[]

Other unincorporated places within Hunterdon County include:

  • Pittstown (within Franklin, Union, and Alexandria)
  • Pottersville (within Tewksbury and Bedminster [Somerset])

Parks[]

The Hunterdon County Department of Parks and Recreation manages these parks.

  • Point Mountain Section
  • Mountain Farm/Teetertown Preserve
  • Tower Hill Park
  • Charlestown Reserve
  • Union Furnace Nature Preserve
  • Columbia Trail Section
  • Cold Brook Reserve
  • Musconetcong Gorge Section
  • Schick Reserve
  • Hoffman Park
  • South Branch Reservation
  • Landsdown Trail Section
  • Cushetunk Mountain Nature Preserve
  • Arboretum
  • Deer Path Park and Round Mountain Section
  • Uplands Reserve
  • Clover Hill Park
  • Heron Glen Golf Course
  • Wescott Nature Preserve
  • South County Park
  • Future Park
  • Laport Reserve
  • Sourland Mountain Nature Preserve
  • Jugtown Mountain Nature Preserve
  • Finn Road Park

Points of interest[]

  • Beneduce Vineyards
  • Hunterdon County Arboretum
  • Hunterdon Art Museum
  • Hunterdon County Courthouse
  • Hunterdon Medical Center
  • Mount Salem Vineyards
  • Old York Cellars
  • The Red Mill (in Clinton, New Jersey)
  • Solitude Dam/TISCO Headquarters 1742 in High Bridge, New Jersey
  • The Solitude House Museum in High Bridge, New Jersey
  • The Taylor Steelworkers Historic Greenway in High Bridge, New Jersey
  • Unionville Vineyards

Notable people[]

  • Emma Bell (born 1986), actress
  • Scott Bradlee (born 1981), musician
  • John Whitfield Bunn and Jacob Bunn, industrialists
  • Daryl Cobb (born 1961), children's book author.[28]
  • Jack Cust (born 1979), MLB player
  • Vera Farmiga (born 1973), Academy Award-nominated actress, film director and television producer[29]
  • Taissa Farmiga (born 1994), actress[30]
  • Wanda Gág (1893–1946), writer
  • Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969), writer
  • Troy Glaus (born 1976), MLB player
  • Merv Griffin (1925–2007), musician, talk-show host, television producer
  • Liver-Eating Johnson (c. 1824-1900), mountain man of the American West, on whom the film Jeremiah Johnson is based.
  • William Kirkpatrick, (1769–1832), United States Congressman
  • Stephen Kovacs (1972–2022), saber fencer and fencing coach, charged with sexual assault, died in prison
  • Leonard Lance (born 1952), United States Congressman
  • James W. Marshall (1810–1885), discoverer of gold at Sutter's Mill in California in 1848 (started the Gold Rush)
  • Collin McKinney, Texas independence leader
  • Joe Piscopo (born 1951), comedian
  • Susan Seidelman (born 1952), film director and producer
  • Gary Vaynerchuk (born 1975), Entrepreneur
  • Christine Todd Whitman (born 1946), 50th Governor of New Jersey
  • Sharon Van Etten (born 1981), singer-songwriter

Education[]

High schools[]

Hunterdon County New Jersey High Schools

A map of Hunterdon County high school sending districts. Click for a key.

  • Delaware Valley Regional High School, in Alexandria Township, serves the townships of Alexandria, Holland and Kingwood and the boroughs of Frenchtown and Milford.
  • Hunterdon Central Regional High School, located in Raritan Township, serves students from Delaware Township, East Amwell Township, Flemington Borough, Raritan Township and Readington Township.
  • North Hunterdon High School, located in Clinton Township, hosts the students of Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township.
  • Phillipsburg High School, located in Phillipsburg in neighboring Warren County, educates the students of Bloomsbury, though a proposal is currently on the table to send the borough's students to Delaware Valley Regional High school instead.
  • South Hunterdon Regional High School, located in West Amwell Township, serves students from Lambertville, Stockton and West Amwell Township.
  • Voorhees High School, in Lebanon Township, serves the students of Califon Borough, Glen Gardner Borough, Hampton Borough, High Bridge Borough, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township.

Higher education[]

  • Raritan Valley Community College is the two-year community college for both Hunterdon and Somerset County, one of a network of 19 county colleges statewide. Founded in 1965, the school's main campus is located in North Branch, in Somerset County.
  • Rutgers University has a partnership with Raritan Valley Community College which offers bachelor's degree completion programs at the North Branch campus.

Climate and weather[]

Climate chart for Flemington, New Jersey
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source: The Weather Channel[31]

In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Flemington have ranged from a low of 19 °F (−7 °C) in January to a high of 85 °F (29 °C) in July, although a record low of −18 °F (−27.8 °C) was recorded in January 1984 and a record high of 106 °F (41 °C) was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 3.16 inches (80 mm) in February to 5.16 inches (131 mm) in July.[31]

Outdoor activities[]

Hunterdon County is considered the premier place to hunt white tailed deer in New Jersey. More deer are harvested each year than any other county according to New Jersey Fish and Game records.[32]

The premier fishing streams are the Musconetcong in the north and the Lamington River. The NJ Fish and Game stocks thousands of rainbow, brown, and brook trout in these streams as well as other streams such as the South Branch of the Raritan River.

Round Valley Reservoir and Spruce Run Reservoir are manmade reservoirs that provide boating and fishing opportunities for patrons. Covering 2,000 acres (810 ha) and the state's largest reservoir with Template:Convert/gal of water, Round Valley is one of New Jersey's trophy trout lakes, and holds the state records for smallmouth bass, brown trout, lake trout, and American eel. Spruce Run, the state's third-largest reservoir, held the state record for Northern Pike for nearly 30 years, and offers a large variety of species for anglers to pursue.

New Jersey Fish and Game has nine Wildlife Management Areas for hunting ducks, deer, pheasants, quail, rabbits, squirrels and bears.

See also[]

  • The Hunterdon County Democrat
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
  • USS Hunterdon County (LST-838)
  • Musconetcong County, New Jersey, a proposed county in the 19th Century from parts of Hunterdon and Warren counties

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