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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2010_census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>2010 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2000_census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2000_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>2000 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Federal,_state,_and_county_representation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Federal, state, and county representation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Federal,_state,_and_county_representation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Infrastructure" 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1</span> <span>Roads and highways</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roads_and_highways-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Public_transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Public_transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2</span> <span>Public transportation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Public_transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Healthcare" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Healthcare"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Healthcare</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Healthcare-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Points_of_interest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville" title="Somerville – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Somerville" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%8C_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="سومرویل، نیوجرسی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سومرویل، نیوجرسی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerville (New Jersey) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Somerville (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(Nova_Jersey)" title="Somerville (Nova Jersey) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Somerville (Nova Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(kapital_sa_kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_New_Jersey)" title="Somerville (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, New Jersey) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Somerville (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville,_New_Jersey" title="Somerville, New Jersey – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Somerville, New Jersey" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerville (New Jersey) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Somerville (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(Nueva_Jersey)" title="Somerville (Nueva Jersey) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Somerville (Nueva Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(Nov-%C4%B4erzejo)" title="Somerville (Nov-Ĵerzejo) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Somerville (Nov-Ĵerzejo)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerville (New Jersey) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Somerville (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%8C_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="سومرویل، نیوجرسی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سومرویل، نیوجرسی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerville (New Jersey) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Somerville (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84_(%D9%86%D9%8A%DB%8A%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A)" title="سامرویل (نيۊجرسي) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="سامرویل (نيۊجرسي)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerville (New Jersey) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Somerville (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%9D%D1%8C%D1%8E-%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Сомерсвилл (Нью-Джерси) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Сомерсвилл (Нью-Джерси)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville,_New_Jersey" title="Somerville, New Jersey – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Somerville, New Jersey" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%9D%D2%AF-%D0%96%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Сомерсвилл (Нү-Жерси) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Сомерсвилл (Нү-Жерси)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerville (New Jersey) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Somerville (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerville (New Jersey) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Somerville (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerville (New Jersey) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Somerville (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%9D%D1%8C%D1%8E-%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Самервилл (Нью-Джерси) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Самервилл (Нью-Джерси)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerville (New Jersey) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Somerville (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerville (New Jersey) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Somerville (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_(Nova_J%C3%A9rsei)" title="Somerville (Nova Jérsei) – Portuguese" 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Somerville, New Jersey</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)" title="Borough (New Jersey)">Borough</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style 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.tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="multiimageinner" style="width:312px;max-width:312px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:176px;max-width:176px"><div style="border:1;;height:130px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SomervilleCourtHouse.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/SomervilleCourtHouse.JPG/174px-SomervilleCourtHouse.JPG" decoding="async" width="174" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/SomervilleCourtHouse.JPG/261px-SomervilleCourtHouse.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/SomervilleCourtHouse.JPG/348px-SomervilleCourtHouse.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County_Courthouse_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerset County Courthouse (New Jersey)">Somerset County Courthouse</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:132px;max-width:132px"><div style="border:1;;height:130px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:25_West_End_Avenue,_Somerville,_NJ_-_Daniel_Robert_House,_looking_southwest.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/25_West_End_Avenue%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_Daniel_Robert_House%2C_looking_southwest.jpg/130px-25_West_End_Avenue%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_Daniel_Robert_House%2C_looking_southwest.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/25_West_End_Avenue%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_Daniel_Robert_House%2C_looking_southwest.jpg/195px-25_West_End_Avenue%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_Daniel_Robert_House%2C_looking_southwest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/25_West_End_Avenue%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_Daniel_Robert_House%2C_looking_southwest.jpg/260px-25_West_End_Avenue%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_Daniel_Robert_House%2C_looking_southwest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1888" data-file-height="1888" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Robert_House" title="Daniel Robert House">Daniel Robert House</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seat_of_local_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Seat of local government">Borough Hall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Public_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Library">Public Library</a></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Somerville_nj_035.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Somerville in Somerset County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Somerset County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left)."><img alt="Location of Somerville in Somerset County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Somerset County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Somerville_nj_035.png/207px-Somerville_nj_035.png" decoding="async" width="207" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Somerville_nj_035.png/310px-Somerville_nj_035.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Somerville_nj_035.png/414px-Somerville_nj_035.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="580" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Somerville in <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset County</a> highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Somerset County in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> highlighted in black (left).</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Census_Bureau_map_of_Somerville,_New_Jersey.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Census Bureau map of Somerville, New Jersey Interactive map of Somerville, New Jersey"><img alt="Census Bureau map of Somerville, New Jersey Interactive map of Somerville, New Jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Census_Bureau_map_of_Somerville%2C_New_Jersey.png/250px-Census_Bureau_map_of_Somerville%2C_New_Jersey.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Census_Bureau_map_of_Somerville%2C_New_Jersey.png/375px-Census_Bureau_map_of_Somerville%2C_New_Jersey.png 1.5x, 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srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,250x250@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Somerville%2C_New_Jersey&revid=1238518400&groups=_0128be46437f78402cfec89dd0667bce6c59be18 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption">Interactive map of Somerville, New Jersey</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_map_of_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Somerville is located in Somerset County, New Jersey"><img alt="Somerville is located in Somerset County, New Jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Location_map_of_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.svg/250px-Location_map_of_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Location_map_of_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.svg/375px-Location_map_of_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Location_map_of_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.svg/500px-Location_map_of_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="768" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:49.198%;left:48.652%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Somerville"><img alt="Somerville" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Somerville</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset County</a></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Somerset County, New Jersey</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:188px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:188px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:188px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Somerville is located in New Jersey"><img alt="Somerville is located in New Jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg/188px-USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="188" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg/282px-USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg/376px-USA_New_Jersey_relief_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="839" data-file-height="1560" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:34.342%;left:56.777%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Somerville"><img alt="Somerville" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Somerville</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of New Jersey</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Somerville is located in the United States"><img alt="Somerville is located in the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/250px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/375px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/500px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.414%;left:84.815%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Somerville"><img alt="Somerville" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Somerville</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in the United States</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United States</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Somerville,_New_Jersey&params=40.569749_N_74.607682_W_region:US-NJ_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°34′11″N</span> <span class="longitude">74°36′28″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.569749°N 74.607682°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.569749; -74.607682</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GR1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_New_Jersey" title="List of counties in New Jersey">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">March 25, 1863 (as town)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reincorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">April 16, 1909 (as borough)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>, England</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-DataBook_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DataBook-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)" title="Borough (New Jersey)">Borough</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Borough Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Brian Gallagher (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (New Jersey)">R</a>, term ends December 31, 2027)<sup id="cite_ref-MayorCouncil_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorCouncil-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_manager" title="City manager">Administrator</a> / <a href="/wiki/Municipal_clerk" title="Municipal clerk">Municipal clerk</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Kevin Sluka<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2.37 sq mi (6.13 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">2.34 sq mi (6.05 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.03 sq mi (0.07 km<sup>2</sup>)  1.18%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">384th of 565 in state<br />16th of 21 in county<sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">62 ft (19 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">12,346</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PopEst_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEst-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">14,112</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">207th of 565 in state<br />9th of 21 in county<sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020Density_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020Density-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">5,280.6/sq mi (2,038.9/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">106th of 565 in state<br />4th of 21 in county<sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020Density_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020Density-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC−05:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern (EST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−04:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">Eastern (EDT)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">08876<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_908" title="Area code 908">908</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3403568460<sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">0885398<sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GR3_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.somervillenj.org">www<wbr />.somervillenj<wbr />.org</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Somerville</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)" title="Borough (New Jersey)">borough</a> in and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset County</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CountyMap_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CountyMap-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The borough is located in the heart of the <a href="/wiki/Raritan_River" title="Raritan River">Raritan Valley region</a> within the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Metropolitan Area">New York Metropolitan Area</a>, located about 33 miles (53 km) from <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> and 20 miles (32 km) from <a href="/wiki/Staten_Island" title="Staten Island">Staten Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The borough has grown to become a commercial hub for <a href="/wiki/Central_Jersey" title="Central Jersey">central New Jersey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bedroom_suburb" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedroom suburb">commuter town</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. </p><p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, the borough's population was 12,346,<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an increase of 248 (+2.0%) from the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 census</a> count of 12,098,<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWD2010_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2010-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which in turn reflected a decline of 325 (-2.6%) from the 12,423 counted in the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Somerville was originally formed as a <a href="/wiki/Town_(New_Jersey)" title="Town (New Jersey)">town</a> on March 25, 1863, within a portion of <a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bridgewater Township, New Jersey">Bridgewater Township</a>. Somerville was incorporated as a borough by an act of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislature" title="New Jersey Legislature">New Jersey Legislature</a> on April 16, 1909, based on the results of a referendum held on May 4, 1909, at which point it was fully set off from Bridgewater Township.<sup id="cite_ref-Story_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Story-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-History_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is home of the oldest competitive bicycle race in the United States. </p><p>The borough is named for <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a> in England.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SomervilleNJ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/SomervilleNJ.jpg/220px-SomervilleNJ.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/SomervilleNJ.jpg/330px-SomervilleNJ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/SomervilleNJ.jpg/440px-SomervilleNJ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1248" data-file-height="1662" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/September_11,_2001,_terrorist_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks">September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks</a> Memorial and Court House, Somerville</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_development">Early development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Somerville was settled in colonial times primarily by the Dutch who purchased land from the <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> proprietors of the colony. The Dutch established their church near what is today Somerville and a Dutch Reformed minister or Domine lived at the <a href="/wiki/Old_Dutch_Parsonage" title="Old Dutch Parsonage">Old Dutch Parsonage</a> from about 1754. The early village grew up around a church, courthouse and a tavern built at a crossroads shortly after the American Revolution. The name "Somerville" was taken from four brothers of the Somerville family, Edward, John and James from Drishane and <a href="/wiki/Castlehaven" title="Castlehaven">Castlehaven</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">County Cork</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>, who first founded the town in the 1750s. Somerville was originally a sparsely populated farming community, but rapidly grew after the completion of the <a href="/wiki/Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroad">railroad</a> in the 1840s and development of water power along the Raritan River in the 1850s. Early industry included <a href="/wiki/Brick" title="Brick">brick</a> making from the plentiful red clay and <a href="/wiki/Shale" title="Shale">shale</a> on which Somerville is built. While much of the borough features distinctive <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian architecture</a> in several neighborhoods and along its Main Street, other periods are represented. National Register sites in Somerville include the white <a href="/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">marble</a> 1909 <a href="/wiki/Somerville_Court_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Somerville Court House">Somerville Court House</a> and the wooden and stone colonial <a href="/wiki/Wallace_House_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wallace House (New Jersey)">Wallace House</a> (today a museum) where <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> spent a winter during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>. Near the Wallace House is the <a href="/wiki/Old_Dutch_Parsonage" title="Old Dutch Parsonage">Old Dutch Parsonage</a>, where Reverend <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rutsen_Hardenbergh" title="Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh">Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh</a>, a founder and first president of <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a>, then called Queens College, lived. Register listed Victorian structures include the <a href="/wiki/J._Harper_Smith_Mansion" title="J. Harper Smith Mansion">James Harper Smith Estate</a> (privately owned), <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Somerville,_New_Jersey)" title="St. John's Episcopal Church (Somerville, New Jersey)">St. John's Episcopal Church</a> and rectory, and the Fire Museum (a vintage fire house). Other notable, register eligible structures are the Victorian train station (privately owned) and the municipal building, the former Robert Mansion.<sup id="cite_ref-History_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Originally the center of local commerce, the borough has evolved into a destination for boutique retail and dining. Modern <a href="/wiki/Highway" title="Highway">highways</a> today surround and traverse Somerville, including <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_22" title="U.S. Route 22">U.S. Route 22</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_202" title="U.S. Route 202">U.S. Route 202</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_206" title="U.S. Route 206">U.S. Route 206</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_28" title="New Jersey Route 28">Route 28</a> and is within 5 miles (8.0 km) of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_287" title="Interstate 287">Interstate 287</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_78_in_New_Jersey" title="Interstate 78 in New Jersey">Interstate 78</a>, making it an important hub in central New Jersey. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tour_of_Somerville">Tour of Somerville</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tour of Somerville"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1940, the first competitive bicycle race, called the <a href="/wiki/Tour_of_Somerville" title="Tour of Somerville">Tour of Somerville</a> was established by bicycle shop owner, Fred Kugler, to showcase his son, Furman, who was a national cycling champion, and who won the initial men's competition. His daughter, Mildred won the women's. The 50-mile race is held annually and has since become the oldest competitive bicycle race in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It carries a purse of $10,000 for each winner of the women's and men's races. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Downtown_today">Downtown today</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Downtown today"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Somerville,_New_Jersey" title="Special:EditPage/Somerville, New Jersey">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Main Street Somerville maintains most of its historical buildings, although many are now boutique specialty shops and second-hand shops. Somerville has quite a diverse and large selection of restaurants that draw people from the surrounding area. In many ways, Somerville remains Somerset County's downtown, and is the heart of its designated Regional Center. Several of the factories in Somerville were abandoned and replaced with modern office buildings or remodeled as apartments. Somerville today and historically has had an important <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> community, a distinguished member of which was <a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson" title="Paul Robeson">Paul Robeson</a>. Another famous Somerville native was famed character actor <a href="/wiki/Lee_Van_Cleef" title="Lee Van Cleef">Lee Van Cleef</a>. One of the founders of modern American Dance, <a href="/wiki/Ruth_St._Denis" title="Ruth St. Denis">Ruth St. Denis</a>, made her professional debut at Somerset Hall, once a vaudeville theatre and today a local restaurant. The mix of modern amenities and an interesting and diverse past make Main Street, Somerville a unique destination for dining, strolling and visiting. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future_redevelopment">Future redevelopment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Future redevelopment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The shopping center on the west side of the downtown area was demolished and a new shopping center, town homes and other amenities will be built on the shopping center land and on adjacent land in the former borough <a href="/wiki/Landfill" title="Landfill">landfill</a> to the south. Ground was broken for a new "world class" <a href="/wiki/ShopRite_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="ShopRite (United States)">ShopRite</a> supermarket in March 2011 and opened in November 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Borough planners envision a <a href="/wiki/Transit_village" title="Transit village">transit village</a> style redevelopment centered around the <a href="/wiki/Somerville_station" title="Somerville station">Somerville</a> train station.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hurricane_Floyd">Hurricane Floyd</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hurricane Floyd"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Somerville was hit hard by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Floyd" title="Hurricane Floyd">Hurricane Floyd</a> in September 1999, despite its having been downgraded to a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical storm">tropical storm</a> by the time it impacted the vicinity. The borough received a record 13.34 inches (339 mm) of rain over three days during the slow moving storm, causing significant flooding and considerable damage.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regulation_concerns">Regulation concerns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regulation concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Numerous local and national media publications reported on how the state of New Jersey had eased regulations allowing for home baked goods to be made and sold from a home, but how Somerville in particular still suffers from, "...[a] draconian ordinance that creates a contradiction between Somerville's zoning policies and New Jersey's home baking law..." making it difficult for a <a href="/wiki/Small_business" title="Small business">small business</a> owner or entrepreneur to try and earn a living in this fashion in Somerville.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In order to be able to make her cookies and sell them from her home kitchen was required "... to pay a $1,000 application fee and put $4,000 into a borough escrow account", in addition to notifying neighbors, placing a public notice advertisement and having a public hearing on the application.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the borough had a total area of 2.37 square miles (6.13 km<sup>2</sup>), including 2.34 square miles (6.06 km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.03 square miles (0.07 km<sup>2</sup>) of water (1.18%).<sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GR1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The borough's territory is flat land. Somerville borders the <a href="/wiki/Raritan_River" title="Raritan River">Raritan River</a> to the south and is crossed by <a href="/wiki/Peters_Brook_(Raritan_River_tributary)" title="Peters Brook (Raritan River tributary)">Peters Brook</a>, a tributary. </p><p>The borough borders <a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bridgewater Township, New Jersey">Bridgewater Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsborough Township, New Jersey">Hillsborough Township</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raritan,_New_Jersey" title="Raritan, New Jersey">Raritan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Somerville's climate is warm during summer when temperatures tend to be in the 80s, and 90s and cold during winter when temperatures tend to be in the 20s and 30s. </p><p>The warmest month of the year is July with an average maximum temperature of 84.40 degrees Fahrenheit, while the coldest month of the year is January with an average minimum temperature of 19.10 degrees Fahrenheit. </p><p>Temperature variations between night and day tend to be moderate during summer with a difference that can reach 22 degrees Fahrenheit, and fairly limited during winter with an average difference of 19 degrees Fahrenheit. </p><p>The annual average precipitation at Somerville is 45.93 inches (1,167 mm). Rainfall in is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. The wettest month of the year is July with an average rainfall of 4.81 inches (122 mm). </p><p>The climate is hot-summer <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental</a> (<i>Dfa</i>). January averages below freezing, six months average above 50 °F (10 °C), and July and August average above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). The <a href="/wiki/Hardiness_zone" title="Hardiness zone">hardiness zone</a> has increased from 6b to 7a.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Somerville, New Jersey </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.6<br />(4.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.1<br />(5.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.2<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.4<br />(15.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.0<br />(21.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.2<br />(27.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.2<br />(30.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.3<br />(29.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.9<br />(23.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.9<br />(17.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.9<br />(11.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.5<br />(6.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">61.4<br />(16.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(−5.6) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(−4.9) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(−2.1) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.3<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.2<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.3<br />(15.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.5<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.0<br />(17.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.8<br />(11.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.7<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.4<br />(−2.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFEFD; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">40.2<br />(4.6) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bridgewatermall08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Bridgewatermall08.jpg/220px-Bridgewatermall08.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Bridgewatermall08.jpg/330px-Bridgewatermall08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Bridgewatermall08.jpg/440px-Bridgewatermall08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2458" data-file-height="1640" /></a><figcaption>Super-regional shopping mall <a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Commons" title="Bridgewater Commons">Bridgewater Commons</a> is located in bordering <a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bridgewater Township, New Jersey">Bridgewater</a>. It is a major shopping destination for Somerville residents.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-left"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>2,236</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>3,105</td><td></td><td>38.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>3,861</td><td></td><td>24.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>4,843</td><td></td><td>25.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>5,060</td><td></td><td>4.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>6,718</td><td></td><td>32.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>8,255</td><td></td><td>22.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>8,720</td><td></td><td>5.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>11,571</td><td></td><td>32.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>12,458</td><td></td><td>7.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>13,652</td><td></td><td>9.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>11,973</td><td></td><td>−12.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>11,632</td><td></td><td>−2.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>12,423</td><td></td><td>6.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>12,098</td><td></td><td>−2.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>12,346</td><td></td><td>2.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">14,112</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PopEst_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEst-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>14.3%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">Population sources:<small><br />1870–1920<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1870<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1880–1890<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1890–1910<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1910–1930<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1940–2000<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2000<sup id="cite_ref-Census2000_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2000SF1_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />2010<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWD2010_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2010-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 United States census</a> counted 12,098 people, 4,591 households, and 2,778 families in the borough. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 5,189.5 per square mile (2,003.7/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 4,951 housing units at an average density of 2,123.8 per square mile (820.0/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup was 65.64% (7,941) <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. census)">White</a>, 12.15% (1,470) <a href="/wiki/Black_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black (U.S. census)">Black or African American</a>, 0.34% (41) <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. census)">Native American</a>, 11.37% (1,375) <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. census)">Asian</a>, 0.07% (9) <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 6.34% (767) from <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census#Race" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">other races</a>, and 4.09% (495) from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. census)">Hispanic or Latino</a> of any race were 23.75% (2,873) of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 4,591 households, 28.7% had children under the age of 18; 43.7% were married couples living together; 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present and 39.5% were non-families. Of all households, 30.8% were made up of individuals and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.20.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>21.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 107.3 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 106.7 males.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 <a href="/wiki/American_Community_Survey" title="American Community Survey">American Community Survey</a> showed that (in 2010 <a href="/wiki/Inflation_adjustment" class="mw-redirect" title="Inflation adjustment">inflation-adjusted</a> dollars) <a href="/wiki/Median_household_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Median household income">median household income</a> was $69,836 (with a margin of error of +/− $5,384) and the median family income was $80,461 (+/− $9,281). Males had a median income of $45,929 (+/− $5,005) versus $46,540 (+/− $3,751) for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the borough was $30,272 (+/− $2,145). About 3.6% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Street_in_Somerville,_NJ_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Street_in_Somerville%2C_NJ_02.jpg/220px-Street_in_Somerville%2C_NJ_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Street_in_Somerville%2C_NJ_02.jpg/330px-Street_in_Somerville%2C_NJ_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Street_in_Somerville%2C_NJ_02.jpg/440px-Street_in_Somerville%2C_NJ_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Downtown Somerville</figcaption></figure> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 United States census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 12,423 people, 4,743 households, and 2,893 families residing in the borough. The population density was 5,262.4 inhabitants per square mile (2,031.8/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 4,882 housing units at an average density of 2,068.0 per square mile (798.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the borough was 71.21% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 12.93% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.19% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 7.35% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.02% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 5.10% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 3.20% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 17.00% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2000_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2000SF1_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were 4,743 households, of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18, 44.5% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.0% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.15.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2000_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2000SF1_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The borough population consists of 21.9% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 35.8% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.1 males.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2000_48-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2000SF1_49-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The median income for a household in the borough was $51,237, and the median income for a family was $60,422. Males had a median income of $40,585 versus $32,697 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the borough was $23,310. About 4.8% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2000_48-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2000SF1_49-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2000SF1-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Somerset_County_Courthouse,_Somerville,_NJ_-_historic,_looking_northeast.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Somerset_County_Courthouse%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_historic%2C_looking_northeast.jpg/220px-Somerset_County_Courthouse%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_historic%2C_looking_northeast.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Somerset_County_Courthouse%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_historic%2C_looking_northeast.jpg/330px-Somerset_County_Courthouse%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_historic%2C_looking_northeast.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Somerset_County_Courthouse%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_historic%2C_looking_northeast.jpg/440px-Somerset_County_Courthouse%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_historic%2C_looking_northeast.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2628" data-file-height="1753" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County_Courthouse_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerset County Courthouse (New Jersey)">Somerset County Courthouse</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Somerville is governed under the <a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)" title="Borough (New Jersey)">borough</a> form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected <a href="/wiki/Direct_election" title="Direct election">directly</a> by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.<sup id="cite_ref-DataBook_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DataBook-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The borough form of government used by Somerville is a "<a href="/wiki/Weak_mayor" class="mw-redirect" title="Weak mayor">weak mayor</a> / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can <a href="/wiki/Veto" title="Veto">veto</a> ordinances subject to an <a href="/wiki/Veto_override" class="mw-redirect" title="Veto override">override</a> by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The borough council elects a member to serve as Council President to act in the absence of the mayor. Each council member is appointed by the mayor to one of six standing committee's during the Annual Reorganization Meeting held on January 1 of each year.<sup id="cite_ref-MayorCouncil_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorCouncil-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> of Somerville is <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> Brian Gallagher, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027. Members of the Somerville Borough Council are Council President Roger Vroom III (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>, 2025), Theresa Bonner (D, 2026), Glen Denys (D, 2026), Thompson H. Mitchell (D, 2024), RanD Pitts (D, 2024) and Gina Stravic (D, 2025).<sup id="cite_ref-MayorCouncil_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorCouncil-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SomersetDirectory_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SomersetDirectory-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Somerset2023_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Somerset2023-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Somerset2022_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Somerset2022-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Somerset2021_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Somerset2021-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2022, the borough council appointed Gina Stravic to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Jane C. Kobuta until she resigned from office.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal,_state,_and_county_representation"><span id="Federal.2C_state.2C_and_county_representation"></span>Federal, state, and county representation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Federal, state, and county representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Somerville is located in the 7th Congressional District<sup id="cite_ref-PCR2012_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCR2012-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is part of New Jersey's 23rd state legislative district.<sup id="cite_ref-Districts2023_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Districts2023-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th United States Congress</a>, <span data-sort-value="New Jersey07 !"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 7th congressional district">New Jersey's 7th congressional district</a></span> is represented by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kean_Jr." title="Thomas Kean Jr.">Thomas Kean Jr.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfield,_New_Jersey" title="Westfield, New Jersey">Westfield</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New Jersey is represented in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> by <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a> <a href="/wiki/Cory_Booker" title="Cory Booker">Cory Booker</a> (<a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a>, term ends 2027)<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/George_Helmy" title="George Helmy">George Helmy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mountain_Lakes,_New_Jersey" title="Mountain Lakes, New Jersey">Mountain Lakes</a>, term ends 2024).<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/221st_New_Jersey_Legislature" title="221st New Jersey Legislature">2024-2025 session</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_23rd_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 23rd legislative district">23rd legislative district</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislature" title="New Jersey Legislature">New Jersey Legislature</a> is represented in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">State Senate</a> by <a href="/wiki/Doug_Steinhardt" title="Doug Steinhardt">Doug Steinhardt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lopatcong_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lopatcong Township, New Jersey">Lopatcong Township</a>) and in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly">General Assembly</a> by <a href="/wiki/John_DiMaio" title="John DiMaio">John DiMaio</a> (R, <a href="/wiki/Hackettstown,_New_Jersey" title="Hackettstown, New Jersey">Hackettstown</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Erik_Peterson_(politician)" title="Erik Peterson (politician)">Erik Peterson</a> (R, <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Franklin Township</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset County</a> is governed by a five-member <a href="/wiki/Board_of_County_Commissioners_(New_Jersey)" title="Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)">Board of County Commissioners</a>, whose members are elected <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year. At an annual reorganization meeting held on the first Friday of January, the board selects a Director and deputy director from among its members.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Somerset County's County Commissioners are: </p><p>Director Shanel Robinson (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>, <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey">Franklin Township</a>, 2024),<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Melonie Marano (D, <a href="/wiki/Green_Brook_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Green Brook Township, New Jersey">Green Brook Township</a>, 2025),<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paul Drake (D, <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsborough Township, New Jersey">Hillsborough Township</a>, 2026),<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Douglas Singleterry (D, <a href="/wiki/North_Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="North Plainfield, New Jersey">North Plainfield</a>, 2026)<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Deputy Director Sara Sooy (D, <a href="/wiki/Bernards_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bernards Township, New Jersey">Bernards Township</a>, 2024).<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TemplateSomersetDirectory_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TemplateSomersetDirectory-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TemplateSomerset2020_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TemplateSomerset2020-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Constitutional officers, elected on a countywide basis are: Clerk Steve Peter (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Somerville</a>, 2027),<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheriff Darrin Russo (D, Franklin Township, 2025)<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Surrogate Bernice "Tina" Jalloh (D, Franklin Township, 2025)<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TemplateSomersetDirectory_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TemplateSomersetDirectory-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of March 2011, there were a total of 6,565 registered voters in Somerville, of which 1,848 (28.1% vs. 26.0% countywide) were registered as <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a>, 1,358 (20.7% vs. 25.7%) were registered as <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> and 3,349 (51.0% vs. 48.2%) were registered as <a href="/wiki/Unaffiliated_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unaffiliated (New Jersey)">Unaffiliated</a>. There were 10 voters registered as <a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarians</a> or <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Greens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VoterRegistration_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VoterRegistration-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 54.3% (vs. 60.4% in Somerset County) were registered to vote, including 69.0% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.4% countywide).<sup id="cite_ref-VoterRegistration_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VoterRegistration-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012">2012 presidential election</a>, Democrat <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> received 62.0% of the vote (2,779 cast), ahead of Republican <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> with 36.4% (1,631 votes), and other candidates with 1.7% (75 votes), among the 4,516 ballots cast by the borough's 6,952 registered voters (31 ballots were <a href="/wiki/Spoilt_vote" title="Spoilt vote">spoiled</a>), for a turnout of 65.0%.<sup id="cite_ref-2012Elections_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012Elections-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2012VoterReg_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012VoterReg-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008">2008 presidential election</a>, Democrat Barack Obama received 2,847 votes (59.9% vs. 52.1% countywide), ahead of Republican <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> with 1,814 votes (38.2% vs. 46.1%) and other candidates with 52 votes (1.1% vs. 1.1%), among the 4,751 ballots cast by the borough's 6,547 registered voters, for a turnout of 72.6% (vs. 78.7% in Somerset County).<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004">2004 presidential election</a>, Democrat <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> received 2,485 votes (53.6% vs. 47.2% countywide), ahead of Republican <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> with 2,019 votes (43.6% vs. 51.5%) and other candidates with 58 votes (1.3% vs. 0.9%), among the 4,633 ballots cast by the borough's 5,974 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.6% (vs. 81.7% in the whole county).<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013">2013 gubernatorial election</a>, Republican <a href="/wiki/Chris_Christie" title="Chris Christie">Chris Christie</a> received 59.0% of the vote (1,707 cast), ahead of Democrat <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Buono" title="Barbara Buono">Barbara Buono</a> with 38.8% (1,123 votes), and other candidates with 2.2% (64 votes), among the 2,972 ballots cast by the borough's 7,019 registered voters (78 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 42.3%.<sup id="cite_ref-2013Elections_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013Elections-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2013VoterReg_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013VoterReg-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009">2009 gubernatorial election</a>, Republican Chris Christie received 1,465 votes (46.8% vs. 55.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat <a href="/wiki/Jon_Corzine" title="Jon Corzine">Jon Corzine</a> with 1,265 votes (40.4% vs. 34.1%), Independent <a href="/wiki/Chris_Daggett" title="Chris Daggett">Chris Daggett</a> with 334 votes (10.7% vs. 8.7%) and other candidates with 33 votes (1.1% vs. 0.7%), among the 3,128 ballots cast by the borough's 6,605 registered voters, yielding a 47.4% turnout (vs. 52.5% in the county).<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"> <caption>Somerville vote by party <br /> in presidential elections </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey;"> <th>Year </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Third party (United States)">Third Parties</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>65.3%</b> <i>3,739</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.6% <i>1,865</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1.7% <i>95</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>60.4%</b> <i>2,908</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.8% <i>1,678</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">4.8% <i>229</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.0%</b> <i>2,779</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.4% <i>1,631</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1.7% <i>75</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.9%</b> <i>2,847</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.2% <i>1,814</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1.1% <i>52</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">2004</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.6%</b> <i>2,485</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.6% <i>2,019</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1.3% <i>58</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Somerville_Public_Schools" title="Somerville Public Schools">Somerville Public Schools</a> serve students in <a href="/wiki/Pre-kindergarten" title="Pre-kindergarten">pre-kindergarten</a> through <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_grade" title="Twelfth grade">twelfth grade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 2,198 students and 212.5 classroom teachers (on an <a href="/wiki/Full-time_equivalent" title="Full-time equivalent">FTE</a> basis), for a <a href="/wiki/Student%E2%80%93teacher_ratio" title="Student–teacher ratio">student–teacher ratio</a> of 10.3:1.<sup id="cite_ref-NCES_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCES-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the <a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Education_Statistics" title="National Center for Education Statistics">National Center for Education Statistics</a><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) are Van Derveer Elementary School<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with 712 students in grades PreK-5, Somerville Middle School<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with 314 students in grades 6-8 and <a href="/wiki/Somerville_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Somerville High School (New Jersey)">Somerville High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with 1,142 students in grades 9-12.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Students from <a href="/wiki/Branchburg,_New_Jersey" title="Branchburg, New Jersey">Branchburg Township</a> attend the district's high school as part of a <a href="/wiki/Sending/receiving_relationship" title="Sending/receiving relationship">sending/receiving relationship</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Branchburg_Township_School_District" title="Branchburg Township School District">Branchburg Township School District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For many years, Branchburg has accounted for 60–65% of the high school's enrollment.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Immaculata_High_School_(Somerville,_New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Immaculata High School (Somerville, New Jersey)">Immaculata High School</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Private_school" title="Private school">private</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coeducation" class="mw-redirect" title="Coeducation">coeducational</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Secondary_education_in_the_United_States" title="Secondary education in the United States">high school</a>, founded in 1962. The school enrolls approximately 850 students in grades 9 to 12.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception_School_(Somerville,_New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Immaculate Conception School (Somerville, New Jersey)">Immaculate Conception School</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Private_school" title="Private school">private</a> <a href="/wiki/Coeducation" class="mw-redirect" title="Coeducation">coeducational</a> <a href="/wiki/Day_school" title="Day school">day school</a>, founded in 1957, for students in grades Pre-K through 8.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both schools operate under the auspices of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Metuchen" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen">Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2018-05-29_15_08_54_View_north_along_U.S._Route_202_and_U.S._Route_206_between_the_Somerville_Circle_and_U.S._Route_22_in_Somerville,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/2018-05-29_15_08_54_View_north_along_U.S._Route_202_and_U.S._Route_206_between_the_Somerville_Circle_and_U.S._Route_22_in_Somerville%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/2018-05-29_15_08_54_View_north_along_U.S._Route_202_and_U.S._Route_206_between_the_Somerville_Circle_and_U.S._Route_22_in_Somerville%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/2018-05-29_15_08_54_View_north_along_U.S._Route_202_and_U.S._Route_206_between_the_Somerville_Circle_and_U.S._Route_22_in_Somerville%2C_Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_202_in_New_Jersey" title="U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey">U.S. Route 202</a> / <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_206" title="U.S. Route 206">U.S. Route 206</a> in Somerville, the largest and busiest highway in the borough</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Roads_and_highways">Roads and highways</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Roads and highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of May 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the borough had a total of 36.16 miles (58.19 km) of roadways, of which 30.96 miles (49.83 km) were maintained by the municipality, 1.90 miles (3.06 km) by Somerset County and 3.30 miles (5.31 km) by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Transportation" title="New Jersey Department of Transportation">New Jersey Department of Transportation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_22" title="U.S. Route 22">U.S. Route 22</a> runs along the northern boundary of Somerville and offers connections to the state highway network. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_202_in_New_Jersey" title="U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey">U.S. Route 202</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_206" title="U.S. Route 206">U.S. Route 206</a> runs along the western boundary of Somerville, via the <a href="/wiki/Somerville_Circle" title="Somerville Circle">Somerville Circle</a>, and provides north–south connections to nearby towns. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Interstate_287" title="Interstate 287">Interstate 287</a> is in neighboring Bridgewater Township and is accessible via US Routes 22 and 202/206. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_transportation">Public transportation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Public transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Somerville_station" title="Somerville station">Somerville train station</a><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> offers service on <a href="/wiki/NJ_Transit" title="NJ Transit">New Jersey Transit's</a> <a href="/wiki/Raritan_Valley_Line" title="Raritan Valley Line">Raritan Valley Line</a>, with frequent service to <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(Newark)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Station (Newark)">Newark Penn Station</a>, with connecting service to <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Station (New York City)">Penn Station New York</a> in <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The closest airport with scheduled service is <a href="/wiki/Newark_Liberty_International_Airport" title="Newark Liberty International Airport">Newark Liberty International Airport</a>, located 26 miles (42 km) north (about 35 minutes drive) from Somerville.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RWJ_University_Hospital_Somerset,_Somerville,_NJ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/RWJ_University_Hospital_Somerset%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ.jpg/220px-RWJ_University_Hospital_Somerset%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/RWJ_University_Hospital_Somerset%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ.jpg/330px-RWJ_University_Hospital_Somerset%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/RWJ_University_Hospital_Somerset%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ.jpg/440px-RWJ_University_Hospital_Somerset%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3568" data-file-height="2007" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wood_Johnson_University_Hospital_Somerset" title="Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset">Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wood_Johnson_University_Hospital_Somerset" title="Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset">Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset</a> is located in the borough, and provides healthcare for <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Greater Somerset</a>. The hospital was originally founded as <b>Somerset Hospital</b> in 1901, and since has grown into a major university medical center.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since June 1, 2014, the 355 bed facility has been affiliated with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wood_Johnson_Medical_School" title="Robert Wood Johnson Medical School">Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School</a>, the largest healthcare network in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following locations in Somerville are listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wallace_House_(Somerville,_New_Jersey)" title="Wallace House (Somerville, New Jersey)">Wallace House</a>, New Jersey State Historic House Museum – Washington's Headquarters during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Middlebrook_encampment" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Middlebrook encampment">second Middlebrook encampment</a> (1778–79).<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Dutch_Parsonage" title="Old Dutch Parsonage">Old Dutch Parsonage</a>, New Jersey State Historic Site – First parsonage of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Reformed_Church" title="Dutch Reformed Church">Dutch Reformed Church</a> in Somerset County and home of Reverend <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rutsen_Hardenbergh" title="Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh">Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh</a>, a founder and later first president of Queens College (now <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Robert_House" title="Daniel Robert House">Daniel Robert House</a>, Somerville Borough Hall – Based on <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Jackson_Davis" title="Alexander Jackson Davis">Alexander Jackson Davis</a> design, classic example of American Gothic architecture.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Harper_Smith_Mansion" title="J. Harper Smith Mansion">J. Harper Smith Mansion</a> – Library designed by <a href="/wiki/Horace_Trumbauer" title="Horace Trumbauer">Horace Trumbauer</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Somerville,_New_Jersey)" title="St. John's Episcopal Church (Somerville, New Jersey)">St. John's Episcopal Church</a> – Built in 1895 and designed by Horace Trumbauer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_End_Hose_Company_Number_3" title="West End Hose Company Number 3">West End Hose Company Number 3</a> – the Somerville Fire Department Museum.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wallace_House,_Somerville,_NJ_-_looking_north.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wallace House"><img alt="Wallace House" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Wallace_House%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_north.jpg/250px-Wallace_House%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_north.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Wallace_House%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_north.jpg/375px-Wallace_House%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_north.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Wallace_House%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_north.jpg/500px-Wallace_House%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_north.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2817" data-file-height="1878" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Wallace_House_(Somerville,_New_Jersey)" title="Wallace House (Somerville, New Jersey)">Wallace House</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Dutch_Parsonage,_Somerville,_NJ_-_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Old Dutch Parsonage"><img alt="Old Dutch Parsonage" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Old_Dutch_Parsonage%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_2017.jpg/250px-Old_Dutch_Parsonage%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Old_Dutch_Parsonage%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_2017.jpg/375px-Old_Dutch_Parsonage%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Old_Dutch_Parsonage%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_2017.jpg/500px-Old_Dutch_Parsonage%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3227" data-file-height="2150" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Old_Dutch_Parsonage" title="Old Dutch Parsonage">Old Dutch Parsonage</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J._Harper_Smith_Mansion,_Somerville,_NJ_-_looking_northwest.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="J. Harper Smith Mansion"><img alt="J. Harper Smith Mansion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/J._Harper_Smith_Mansion%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_northwest.jpg/180px-J._Harper_Smith_Mansion%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_northwest.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/J._Harper_Smith_Mansion%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_northwest.jpg/270px-J._Harper_Smith_Mansion%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_northwest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/J._Harper_Smith_Mansion%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_northwest.jpg/360px-J._Harper_Smith_Mansion%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_northwest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2767" data-file-height="2767" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <a href="/wiki/J._Harper_Smith_Mansion" title="J. Harper Smith Mansion">J. Harper Smith Mansion</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Somerville,_NJ_-_looking_northeast.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St. John's Episcopal Church"><img alt="St. John's Episcopal Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_northeast.jpg/180px-St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_northeast.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_northeast.jpg/270px-St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church%2C_Somerville%2C_NJ_-_looking_northeast.jpg 1.5x, 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div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Somerville,_New_Jersey" title="Category:People from Somerville, New Jersey">Category:People from Somerville, New Jersey</a></div> <p>People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Somerville include: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Albe" title="Alicia Albe">Alicia Albe</a> (born 1977), competitor in <a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_gymnastics" title="Rhythmic gymnastics">rhythmic gymnastics</a><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Ellicott_Arnold" title="Mary Ellicott Arnold">Mary Ellicott Arnold</a> (1876–1968), social activist, teacher and writer best known for her memoir <i>In the Land of the Grasshopper Song</i><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Arendt" title="Nicole Arendt">Nicole Arendt</a> (born 1969), professional tennis player<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Asch" title="Frank Asch">Frank Asch</a> (born 1946), author of <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_literature" title="Children's literature">children's literature</a><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Bateman" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Bateman">Christopher "Kip" Bateman</a> (born 1957), politician who has served in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">New Jersey Senate</a> from 2008-2022, where he represented the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_16th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 16th legislative district">16th Legislative District</a><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Bateman" title="Raymond Bateman">Raymond Bateman</a> (1927–2016), politician who served in the New Jersey Senate in the 1960s and 1970s, who was the Republican nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">Governor of New Jersey</a> in 1977<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_H._Beekman" title="Daniel H. Beekman">Daniel H. Beekman</a> (1874–1951), Judge of the Somerset County Court of Common Pleas, President of the Second National Bank of Somerville, and Democratic politician<sup id="cite_ref-Scannell_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scannell-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_J._Bergen" title="James J. Bergen">James J. Bergen</a> (1847–1924), politician who served as Speaker of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly">New Jersey General Assembly</a> and an Associate Justice of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Supreme Court">New Jersey Supreme Court</a><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_L._Bissell_Jr." title="Nicholas L. Bissell Jr.">Nicholas L. Bissell Jr.</a> (1947–1996), county prosecutor of Somerset County who fled to <a href="/wiki/Laughlin,_Nevada" title="Laughlin, Nevada">Laughlin, Nevada</a>, and took his own life after being charged with embezzlement, tax fraud and abuse of power<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._Brown_(congressman)" class="mw-redirect" title="George H. Brown (congressman)">George H. Brown</a> (1810–1865), represented <span data-sort-value="New Jersey04 !"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 4th congressional district">New Jersey's 4th congressional district</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from 1853 to 1855<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Camillo" title="Tony Camillo">Tony Camillo</a> (1928–2018), record producer and arranger<sup id="cite_ref-obi_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obi-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_E._Case" title="Clarence E. Case">Clarence E. Case</a> (1877–1961), politician who served as acting <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">Governor of New Jersey</a> in 1920, succeeding <a href="/wiki/William_Nelson_Runyon" title="William Nelson Runyon">William Nelson Runyon</a><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_M._Ciattarelli" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack M. Ciattarelli">Jack M. Ciattarelli</a> (born 1961), entrepreneur and politician who represented the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_16th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 16th legislative district">16th Legislative District</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly">New Jersey General Assembly</a> from 2011 to 2018<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvah_A._Clark" title="Alvah A. Clark">Alvah A. Clark</a> (1840–1912), represented <span data-sort-value="New Jersey04 !"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 4th congressional district">New Jersey's 4th congressional district</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from 1877 to 1881<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Claxton" title="Kate Claxton">Kate Claxton</a> (1848–1924), stage actress<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christine_Danelson" title="Christine Danelson">Christine Danelson</a> (born 1987), actress best known as the understudy for the role of Tracy in the national tour of the <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(musical)" title="Hairspray (musical)">Hairspray</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Royal Page Davidson (1870–1943), educator and inventor<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_G._Demaray" title="John G. Demaray">John G. Demaray</a> (1930–2015), medievalist<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Elliott" title="Don Elliott">Don Elliott</a> (1926–1984), <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> <a href="/wiki/Trumpet" title="Trumpet">trumpeter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vibraphonist" class="mw-redirect" title="Vibraphonist">vibraphonist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vocalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocalist">vocalist</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mellophone" title="Mellophone">mellophone</a> player<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Felmley" title="David Felmley">David Felmley</a> (1857–1930), educator who served for 30 years as president of <a href="/wiki/Illinois_State_University" title="Illinois State University">Illinois State University</a>, then known as Illinois State Normal University<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Van_Syckle_Fitz_Randolph" title="Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph">Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph</a> (1838–1921), businessman and politician<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Foley_(golfer)" title="Kevin Foley (golfer)">Kevin Foley</a> (born 1987), professional golfer<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Freed" title="Gene Freed">Gene Freed</a> (1930–2009), bridge player and physician<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Frelinghuysen_(general)" title="Frederick Frelinghuysen (general)">Frederick Frelinghuysen</a> (1753–1804), lawyer, soldier, and senator from New Jersey<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mary Exton Gaston (1855–1956), first female physician in Somerville and a "major force in the borough's development"<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Wilson_Hall" title="Frederick Wilson Hall">Frederick Wilson Hall</a> (1908–1984), Associate Justice of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Supreme Court">New Jersey Supreme Court</a> from 1959 to 1975<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Harrison" title="Reggie Harrison">Reggie Harrison</a> (born 1951), former professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a> for four seasons in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a><sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mort_Herbert" title="Mort Herbert">Mort Herbert</a> (1925–1983), jazz bassist and lawyer<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naomi_Jakobsson" title="Naomi Jakobsson">Naomi Jakobsson</a> (born 1941), member of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">Illinois House of Representatives</a>, representing the 103rd District since 2003<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_J._Kavanaugh" title="Walter J. Kavanaugh">Walter J. Kavanaugh</a> (1933–2008), member of the State Senate who represented <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_16th_Legislative_District" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey's 16th Legislative District">New Jersey's 16th Legislative District</a> who had been a successful businessman in Somerville and a life member of the Somerville First Aid & Rescue Squad<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Kozloff" title="Joyce Kozloff">Joyce Kozloff</a> (born 1942), artist whose politically engaged work has been based on cartography since the early 1990s<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lis" title="Joe Lis">Joe Lis</a> (born 1946), Major League Baseball player who played for Philadelphia, Minnesota, Cleveland and Seattle<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mack_(musician)" title="John Mack (musician)">John Mack</a> (1926–2006), principal oboist with the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Orchestra" title="Cleveland Orchestra">Cleveland Orchestra</a><sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Murdock" title="Eric Murdock">Eric Murdock</a> (born 1968), <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a> player for the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Grizzlies" title="Vancouver Grizzlies">Vancouver Grizzlies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a><sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Newman" title="Michael J. Newman">Michael J. Newman</a> (born 1960), <a href="/wiki/United_States_magistrate_judge" title="United States magistrate judge">United States magistrate judge</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_Ohio" title="United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio">Southern District of Ohio</a><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_J._Ostro" title="Steven J. Ostro">Steven J. Ostro</a> (1946–2008), scientist specializing in radar astronomy<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Perantoni" title="Frank Perantoni">Frank Perantoni</a> (1923–1991), <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> <a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">center</a> who played professional football for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees_(AAFC)" title="New York Yankees (AAFC)">New York Yankees</a> and later served on the Somerville borough council<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_F._Riedhammer" title="Arnold F. Riedhammer">Arnold F. Riedhammer</a> (born 1947), German-American musician, composer, and songwriter<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Riehle" title="Helen Riehle">Helen Riehle</a> (born 1950), politician who serves in the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Senate" title="Vermont Senate">Vermont Senate</a>, representing most of <a href="/wiki/Chittenden_County,_Vermont" title="Chittenden County, Vermont">Chittenden County</a><sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson" title="Paul Robeson">Paul Robeson</a> (1898–1976), actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, civil rights activist, Fellow traveler, Spingarn Medal winner, and Stalin Peace Prize laureate<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_E._Rumpf" title="Brian E. Rumpf">Brian E. Rumpf</a> (born 1964), politician who represents the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_9th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 9th legislative district">9th Legislative District</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly">New Jersey General Assembly</a><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Runyon" title="Theodore Runyon">Theodore Runyon</a> (1822–1896), politician, diplomat, and <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">brigadier general</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Militia" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Militia">New Jersey Militia</a><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinnyfromthe9" title="Skinnyfromthe9">Skinnyfromthe9</a> (born 1995), rapper and singer<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Snook" title="Frank Snook">Frank Snook</a> (born 1949), former <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief pitcher</a> who played for the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a><sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_St._Denis" title="Ruth St. Denis">Ruth St. Denis</a> (1879–1968), modern dance pioneer<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gaston_Steele" class="mw-redirect" title="William Gaston Steele">William Gaston Steele</a> (1820–1892), represented <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 3rd congressional district">New Jersey's 3rd congressional district</a> from 1861 to 1865<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Urbanski" title="Douglas Urbanski">Douglas Urbanski</a>, film producer<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Van_Cleef" title="Lee Van Cleef">Lee Van Cleef</a> (1925–1989), actor who was featured in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_and_the_Ugly" title="The Good, the Bad and the Ugly">The Good, the Bad and the Ugly</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/For_a_Few_Dollars_More" title="For a Few Dollars More">For a Few Dollars More</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Escape_from_New_York" title="Escape from New York">Escape from New York</a></i> and many other films and TV series<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Van_Eps" title="Fred Van Eps">Fred Van Eps</a> (1878–1960), banjoist and early recording artist<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Vanderbeek" title="Jeffrey Vanderbeek">Jeffrey Vanderbeek</a>, former owner of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a><sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauricio_Vargas" title="Mauricio Vargas">Mauricio Vargas</a> (born 1992), soccer <a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">goalkeeper</a> who plays for the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Riverhounds" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Riverhounds">Pittsburgh Riverhounds</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Soccer_League" title="United Soccer League">United Soccer League</a><sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederica_von_Stade" title="Frederica von Stade">Frederica von Stade</a> (born 1945), <a href="/wiki/Mezzo-soprano" title="Mezzo-soprano">mezzo-soprano</a><sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Spader_Voorhees" title="Daniel Spader Voorhees">Daniel Spader Voorhees</a> (1852–1935), <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_the_Treasury" title="New Jersey Department of the Treasury">New Jersey State Treasurer</a> from 1907 to 1913<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Williams_(American_football)" title="Jon Williams (American football)">Jon Williams</a> (born 1961), NFL player for the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvira_Woodruff" title="Elvira Woodruff">Elvira Woodruff</a> (born 1951), children's writer known for books that include elements of fantasy and history<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elinor_Wylie" title="Elinor Wylie">Elinor Wylie</a> (1885–1928), poet and novelist, author of <i>Angels and Earthly Creatures</i>, <i>The Orphan Angel</i> and other works<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somerville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CensusArea-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CensusArea_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_34.txt">2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>. Accessed July 1, 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GR1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GR1_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GR1_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html">US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>. Accessed September 4, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MayorCouncil-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MayorCouncil_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MayorCouncil_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MayorCouncil_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.somervillenj.org/content/4060/4469/default.aspx">Mayor & Council</a>, Borough of Somerville. Accessed May 19, 2024. "The Borough of Somerville is organized under the Mayor-Council form of government. The mayor is elected to a four-year term and six council members are elected for staggered three-year terms. Two council members are elected each year. The Borough Council elects a member to serve as president to act in the absence of the mayor."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.state.nj.us/dca/home/2023mayors.pdf">2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Community_Affairs" title="New Jersey Department of Community Affairs">New Jersey Department of Community Affairs</a>, updated February 8, 2023. Accessed February 10, 2023.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.somervillenj.org/content/4064/4070/default.aspx">Clerk-Administrator/Vital Records</a>, Borough of Somerville. Accessed May 19, 2024. "The Borough of Somerville has combined the responsibilities of the Borough Clerk and Borough Administrator into one single position."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DataBook-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DataBook_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DataBook_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book</i>, <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a> <a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Bloustein_School_of_Planning_and_Public_Policy" title="Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy">Edward J. 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United States Census Bureau<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Accessed August 21, 2015. "Somerset; counties in Maine, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, named from the county in England."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nieto-Munoz, Sophie. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nj.com/somerset/2019/05/tour-of-somerville-oldest-bike-race-in-us-draws-thousands-as-cyclists-speed-around-town.html">"Tour of Somerville, oldest bike race in U.S., draws thousands as top cyclists compete"</a>, NJ Advance Media for <a href="/wiki/NJ.com" title="NJ.com">NJ.com</a>, May 27, 2019. Accessed March 8, 2020. "For the 76th year, thousands of people lined up along Main Street in Somerville to catch a glimpse of the oldest major bike race in the country and one of the most highly anticipated in the world."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mustac, Frank. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nj.com/messenger-gazette/index.ssf/2011/03/somerville_holds_groundbreaking_for_new_shoprite_supermarket_off_west_main_street.html">"Somerville holds groundbreaking for new ShopRite supermarket; Photo gallery"</a>, <i>Independent Press</i>, March 22, 2011. Accessed February 3, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Garlic, Tiffani N. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2010/07/somerville_named_a_transit_vil.html">"Somerville named a Transit Village"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Star-Ledger" title="The Star-Ledger">The Star-Ledger</a></i>, July 8, 2010. Accessed May 3, 2012. "New Jersey officials hope Somerville being named an official Transit Village community by the state Department of Transportation today will help jump-start the local economy."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/floyd/floydreport.htm">Post Storm Report...Hurricane Floyd</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Weather_Service" title="National Weather Service">National Weather Service</a>. 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Winter was told by borough officials that she needed a zoning variance, pay a $1,000 application fee, deposit $4,000 into a borough escrow account, publish a public notice in the newspaper and notify all property owners within 200 feet of her home that there would be a public hearing on her application."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harrigan, Fiona. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://reason.com/2022/06/27/a-new-jersey-town-wants-to-charge-this-woman-5000-to-sell-cookies/">"A New Jersey Town Wants To Charge This Woman $5,000 To Sell Cookies Somerville still has costly regulations on the books even though New Jersey has legalized the sale of home-baked items."</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Reason_(magazine)" title="Reason (magazine)">Reason</a></i>, June 27, 2022. 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Composition The Somerville School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Somerville."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NCES-93"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NCES_93-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3415090&DistrictID=3415090">District information for Somerville Public School District</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Education_Statistics" title="National Center for Education Statistics">National Center for Education Statistics</a>. 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"Branchburg K-8 Grades 9-12 Sent To Somerville"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-102">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/35/4820/000.html">Somerville Public School District 2016 Report Card Narrative</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Education" title="New Jersey Department of Education">New Jersey Department of Education</a>. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Somerville Public Schools provides a full range of educational services for students in preschool through grade 12 residing in Somerville Borough, and grades 9 through 12 for students residing in Branchburg Township."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Grip, Richard S. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.somervillenjk12.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=1867&dataid=719&FileName=Somerville%20report-2011.pdf#page=18"><i>Demographic Study for the Somerville Public Schools</i></a>, Somerville Public Schools. Accessed June 15, 2020. "In the last six years, Somerville residents have comprised 36-41% of the student population at Somerville High School."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.immaculatahighschool.org/page.cfm?p=1114">About Us</a>, <a href="/wiki/Immaculata_High_School_(Somerville,_New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Immaculata High School (Somerville, New Jersey)">Immaculata High School</a>. Accessed August 21, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.immaculateconception.org/ics/about-us">About Us</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151025213256/http://immaculateconception.org/ics/about-us">Archived</a> 2015-10-25 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception_School_(Somerville,_New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Immaculate Conception School (Somerville, New Jersey)">Immaculate Conception School</a>. Accessed August 21, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-106"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-106">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://diometuchen.org/find-a-school">Find a school</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121222005459/http://diometuchen.org/find-a-school">Archived</a> December 22, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Metuchen" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen">Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen</a>. 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Accessed December 1, 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-113"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/SOMERSET.pdf#page=14">"New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Environmental_Protection" title="New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection">New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection</a> – Historic Preservation Office. September 28, 2021. pp. 14–15.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=New+Jersey+and+National+Registers+of+Historic+Places+%E2%80%93+Somerset+County&rft.pages=14-15&rft.pub=New+Jersey+Department+of+Environmental+Protection+%E2%80%93+Historic+Preservation+Office&rft.date=2021-09-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nj.gov%2Fdep%2Fhpo%2F1identify%2Fnrsr_lists%2FSOMERSET.pdf%23page%3D14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASomerville%2C+New+Jersey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-114"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-114">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/virtual_tours/wallace_house.html">Walalce House / Old Dutch Parsonage</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Environmental_Protection" title="New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection">New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection</a> Division of Parks and Forestry. Accessed August 13, 2013. "General Washington leased the house for use as his headquarters during the Middlebrook Winter Encampment, December 11, 1778, to June 3, 1779."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-115"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-115">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.somervillefd.org/museum.htm">"Somerville Fire Department Museum"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Somerville+Fire+Department+Museum&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.somervillefd.org%2Fmuseum.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASomerville%2C+New+Jersey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-116"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-116">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/a/aalbe.html">Alicia Albe</a>, <a href="/wiki/USA_Gymnastics" title="USA Gymnastics">USA Gymnastics</a>. Accessed February 3, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-117"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-117">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dwwFAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Mary+Ellicott+Arnold%22+somerville+staten+island"><i>Frontiers, Volume 15</i></a>, p. 60. <a href="/wiki/Washington_State_University_Press" title="Washington State University Press">Washington State University Press</a>, 1994. Accessed February 3, 2015. "Mary Ellicott Arnold was born in Staten Island, New York, on April 23, 1876, where she lived until the death of her father in 1882, when the family moved to Somerville, New Jersey."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-118"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-118">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nj.gov/hangout_nj/200306_tennis_p2.html">New Jersey Tennis Stars</a>, Hangout NJ. Accessed June 12, 2007. "Nicole Arendt of Somerville turned pro in 1991 and is currently ranked 26 in the world in women's doubles. The Hun School of Princeton graduate holds 16 career Women's Tennis Association (WTA) doubles titles and won the tour sportsmanship award in 1993."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-119"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-119">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Turner, Patricia. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/13/nyregion/art-for-children-at-rutgers.html">"Art For Children At Rutgers"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, December 13, 1981. Accessed May 3, 2012. 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J. Scannell">J. J. Scannell</a>, 1918. Accessed July 19, 2016. "James J. Bergen - Somerville - Jurist Born in Somerville on October 1, 1847, son of John J. Bergen and Mary A. (Park) Bergen."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-124"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-124">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Glaberson, William. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/01/nyregion/in-prosecutor-s-rise-and-fall-a-story-of-ambition-deceit-and-shame.html">"In Prosecutor's Rise and Fall, a Story of Ambition, Deceit and Shame"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, December 1, 1996. Accessed February 3, 2015. 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Accessed September 1, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-obi-126"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-obi_126-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bongiovifuneralhome.com/tribute/details/343/Anthony-Camillo/obituary.html">Anthony J Camillo 1928 - 2018</a> bongiovifuneralhome.com Retrieved April 15, 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-127"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-127">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121019110033/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936494-3,00.html">"A Political Microcosm"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>, October 18, 1954. Accessed October 4, 2015. "His uncle, Clarence E. Case, now living in retirement in Somerville, was a state senator and for 23 years a State Supreme Court Justice."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-128"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-128">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.njspotlight.com/2017/05/17-04-30-jack-ciattarelli/">"Jack Ciattarelli"</a>, NJ Spotlight, May 7, 2017. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Ciattarelli, 55, was born in Somerville and raised in Raritan Borough, the grandson of immigrants."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-129"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-129">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000419">Alvah Augustus Clark</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>. Accessed September 3, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-130"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-130">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">James, Edward T.; James, Janet Wilson; Boyer, Paul S. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&pg=PA345">"Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary"</a>, p. 345, <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University_Press" title="Harvard University Press">Harvard University Press</a>, 1971. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-674-62734-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-674-62734-2">0-674-62734-2</a>. Accessed June 28, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-131"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-131">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Filichia, Peter. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/2010/09/christine_danelson_plays_the_i.html">"Christine Danelson plays the irrepressible Tracy Turnblad in Paper Mill's <i>Hairspray</i>"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Star-Ledger" title="The Star-Ledger">The Star-Ledger</a></i>, September 24, 2010, updated April 1, 2019. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Although Danelson admits to being heavier than doctors' charts would recommend, she needs to wear a fat-suit to become a convincing Tracy. 'I've actually lost some weight from rehearsing,' she says. 'The suit fits me really well.'... Yet she kept quiet last week when she was insulted on the train ride from her home in Somerville."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-132"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-132">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PN8MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA305"><i>A Thousand American Men of Mark To-day</i></a>, p. 306. American Men of Mark, 1917. Accessed February 3, 2015. "Royal Page Davidson, Educator of Lake Geneva, Wis., was born Oct. 9, 1870, in Somerville, N.J."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-133"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-133">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brown, Doris E. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/316294368/">"Journey to Near East; Author discovers Mount Purgatory"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Home_News_Tribune" title="Home News Tribune">The Home News</a></i>, December 1, 1974. Accessed March 6, 2022, via <a href="/wiki/Newspapers.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers.com">Newspapers.com</a>. "The specialist in Renaissance literature was born in Bound Brook in 1930 and is a graduate of Somerville High School."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-134"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-134">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/06/obituaries/don-elliot-57-jazz-singer-vibraphonist-and-composer.html">"Don Elliot, 57, Jazz Singer, Vibraphonist And Composer"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, July 6, 1984. Accessed May 3, 2012. "Mr. Elliott, who was born in Somerville, N.J., was a versatile musician who, in addition to vibraphone, played trumpet, bongos, French horn and mellophone, an adaptation of the French horn that allows the performer to project directly at his audience instead of off to one side."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-135"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-135">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Null, J. Wesley; and <a href="/wiki/Diane_Ravitch" title="Diane Ravitch">Ravitch, Diane</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hf0nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA295"><i>Forgotten Heroes of American Education: The Great Tradition of Teaching Teachers</i></a>, p. 295. <a href="/wiki/Information_Age_Publishing" title="Information Age Publishing">Information Age Publishing</a>, 2006. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781607525189" title="Special:BookSources/9781607525189">9781607525189</a>. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Felmley was born on April 24, 1857, in Somerville, New Jersey."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-136"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-136">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0XZMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA489"><i>The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time, Volume 7</i></a>, p. 489. J. T. White Company, 1897. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Randolph, Lewis Van Syckle Fitz, financier, was born at Somerville, Somerset co., N. J., May 16, 1838, son of Enoch Manning and Mary Ann (Van Syckle) Fitz Randolph."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-137"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-137">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Prunty, Brendan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nj.com/golf/index.ssf/2013/09/first_tee_somervilles_kevin_fo.html">"First Tee: Somerville's Kevin Foley earns PGA Tour card through Web.com Tour success"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Star-Ledger" title="The Star-Ledger">The Star-Ledger</a></i>, September 2, 2013. Accessed February 3, 2015. "Somerville native Kevin Foley earned his way onto the PGA Tour last month, by finishing in the Web.com Tour's money list."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-138"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-138">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/02/bulletins/db2.pdf">"Gene Freed 1930–2009"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150203194306/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/02/bulletins/db2.pdf">Archived</a> 2015-02-03 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Daily Bulletin</i> of the 81st Summer North American Bridge Championships, July 5, 2009. Accessed February 3, 2015. "Eugene H. Freed was born in 1930 in Somerville NJ to David and Mildred Freed. He lived there until about age 15, when the family moved to San Diego."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-139"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-139">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=f000368">Frederick Frelinghuysen</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>. Accessed May 13, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-140"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-140">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Burstyn, Joan M. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=h-6WCBQPZdoC&q=Mary+Exton+Gaston"><i>Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women</i></a>, p. 144. <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University_Press" title="Syracuse University Press">Syracuse University Press</a>, 1996. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780815604181" title="Special:BookSources/9780815604181">9780815604181</a>. Accessed November 15, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-141"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-141">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/09/obituaries/no-headline-052786.html">"Frederick W. Hall, 76, FormerJustice in Jersey"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, July 9, 1984. Accessed July 5, 2016. "Frederick W. Hall, a former associate justice of the New Jersey State Supreme Court and the author of the landmark Mount Laurel zoning decision, died Saturday at the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, N.J. He was 76 years old and lived in Somerville."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-142"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-142">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/player/reggieharrison/2516012/profile">Reggie Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/NFL.com" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL.com">NFL.com</a>. Accessed October 4, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-143"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-143">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Forbes, Mike. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=m7qZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA104"><i>Louis Armstrong's All Stars</i></a>, p. 10. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781326375812" title="Special:BookSources/9781326375812">9781326375812</a>. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Name: Mort Herbert (né Morton Herbert Pelovitz) Birth: 30th June, 1925; Somerville, New Jersey"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-144"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-144">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=9626">Representative Naomi D. Jakobsson (IL)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Project_Vote_Smart" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Vote Smart">Project Vote Smart</a>. Accessed August 6, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-145"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-145">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.app.com/article/B1/20080112/NEWS04/801120345/">"Walter J. Kavanaugh, former state senator"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Asbury_Park_Press" title="Asbury Park Press">Asbury Park Press</a></i>, January 12, 2008. Accessed October 4, 2015. "Born in Bound Brook, on June 30, 1933, Senator Kavanaugh was a lifelong Somerville resident."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-146"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-146">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://art.state.gov/ArtistDetail.aspx?id=151088">Joyce Kozoff</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a>. Accessed October 4, 2015. "Born in Somerville, New Jersey, Joyce Kozloff graduated in 1964 from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1967 from Columbia University, New York."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-147"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-147">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stonger, Karol via <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CgpWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6878,583278&dq=joe-lis+somerville&hl=en">"It took seven years, but Joe Lis has finally made it"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Register-Guard" title="The Register-Guard">Eugene Register-Guard</a></i>, April 3, 1971. Accessed May 15, 2011. "In the off-season he went home to Somerville, working at odd jobs. 'I unloaded freight cars, worked in grocery stores, on track gangs,' he said."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-148"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-148">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=1132801CAE0F9C58&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=A4FW55GMMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg">"John Mack: 1927 - 2006 - Dean of American oboists. The influence of the principal of the Cleveland Orchestra extended far beyond that city in his many students"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i>, July 28, 2006. Accessed August 2, 2007. "John Mack was born in 1927 in Somerville, N.J., and took up the oboe in 6th grade."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-149"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-149">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MurdoEr01">Eric Murdock</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071213163940/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MURDOER01">Archived</a> 2007-12-13 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Basketball Reference. Accessed June 28, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-150"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-150">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Michael%20Newman%20SJQ%20-%20PUBLIC.pdf">Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees for Michael Jay Newman</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary">United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary</a>. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Birthplace.... 1960; Somerville, New Jersey"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-151"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-151">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090413085141/http://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Ostro/2008%20Ostro.pdf">Vita Steven J. Ostro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory" title="Jet Propulsion Laboratory">Jet Propulsion Laboratory</a>. Accessed October 4, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-152"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-152">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Barbati, Carl. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74894564/gentleman-perantoni-recalled/">"Gentleman Perantoni recalled"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Courier_News" title="Courier News">Courier News</a></i>, September 19, 1991. Accessed April 1, 2021, via <a href="/wiki/Newspapers.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers.com">Newspapers.com</a>. "The obituary was in last Thursday's newspaper, with the headline "J. Frank Perantoni, councilman, architect, pro football player'.... 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Rumpf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Project_Vote_Smart" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Vote Smart">Project Vote Smart</a>. Accessed August 9, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-157"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-157">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1896/01/27/archives/mr-runyons-honorable-record-served-in-the-army-and-was-a-successful.html">"Mr. Runyon's Honorable Record.; Served in the Army and Was a Successful Lawyer."</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, January 27, 1896. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Theodore Runyon was born at Somerville, in Somerset County, N.J., Oct. 25, 1822."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-158"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-158">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Coe, Kairi. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/03/skinnyfromthe9-interview-the-break/">"The Break Presents: SkinnyFromthe9"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/XXL_(magazine)" title="XXL (magazine)">XXL</a></i>, March 2018. Accessed December 26, 2018. "I was born in Hialeah, Fla., but I was basically raised in Somerville, N.J. High school, middle school—all my school years I was in Somerville."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-159"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-159">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/snookfr01.shtml">Frank Snook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baseball-Reference.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball-Reference.com">Baseball-Reference.com</a>. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Born: March 28, 1949 (Age: 71-079d) in Somerville, NJ... High School: Hunterdon Central HS (Flemington, NJ)"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-160"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-160">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Coelho, Frank. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nj.com/messenger-gazette/index.ssf/2011/01/bronze_plaques_to_mark_historic_somerville_buildings.html">"Bronze landmark plaques to mark historic Somerville buildings"</a>, <i>The Messenger-Gazette</i>, January 25, 2011. Accessed May 15, 2011. "At Somerset Hall (now Alfonso's Family Trattoria), Phil Decker, chairman of the Somerville Historic Advisory Committee, shows off a plaque marking the site where Ruth St. Denis (then just Ruth Dennis of Adamsville), the American modern dance pioneer, made her professional debut after a couple of warm-up performances in Adamsville."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-161"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-161">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000458">William Gaston Steele</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>. Accessed August 18, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-162"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-162">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kampfe, John. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jerseywood.net/2018/01/24/jersey-oscar/garden-state-quintet-vies-for-oscars/">"Garden State Quintet Vies for Oscars"</a>, Jerseywood, January 24, 2018. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Somerville native Douglas Urbanski is a producer for <i>Darkest Hour</i>, which portrays Winston Churchill's leadership in Great Britain during World War II."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-163"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-163">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">via <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/17/obituaries/lee-van-cleef-actor-dies-at-64-played-villains-in-many-westerns.html">"Lee Van Cleef, Actor, Dies at 64; Played Villains in Many Westerns"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, December 17, 1989. Accessed May 3, 2012. "Lee Van Cleef was born in Somerville, N.J., on Jan. 9, 1925. His first job was as a farm worker in his home state. He then worked as an accountant in Somerville before beginning in his movie career in 1950."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-164"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-164">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracyk.com/fredvaneps.shtml">Fred Van Eps -- Banjoist</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080514120106/http://www.gracyk.com/fredvaneps.shtml">Archived</a> May 14, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Biography by Tim Gracyk. Accessed May 24, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-165"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-165">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frezza, Harry; Deak, Mike. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mycentraljersey.com//Fstory/news/local/somerset-county/2015/01/21/jeff-vanderbeek-somerville-football/22098267/">"Jeff Vanderbeek, former Devils owner, to coach Somerville H.S. football"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Courier_News" title="Courier News">Courier News</a></i>, January 21, 2015. Accessed September 4, 2019. "He returns to a place he lived until 1969 when the family left their East Spring Street home a few blocks from Brooks Field to live on Northern Drive in Bridgewater."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-166"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-166">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://riverhounds.com/player/mauricio-vargas/">Mauricio Vargas</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160601183929/http://riverhounds.com/player/mauricio-vargas/">Archived</a> 2016-06-01 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Riverhounds" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Riverhounds">Pittsburgh Riverhounds</a>. Accessed May 19, 2016. "Vargas' family moved to Costa Rica shortly after his birth in Somerville, New Jersey."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-167"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-167">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kendall, Leslie. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/01/nyregion/jersey-footlights-opera-star-in-her-home-state.html">"Jersey Footlights; Opera Star in Her Home State"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, April 1, 2001. Accessed May 3, 2012. "Even as a child, Frederica Von Stade, the Somerville-born mezzo-soprano loved to dress up and entertain."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-168"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-168">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Scannell, John James. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vdgDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA634"><i>Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide: Biographies of the Notable Living Men and Women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the State's History, Affairs, Officialism and Institutions 1919-1920 (Volume II)</i></a>, p. 634. J. J. Scannell, 1919. Accessed December 1, 2013. "Daniel S. Voorhees - Morristown, (32 Maple Avenue) - Lawyer. Born at Somerville, on August 15, 1852."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-169"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-169">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.patriots.com/alumni/index.cfm?ac=alumnibiosdetail&bio=2973">Jon Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a>. Accessed August 13, 2013. "By the time Jon was in third grade, his Dad was in prison on a murder charge. Three of his six siblings would become drug addicts and the streets of Somerville, N.J., were calling for more victims."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-170"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-170">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Woodruff__Elvira">"Elvira Woodruff"</a>, Pennsylvania Center for the Book. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Elvira Woodruff was born on June 19, 1951, in Somerville, New Jersey."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-171"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-171">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WB&s_site=timesleader&p_multi=WB&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FB96925573A035B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D">"Her Words Gain Favor"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Times_Leader" title="Times Leader">Times Leader</a></i>, June 1, 2003. Accessed April 4, 2011. 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class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span>Somerville</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)" title="Borough (New Jersey)">Boroughs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernardsville,_New_Jersey" title="Bernardsville, New Jersey">Bernardsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="Bound Brook, New Jersey">Bound Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_Hills,_New_Jersey" title="Far Hills, New Jersey">Far Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manville,_New_Jersey" title="Manville, New Jersey">Manville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="Millstone, New Jersey">Millstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="North Plainfield, New Jersey">North Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peapack-Gladstone,_New_Jersey" title="Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey">Peapack-Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raritan,_New_Jersey" title="Raritan, New Jersey">Raritan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="Rocky Hill, New Jersey">Rocky Hill</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Somerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="South Bound Brook, New Jersey">South Bound Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watchung,_New_Jersey" title="Watchung, New Jersey">Watchung</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of New Jersey highlighting Somerset County"><img alt="" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bedminster,_New_Jersey" title="Bedminster, New Jersey">Bedminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernards_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bernards Township, New Jersey">Bernards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branchburg,_New_Jersey" title="Branchburg, New Jersey">Branchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bridgewater Township, New Jersey">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Brook_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Green Brook Township, New Jersey">Green Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsborough Township, New Jersey">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Montgomery Township, New Jersey">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Warren Township, New Jersey">Warren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basking_Ridge,_New_Jersey" title="Basking Ridge, New Jersey">Basking Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedminster_(CDP),_New_Jersey" title="Bedminster (CDP), New Jersey">Bedminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Mead,_New_Jersey" title="Belle Mead, New Jersey">Belle Mead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackwells_Mills,_New_Jersey" title="Blackwells Mills, New Jersey">Blackwells Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blawenburg,_New_Jersey" title="Blawenburg, New Jersey">Blawenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Gardens,_New_Jersey" title="Bradley Gardens, New Jersey">Bradley Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Center,_New_Jersey" title="Bridgewater Center, New Jersey">Bridgewater Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde,_New_Jersey" title="Clyde, New Jersey">Clyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Franklin,_New_Jersey" title="East Franklin, New Jersey">East Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Millstone,_New_Jersey" title="East Millstone, New Jersey">East Millstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Rocky_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="East Rocky Hill, New Jersey">East Rocky Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finderne,_New_Jersey" title="Finderne, New Jersey">Finderne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flagtown,_New_Jersey" title="Flagtown, New Jersey">Flagtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Center,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Center, New Jersey">Franklin Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Park, New Jersey">Franklin Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Knoll,_New_Jersey" title="Green Knoll, New Jersey">Green Knoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griggstown,_New_Jersey" title="Griggstown, New Jersey">Griggstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlingen,_New_Jersey" title="Harlingen, New Jersey">Harlingen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_(CDP),_New_Jersey" title="Hillsborough (CDP), New Jersey">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_New_Jersey" title="Kingston, New Jersey">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamington,_New_Jersey" title="Lamington, New Jersey">Lamington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Corner,_New_Jersey" title="Liberty Corner, New Jersey">Liberty Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyons,_New_Jersey" title="Lyons, New Jersey">Lyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_New_Jersey" title="Martinsville, New Jersey">Martinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlebush,_New_Jersey" title="Middlebush, New Jersey">Middlebush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshanic,_New_Jersey" title="Neshanic, New Jersey">Neshanic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshanic_Station,_New_Jersey" title="Neshanic Station, New Jersey">Neshanic Station</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Plains,_New_Jersey" title="Pleasant Plains, New Jersey">Pleasant Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pluckemin,_New_Jersey" title="Pluckemin, New Jersey">Pluckemin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottersville,_New_Jersey" title="Pottersville, New Jersey">Pottersville</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Mile_Run,_New_Jersey" title="Six Mile Run, New Jersey">Six Mile Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skillman,_New_Jersey" title="Skillman, New Jersey">Skillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset, New Jersey">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Mile_Run,_New_Jersey" title="Ten Mile Run, New Jersey">Ten Mile Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hills,_New_Jersey" title="The Hills, New Jersey">The Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voorhees_(CDP),_New_Jersey" title="Voorhees (CDP), New Jersey">Voorhees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston,_New_Jersey" title="Weston, New Jersey">Weston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zarephath,_New_Jersey" title="Zarephath, New Jersey">Zarephath</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_New_Jersey#Unincorporated_communities" title="Local government in New Jersey">Other<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amwell,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Amwell, New Jersey">Amwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloverhill,_New_Jersey" title="Cloverhill, New Jersey">Cloverhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutchtown,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Dutchtown, Somerset County, New Jersey">Dutchtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Corners,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Corners, New Jersey">Franklin Corners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Acres,_New_Jersey" title="Free Acres, New Jersey">Free Acres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladstone,_New_Jersey" title="Gladstone, New Jersey">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Rocky_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="Little Rocky Hill, New Jersey">Little Rocky Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlebrook,_New_Jersey" title="Middlebrook, New Jersey">Middlebrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Branch,_New_Jersey" title="North Branch, New Jersey">North Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockingham,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockingham, New Jersey">Rockingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Branch,_New_Jersey" title="South Branch, New Jersey">South Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoutsburg,_New_Jersey" title="Stoutsburg, New Jersey">Stoutsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zion,_New_Jersey" title="Zion, New Jersey">Zion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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tributary)">Blue Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonygutt_Brook" title="Bonygutt Brook">Bonygutt Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bound_Brook_(Raritan_River_tributary)" title="Bound Brook (Raritan River tributary)">Bound Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crab_Brook" title="Crab Brook">Crab Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_Brook_(Green_Brook_tributary)" title="Stony Brook (Green Brook tributary)">Stony Brook</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Brook" title="Lawrence Brook">Lawrence Brook</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaverdam_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Beaverdam Brook (New Jersey)">Beaverdam Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cow_Yard_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Cow Yard Brook (New Jersey)">Cow Yard Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Ditch" title="Great Ditch">Great Ditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Ireland Brook (New Jersey)">Ireland Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakeys_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Oakeys Brook (New Jersey)">Oakeys Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sawmill_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Sawmill Brook (New Jersey)">Sawmill Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sucker_Brook_(Lawrence_Brook_tributary)" title="Sucker Brook (Lawrence Brook tributary)">Sucker Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terhune_Run" title="Terhune Run">Terhune Run</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Brook_(Raritan_River_tributary)" title="Middle Brook (Raritan River tributary)">Middle Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mile_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Mile Run (New Jersey)">Mile Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millstone_River" title="Millstone River">Millstone River</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Back_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Back Brook (New Jersey)">Back Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baldwins_Creek" title="Baldwins Creek">Baldwins Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Brook_(Millstone_River_tributary)" title="Bear Brook (Millstone River tributary)">Bear Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beden_Brook" title="Beden Brook">Beden Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_Back_Brook" title="Branch Back Brook">Branch Back Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carters_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Carters Brook (New Jersey)">Carters Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Tail_Brook" title="Cat Tail Brook">Cat Tail Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Brook" title="Cedar Brook">Cedar Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbury_Brook" title="Cranbury Brook">Cranbury Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Cross Brook (New Jersey)">Cross Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruser_Brook" title="Cruser Brook">Cruser Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devils_Brook" title="Devils Brook">Devils Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duck_Pond_Run" title="Duck Pond Run">Duck Pond Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrys_Brook" title="Harrys Brook">Harrys Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathcote_Brook" title="Heathcote Brook">Heathcote Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathcote_Brook_Branch" title="Heathcote Brook Branch">Heathcote Brook Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honey_Branch" title="Honey Branch">Honey Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Lewis Brook (New Jersey)">Lewis Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Bear_Brook" title="Little Bear Brook">Little Bear Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlebush_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Middlebush Brook (New Jersey)">Middlebush Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Mile_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Nine Mile Run (New Jersey)">Nine Mile Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peters_Brook_(Stony_Brook_tributary)" title="Peters Brook (Stony Brook tributary)">Peters Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Pike Run (New Jersey)">Pike Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Tree_Run" title="Pine Tree Run">Pine Tree Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Brook" title="Randolph Brook">Randolph Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roaring_Brook_(Cruser_Brook_tributary)" title="Roaring Brook (Cruser Brook tributary)">Roaring Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Brook" title="Rock Brook">Rock Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Brook" title="Rocky Brook">Rocky Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royce_Brook" title="Royce Brook">Royce Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shallow_Brook" title="Shallow Brook">Shallow Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simonson_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Simonson Brook (New Jersey)">Simonson Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Mile_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Six Mile Run (New Jersey)">Six Mile Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steep_Hill_Brook_(New_Jersey)" title="Steep Hill Brook (New Jersey)">Steep Hill Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_Brook_(Millstone_River_tributary)" title="Stony Brook (Millstone River tributary)">Stony Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_Brook_Branch" title="Stony Brook Branch">Stony Brook Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Mile_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Ten Mile Run (New Jersey)">Ten Mile Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timber_Run" title="Timber Run">Timber Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodsville_Brook" title="Woodsville Brook">Woodsville Brook</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Branch_Raritan_River" title="North Branch Raritan River">North Branch Raritan River</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_River_(New_Jersey)" title="Black River (New Jersey)">Black River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamington_River" title="Lamington River">Lamington River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockaway_Creek_(New_Jersey)" title="Rockaway Creek (New Jersey)">Rockaway Creek</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peters_Brook_(Raritan_River_tributary)" title="Peters Brook (Raritan River tributary)">Peters Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Branch_Raritan_River" title="South Branch Raritan River">South Branch Raritan River</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holland_Brook" title="Holland Brook">Holland Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshanic_River" title="Neshanic River">Neshanic River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Run_(New_Jersey)" title="Pleasant Run (New Jersey)">Pleasant Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spruce_Run_(Raritan_River_tributary)" title="Spruce Run (Raritan River tributary)">Spruce Run</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_River_(Raritan_River_tributary)" title="South River (Raritan River tributary)">South River</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manalapan_Brook" title="Manalapan Brook">Manalapan Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matchaponix_Brook" title="Matchaponix Brook">Matchaponix Brook</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lakes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Budd_Lake_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Budd Lake (New Jersey)">Budd Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dismal_Swamp_(New_Jersey)" title="Dismal Swamp (New Jersey)">Dismal Swamp</a></li> <li><a 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title="East Amwell Township, New Jersey">East Amwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flemington,_New_Jersey" title="Flemington, New Jersey">Flemington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Gardner,_New_Jersey" title="Glen Gardner, New Jersey">Glen Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_New_Jersey" title="Hampton, New Jersey">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Bridge,_New_Jersey" title="High Bridge, New Jersey">High Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_New_Jersey" title="Lebanon, New Jersey">Lebanon Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lebanon Township, New Jersey">Lebanon Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raritan_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Raritan Township, New Jersey">Raritan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Readington_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Readington Township, New Jersey">Readington</a></li> 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href="/wiki/Hopewell_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Hopewell Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennington,_New_Jersey" title="Pennington, New Jersey">Pennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbinsville_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Robbinsville Township, New Jersey">Robbinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Windsor,_New_Jersey" title="West Windsor, New Jersey">West Windsor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey">Middlesex County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Amboys" title="The Amboys">The Amboys</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Amboy,_New_Jersey" title="Perth Amboy, New Jersey">Perth Amboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Amboy,_New_Jersey" title="South Amboy, New Jersey">South Amboy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Brunswicks" title="The Brunswicks">The Brunswicks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="East Brunswick, New Jersey">East Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="North Brunswick, New Jersey">North Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="South Brunswick, New Jersey">South Brunswick</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbury,_New_Jersey" title="Cranbury, New Jersey">Cranbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunellen,_New_Jersey" title="Dunellen, New Jersey">Dunellen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison,_New_Jersey" title="Edison, New Jersey">Edison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmetta,_New_Jersey" title="Helmetta, New Jersey">Helmetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Highland Park, New Jersey">Highland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamesburg,_New_Jersey" title="Jamesburg, New Jersey">Jamesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metuchen,_New_Jersey" title="Metuchen, New Jersey">Metuchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex, New Jersey">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milltown,_New_Jersey" title="Milltown, New Jersey">Milltown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_Township,_Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Bridge_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Old Bridge Township, New Jersey">Old Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piscataway,_New_Jersey" title="Piscataway, New Jersey">Piscataway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainsboro_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Plainsboro Township, New Jersey">Plainsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayreville,_New_Jersey" title="Sayreville, New Jersey">Sayreville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="South Plainfield, New Jersey">South Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_River,_New_Jersey" title="South River, New Jersey">South River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotswood,_New_Jersey" title="Spotswood, New Jersey">Spotswood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodbridge_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Woodbridge Township, New Jersey">Woodbridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monmouth County, New Jersey">Monmouth County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Englishtown,_New_Jersey" title="Englishtown, New Jersey">Englishtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freehold_Borough,_New_Jersey" title="Freehold Borough, New Jersey">Freehold Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freehold_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Freehold Township, New Jersey">Freehold Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manalapan_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Manalapan Township, New Jersey">Manalapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlboro_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Marlboro Township, New Jersey">Marlboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millstone_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Millstone Township, New Jersey">Millstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roosevelt,_New_Jersey" title="Roosevelt, New Jersey">Roosevelt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_New_Jersey" title="Morris County, New Jersey">Morris County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Borough,_New_Jersey" title="Chester 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