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Inset: Location of Warren County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Inset: Location of Warren County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Hackettstown, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Hackettstown, New Jersey State New Jersey Hackettstown is a town in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's populace was 9,724, reflecting a diminish of 679 (-6.5%) from the 10,403 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,283 (+28.1%) from the 8,120 counted in the 1990 Census. The town is positioned in the easternmost region of the Lehigh Valley.
Hackettstown was incorporated as a town by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 9, 1853, from portions of Independence Township.
It is believed that Hackettstown was titled after Samuel Hackett, an early settler and large landowner. Hackett is said to have "contributed liberally to the liquid refreshments on the christening of a new hotel, in order to secure the name which, before this, had been Helms' Mills or Musconetcong". Hackettstown was titled #72 of the top 100 suburbs in the United States to Live and Work In by Money Magazine in 2005; it has not been encompassed since. In 1925, a train wreck in the town killed about 50 citizens and injured about 50 the rest en route to Hoboken, New Jersey from Chicago.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town had a total region of 3.712 square miles (9.613 km2), including 3.607 square miles (9.341 km2) of territory and 0.105 square miles (0.272 km2) of water (2.83%). The town is positioned in a valley along the banks of the Musconetcong River.
It was created by a special charter adopted by the New Jersey Legislature and allowed by the voters in 1970, under which the town is governed by a strong mayor who serves a three-year term of office and six councilpersons who are propel at large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with two seats up for election each year. The mayor is the town's chief executive officer, overseeing its day-to-day operation and presenting an annual budget.
Hackettstown is positioned in the 5th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 23rd state legislative district. New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is represented by Josh Gottheimer (D, Wyckoff). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).
Doherty (R, Washington Township, Warren County) and in the General Assembly by John Di - Maio (R, Hackettstown) and Erik Peterson (R, Franklin Township, Hunterdon County). The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township). The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach). Warren County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders whose three members are chosen at-large on a staggered basis in partisan elections with one seat coming up for election each year as part of the November general election.
As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,842 students and 141.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 12.98:1. Schools in the precinct (with 2012-13 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Hatchery Hill School (K-4; 230 students), Willow Grove School (K-4; 298), Hackettstown Middle School (5-8; 358) and Hackettstown High School (9-12; 956). Students from the townships of Allamuchy, Independence, and Liberty, attend the district's high school as part of sending/receiving relationships.
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