Clark, New Jersey Clark, New Jersey Map of Clark Township in Union County.
Inset: Location of Union County in New Jersey.
Map of Clark Township in Union County.
Inset: Location of Union County in New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Clark, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Clark, New Jersey State New Jersey Clark is a township in southern Union County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's populace was 14,756 reflecting an increase of 159 (+1.1%) from the 14,597 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 32 (-0.2%) from the 14,629 counted in the 1990 Census. Clark was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1864, from portions of Rahway. The township was titled for Abraham Clark, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Portions of the township were taken to form Cranford Township (March 14, 1871) and Winfield Township (August 6, 1941). New Jersey Monthly periodical ranked Clark as its 33rd best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. In 2013, New Jersey Monthly periodical ranked Clark as 174th in its rankings of "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. The Clark Township Committee consists of seven members, with three propel at-large from the township as a whole and four propel from wards.
Clark is positioned in the 7th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 22nd 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).
Kennedy (D, Rahway). The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township). The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach). Union County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders, whose nine members are propel at-large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis with three seats coming up for election each year, with an appointed County Manager overseeing the day-to-day operations of the county.
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.
Students who excel in middle school have the opportunity to attend the Union County Magnet High School and the other programs of the Union County Vocational Technical Schools, which accept students from athwart the county on the basis of admissions examinations and applications. As of May 2010, the township had a total of 58.95 miles (94.87 km) of roadways, of which 48.34 miles (77.80 km) were maintained by the municipality, 8.03 miles (12.92 km) by Union County and 2.58 miles (4.15 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority redesigned the circle as part of a universal that ran from 2007 to 2009 under which the movements at the circle are now controlled by traffic lights. Interchange 135 on the Parkway is signed for Clark / Westfield. See also: Category:People from Clark, New Jersey.
"125th anniversary, Township of Clark, N.J., 1864-1989:growth, industry, history : let us jubilate, September 16 & 17, 1989", Township of Clark's 125th Anniversary Committee, 1989.
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Freeholder Sergio Granados, Union County, New Jersey.
Freeholder Bette Jane Kowalski, Union County, New Jersey.
Freeholder Alexander Mirabella, Union County, New Jersey.
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