Mount Holly, New Jersey Mount Holly, New Jersey Township of Mount Holly Mount Holly Township highlighted in Burlington County.
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Mount Holly Township highlighted in Burlington County.
Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Mount Holly Township, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Mount Holly Township, New Jersey State New Jersey Renamed November 6, 1931 as Mount Holly Mount Holly is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's populace was 9,536, reflecting a diminish of 1,192 (-11.1%) from the 10,728 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 89 (+0.8%) from the 10,639 counted in the 1990 Census. Mount Holly also gives its name to the National Weather Service's Weather Forecast Office for the Philadelphia urbane area, though the office is actually positioned in adjoining Westampton. What is now Mount Holly was originally formed as Northampton on November 6, 1688.
Northampton was incorporated as one of New Jersey's first 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798.
Portions of the township were taken to form Little Egg Harbor Township (February 13, 1740, now part of Ocean County), Washington Township (November 19, 1802), Pemberton borough (December 15, 1826), Coaxen Township (March 10, 1845, now known as Southampton Township), Pemberton Township (March 10, 1846), Westampton Township (March 6, 1850) and Lumberton Township (March 14, 1860).
The township was retitled Mount Holly as of November 6, 1931, based on the results of a popular vote held three days earlier. The township was titled for hills veiled with holly trees. On December 17, 1776, Colonel Samuel Griffin of the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River with 600 men mostly untrained men and boys, and with little equipment and marched to Mount Holly, where he set up a several "3-pounder" artillery pieces on Iron Works Hill.
By December 23, 1776, 2,000 Hessians were moved from Bordentown and positioned at The Mount in Mount Holly, where they engaged in a three-day-long artillery exchange, known as the Battle of Iron Works Hill or Battle of Mount Holly, with the Americans on Iron Works Hill.
After George Washington crossed the Delaware River on December 25, 1776, the fact that thousands of Hessian troops had been drawn to Mount Holly aided in the Continental Army's success in the Battle of Trenton the next day, a surprising American victory that helped turn the Army's fading morale after the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Fort Washington just weeks before and the ignominious retreat through New Jersey. Burlington County Prison in Mount Holly, New Jersey.
The 1793 state council allowed the relocation of the Burlington County seat from Burlington City to Mount Holly, which was allowed by voters in a 1796 popular vote.[page needed] Several meaningful municipal buildings were constructed, including the courthouse in 1796 and the county prison assembled about 1819.
The town has various 18th and 19th-century buildings, most of which are encompassed in the Mount Holly Historic District; it is listed in the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places. Commercial buildings were constructed primarily along High Street.
In 1849, the Burlington and Mount Holly Railroad was established, connecting communities along the Delaware River to Philadelphia, the primary city of the area.
The Camden and Mount Holly Railroad constructed a station 20 years later near the intersection of Washington and King streets.
During this same period, 1970 1980, shopping malls proliferated in the suburban Philadelphia area, and retail company in Mount Holly suffered. Mount Holly received Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) status in 1995; it has provided tax incentives and other assistance programs to small-town businesses, including lowering the revenue tax rate to 3 , half of the prevailing rate charges statewide. This has helped to revive the small-town small company base. The township borders Eastampton Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton Township, and Westampton Township. Mount Holly Township operates inside the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the Council-Manager (plan 12) form of municipal government, enacted by council-initiated action as of July 1, 1990. Members of the township council are propel at-large in a partisan vote to serve four-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election in even-numbered years as part of the November general election. At a reorganization meeting after each election, the council selects a mayor and a deputy mayor from among its members.
As of 2016, members of the Mount Holly Township Council are Mayor Jason Jones (term on council and as mayor ends December 31, 2016), Deputy mayor Richard Di - Folco (term on council and as deputy Mayor ends 2016), Lew Brown (2016), Betty Sykes (R, 2018) and Jules Thiessen (D, 2018). Former mayor and current Mount Holly Municipal Utilities Authority Commissioner Jules Thiessen, BOE member Tim Young, and current Mount Holly Board of Education member and Planning Board Chairman Brian Grant filed to run for the democratic nominations.
Mount Holly Township is positioned in the 3rd Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 8th state legislative district. Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Mount Holly Township had been in the 7th state legislative district. New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District is represented by Tom Mac - Arthur (R, Toms River). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 5,251 registered voters in Mount Holly Township, of which 1,718 (32.7% vs.
For pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, students attend the Mount Holly Township Public Schools. As of the 2014-15 school year, the precinct and its three schools had an enrollment of 1,381 students and 91.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 15.1:1. Schools in the precinct (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are John Brainerd School (361 students in grades Pre - K-2), Gertrude C.
For ninth through twelfth grades, enhance school students attend the Rancocas Valley Regional High School, a elected county-wide enhance high school based in Mount Holly that serves students from five communities encompassing an region of 40 square miles (100 km2) that also includes the communities of Eastampton Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton Township and Westampton Township. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 2,077 students and 110.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 18.9:1. The school is positioned in Mount Holly Township and is part of the Rancocas Valley Regional High School District.
Students from Mount Holly Township, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the Burlington County Institute of Technology, a countywide enhance school precinct that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in Medford and Westampton Township. As of May 2010, the township had a total of 38.43 miles (61.85 km) of roadways, of which 29.11 miles (46.85 km) were maintained by the municipality, 8.45 miles (13.60 km) by Burlington County and 0.87 miles (1.40 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Mount Holly is accessible at exit 5 of the New Jersey Turnpike via County Route 541. Stephen Girard House was the home of Girard, who moved to Mount Holly shortly after his marriage in 1777 and purchased the partially instead of home, as recorded in 1779. See also: Category:People from Mount Holly, New Jersey.
People who were born in, inhabitants of, or otherwise closely associated with Mount Holly include: Black (1858-1947), Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court who was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Jersey in 1904. Dobbins (1814 1905), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional precinct in the United States House of Representatives from 1873-1877. Forker (1821 1900), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional precinct in the United States House of Representatives from 1871-1873. Gerry (1926 1995), former chief United States precinct judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Parker (born 1932), member of the New Jersey General Assembly and State Senate. Robbins (1853 1926), politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate. William Rossell (1760 1840), judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Stratton (1817 1889), member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey. Ten Eyck (1814 1879), represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1859-65. a b c d e f 2010 Enumeration Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions, United States Enumeration Bureau.
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"The Mount Holly NWSFO serves approximately eleven million citizens in thirty-four (34) counties positioned inside Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The office is positioned at 732 Woodlane Road (State Route 630) off of State Route 541 in Westampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey." The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969.
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"Mount Holly's government consists of a five-member Board of Councilmen/Councilwomen propel by the inhabitants for a four year term.
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"The township got a taste of what will be the new norm for its municipal elections: voting in November.
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"Former Mount Holly Mayor Richard Dow said Friday that he was resigning from the township council, effective immediately, due to community reasons.
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"The Rancocas Valley Regional High School (RVRHS) District serves five sending districts covering approximately 40 square miles in Burlington County: Eastampton, Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly and Westampton.
RVRHS is situated on a picturesque ground in Mount Holly, the county seat." "The precinct encompasses approximately 40 square miles (100 km2) and comprises the townships of Eastampton, Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly, and Westampton." Why Choose BCIT?, Burlington County Institute of Technology.
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"The Burlington County Prison Museum is a nationwide historic landmark positioned in the heart of historic Mount Holly, New Jersey.
"John Shaw with Buck Construction of West Berlin repairs the 9-foot doors at the entrance of the Historic Burlington County Court House in Mount Holly.
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Quote: "Some 210 years ago--nearly a quarter of a century before the adoption of the Declaration of Independence -- 13 men gathered in the Town Hall at Bridgetown, N.J., which is now Mount Holly, to draw up the by-laws and problematic the Relief Volunteer Fire Company, now the earliest in the United States." "Re-creating The Past In Mount Holly As A Child, Ed Longstreet Lived Near The Budd House Now He's Helping John Nagy Make It Into A Museum", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 27, 1987.
"Located at 99 Branch Street, Mount Holly, New Jersey, the Memorial home was assembled between 1771 and 1783 and is on the site of part of John Woolman's orchard." - Mexico War - Colonel James William Abert, University of Texas at Arlington, "James William Abert was born on November 18, 1820 at Mount Holly, New Jersey, the son of Colonel John James Abert, head of the U.S.
"Gamaliel Bailey, an early promote of slave abolition doctrines, was born at Mount Holly, New Jersey, December 3rd, 1807.
Justice Black was born on a farm in Burlington county, near Mount Holly, N.
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"Paul Rene Doguereau, 91, a pianist and interpreter of French music as well as a teacher and mentor to many younger pianists, died March 3 in the Virtua-Mount Holly Center, Mount Holly.
A resident of Boston for more than 60 years, he and his adopted son, Harrison James Wignall, also maintained a home in Mount Holly for the last 2 1/2 years.
He had stayed in Mount Holly since last March and in the nursing home for the last a several months." Samuel Carr Forker, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Gerry, 69, Chief Judge Of Federal Court in New Jersey", The New York Times, March 12, 1995.
"Judge Gerry, who was born and raised in Mount Holly, N.J., stepped down as the state's chief judge last October, becoming a senior member of the system." 1, 1961, in Mount Holly, N.J." "Shortly after Girard married Mary Lum, he purchased a home at 211 Mill Street in Mount Holly, New Jersey." The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures, Sports Illustrated, December 27, 1999.
"Paterno said he'd been informed that Pete Harris, the Mount Holly native who was an all-American safety at Penn State in 1978 and the brother of Nittany Lions legend Franco Harris, died recently." "How fitting, then, that 10 days ago that college theater in Pemberton Township was retitled the Geraldine Clinton Little Theatre in memory of the gentle woman, who lived quietly in Mount Holly but whose words touched so many souls and ignited so many spirits." "New sign marks home of college founder", Burlington County Times, October 13, 2006.
"Personal: Born in Mount Holly, N.
"Re-creating The Past In Mount Holly As A Child, Ed Longstreet Lived Near The Budd House Now He's Helping John Nagy Make It Into A Museum", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 27, 1987.
"John Nagy first noticed charming, historic Mount Holly (population 10,800, Burlington County seat, 21 miles from Trenton and 20 miles from Philadelphia) when he was a traveling employee of the federal government, administering the food-stamp program in New Jersey towns.
Department of Agriculture in nine states from New Jersey to West Virginia, was shocked at the condition of the Budd House at 20 White St." Parker, Republican of Mount Holly, who has 'fished off Long Beach Island for 32 years and never saw anything like it before,' says that he still will not accept the theory, scientific or not." "FRANK PARSONS WAS BORN in 1854, at Mount Holly, New Jersey, to Alice and Edward Parsons." "Mount Holly native makes a little 'Night - Music'", Burlington County Times, April 29, 2003.
"Walker, who is from Mount Holly, Burlington County, starred at Rancocas Valley High School in the early 1990s and then at Virginia." 23- Barclay White, 85 years old, of this city, a descendant of one of the earliest families in this part of New Jersey and one of the earliest pioneer in Mount Holly, a prominent citizen of this country, a literary man of some prominence, and a genealogist of recognized reputation, died here to-day after a long illness.
"John Woolman was a Mount Holly store assistant who, at 26, quit the shop because he was making too much cash." Mount Holly, New Jersey: Hometown Reinvented.
(Mount Holly, NJ: Herald Printing House, 1977).
Mount Holly Public Schools's 2015 16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education Municipalities and communities of Burlington County, New Jersey, United States County seats of New Jersey
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