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Map of Berkeley Heights in Union County.
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Enumeration Bureau map of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey Renamed November 6, 1951 (as Berkeley Heights Township) Berkeley Heights is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States.
Berkeley Heights was originally incorporated as New Providence Township by the New Jersey Legislature on November 8, 1809, from portions of Springfield Township, while the region was still part of Essex County.
New Providence Township became part of the newly formed Union County at its creation on March 19, 1857.
On November 6, 1951, the name of the township was changed to Berkeley Heights, based on the results of a popular vote held that day. The township was titled for John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, one of the framers of the Province of New Jersey. In Money magazine's 2013 Best Places to Live rankings, Berkeley Heights was ranked 6th in the nation, the highest among the three places in New Jersey encompassed in the top 50 list. The magazine's 2007 list had the township ranked 45th out of a potential 2,800 places in the United States with populations above 7,500 and under 50,000. In its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places to Live", New Jersey Monthly periodical ranked Berkeley Heights as the 19th best place to live in New Jersey. In its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" New Jersey Monthly periodical ranked Berkeley Heights as the 59th best place to live in New Jersey. The Lenape Native Americans were known to inhabit the region, including the region now known as Berkeley Heights, dating back to the 1524 voyage of Giovanni da Verrazzano to what is now the lower New York Bay.
The earliest assembly in Berkeley Heights began in an region that is now part of the 1,960 acres (7.9 km2) Watchung Reservation, a Union County park that includes 305 acres (1.23 km2) of the township. It encompassed the region from present-day Springfield Township, Summit, New Providence, and Berkeley Heights, and was called Springfield Township.
Growth continued in the area, and by 1809, Springfield Township divided into Springfield Township and New Providence Township, which encompassed present day Summit, New Providence, and Berkeley Heights. On March 23, 1869, Summit Township (now the City of Summit) seceded from New Providence Township.
On March 14, 1899, the Borough of New Providence seceded from New Providence Township.
Present day Berkeley Heights remained as New Providence Township. Many of the townships and county-wide areas in New Jersey were separating into small, locally governed communities at that time due to acts of the New Jersey Legislature that made it economically advantageous for the communities to due so.
Due to confusion between the adjoining municipalities of the Borough of New Providence and the Township of New Providence, the township conducted a popular vote in 1952 and voted to change the name to Berkeley Heights Township.
The origin of the township's name has never been fully established, but is believed to have been taken from an region of town that was referred to by this moniker, which itself was assumed to be derived from Lord John Berkeley, who was co-proprietor of New Jersey from 1664 to 1674. Early life in Berkeley Heights is documented in the Littell-Lord Farmhouse Museum & Farmstead (31 Horseshoe Road in Berkeley Heights), an 18-acre (73,000 m2) exhibition encircling two homes, one of which was assembled in the 1750s and the other near the start of the 19th century.
Another early Berkeley Heights improve of note is the 67-acre (270,000 m2) Free Acres, established in 1910 by Bolton Hall, a New York entrepreneur and reformer who believed in the idea of Henry George, the economist, of single taxation, under which inhabitants pay tax to the community, which, in turn, pays a lump total to the municipality.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the township had a total region of 6.266 square miles (16.229 km2), including 6.211 square miles (16.087 km2) of territory and 0.055 square miles (0.142 km2) of water (0.88%). Certain portions of Berkeley Heights are positioned in various flood zones.
Berkeley Heights is positioned in northwestern Union County, at the confluence of Union, Morris, and Somerset Counties.
Berkeley Heights is bordered by New Providence and Summit to the east, Scotch Plains to the southeast, Chatham to the north, Watchung to the south, and Warren Township and Long Hill Township to the west.
Downtown Berkeley Heights is positioned along Springfield Avenue, approximately between the intersections with Plainfield Avenue and Snyder Avenue.
A brick walk with personalized bricks engraved with the names of many long-time Berkeley Heights inhabitants runs from near the barns station towards the prepared New York Marts grocery store.
Berkeley Heights is also home to L'Oreal USA's New Jersey headquarters. Located in Berkeley Heights are many municipal parks, including the biggest one, Columbia Park (located along Plainfield Avenue).
There are three swimming clubs positioned in Berkeley Heights: the Berkeley Heights Community Pool (Locust Avenue), the Berkeley Swim Club (behind Columbia Park), and Berkeley Aquatic (off of Springfield Avenue).
In May 2013, by a 4-1 margin, township voters rejected a proposed new locale for the Berkeley Aquatic Club that would have been situated just athwart the township border with Warren Township. In accordance with a ballot question that was passed in November 2005, Berkeley Heights switched from a Township Committee form to a Mayor-Council-Administrator form of government under the Faulkner Act. The switch took effect on January 1, 2007.
As of 2016, the Mayor of Berkeley Heights is Republican Robert Woodruff, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2018. Members of the Township Council are Council President Jeanne Kingsley (R, 2017), Council Vice President Craig S.
The first Township Council under the new form of government was propel in November 2006; accordingly, the Township Committee ceased to exist on December 31, 2006, and the Township Council was inaugurated on January 1, 2007.
The Berkeley Heights Municipal Building is positioned at 29 Park Avenue.
Berkeley Heights is positioned in the 7th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 21st state legislative district. New Jersey's Seventh Congressional District is represented by Leonard Lance (R, Clinton Township). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019). (R, Westfield) and in the General Assembly by Jon Bramnick (R, Westfield) and Nancy Munoz (R, Summit). The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township). The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach). Estrada (D, Elizabeth, 2014), Sergio Granados (D, Elizabeth, 2016) Bette Jane Kowalski (D, Cranford, 2016), Alexander Mirabella (D, Fanwood, 2015) and Vernell Wright (D, Union, 2014). Constitutional officers propel on a countywide basis are County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi (D, Union, 2015), Sheriff Ralph Froehlich (D, Union, 2016) and Surrogate James S.
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 9,070 registered voters in Berkeley Heights Township, of which 2,060 (22.7% vs.
The district's high school serves enhance school students of Berkeley Heights, along with those from neighboring Borough of Mountainside who are educated at the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Mountainside School District. Governor Livingston also provides programs for deaf, difficult of hearing and cognitively-impaired students who are enrolled from all over north-central New Jersey.
Governor Livingston was the 36th-ranked enhance high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 24th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The Westminster Nursery School is positioned at the corner of Plainfield Avenue and Mountain Avenue, the Union Village Nursery is positioned bordering Warren Township at the corner of Mountain Avenue and Hillcrest Road, and the Diamond Hill Montessori is positioned along Diamond Hill Road opposite Mc - Mane Avenue.
As of May 2010, the township had a total of 65.73 miles (105.78 km) of roadways, of which 50.46 miles (81.21 km) were maintained by the municipality, 12.11 miles (19.49 km) by Union County and 3.16 miles (5.09 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The primary roads in Berkeley Heights are Springfield Avenue, Mountain Avenue, Snyder Avenue, Plainfield Avenue, and Park Avenue.
Berkeley Heights is also in close adjacency of the Summit train station, which provides incessant commuter rail service to New York City.
The Berkeley Heights Public Library at 290 Plainfield Avenue, was dedicated in 1953. The building is positioned next to the Church of the Little Flower and athwart from the Columbia Middle School.
The Berkeley Heights Police Department is positioned at the Municipal Building, 29 Park Avenue. This is also the locale of the Berkeley Heights Municipal Court.
The Berkeley Heights Volunteer Rescue Squad, established in 1942, is positioned at the corner of Snyder Avenue and Locust Avenue.
The Berkeley Heights Fire Department is a volunteer fire department with 40 members that operate out of a fire station positioned at 411 Hamilton Avenue, athwart from the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue.
See also: Category:People from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.
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"'I interval up in Massachusetts and I was a Red Sox fan of course,' said Balboni from his home in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey." "David Cantor of Berkeley Heights, Robert Mackasek of Union and Michael King of New Providence, from left, play real estate brokers chasing a sale, in the Chatham Players' manufacturing of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, directed by Chase Newhart of Chatham." Meet Ron Chen, New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 8, 2009.
"A child of Chinese immigrants who came to this nation after World War II, Chen has lived most of his life in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey." "From Berkeley Heights to Berkeley, Gimple Finds Justice With Fillmore!", The Westfield Leader, September 26, 2002, p.
"As the Creator and Executive Producer of Walt Disney Television Animation's new Saturday morning program, Fillmore!, Berkeley Heights native Scott Gimple has brought a new duo of crime-solving intermediate school superheroes to the screen minus the violence....
"Kopechne, 28, and her family moved to New Jersey when she was an infant and resided in Berkeley Heights." "A former Berkeley Heights resident, La - Costa is a 2003 Governor Livingston High School graduate who also graduated Rutgers University in New Brunswick in 2008 with a degree in psychology." "The winners of the Song - Door 2015 International Songwriting Competition have been announced: the Grand Award has gone to Juliette Reilly of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey for her song, 'Hero,' which also won the Pop category." "The mind of Miss Bertha Runkle was first stimulated to literary expression at Berkeley Heights, New Jersey ; a small place, a quiet place, and a distinct ly suburban place..." Berkeley Heights Public Schools's 2015 16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education Municipalities and communities of Union County, New Jersey, United States
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