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Long Hill Township, New Jersey

Coordinates: 40°41′05″N 74°29′31″W / 40.684835°N 74.492046°W / 40.684835; -74.492046
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Long Hill Township, New Jersey
Township
Boyle–Hudspeth-Benson House in Millington
Boyle–Hudspeth-Benson House in Millington
Official seal of Long Hill Township, New Jersey
Seal
Location of Long Hill Township in Morris County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Morris County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left).
Location of Long Hill Township in Morris County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Morris County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left).
Census Bureau map of Long Hill Township, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Long Hill Township, New Jersey
Long Hill Township is located in Morris County, New Jersey
Long Hill Township
Long Hill Township
Location in Morris County
Long Hill Township is located in New Jersey
Long Hill Township
Long Hill Township
Location in New Jersey
Long Hill Township is located in the United States
Long Hill Township
Long Hill Township
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°41′05″N 74°29′31″W / 40.684835°N 74.492046°W / 40.684835; -74.492046[1][2]
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Morris
IncorporatedMarch 23, 1866 (as Passaic Township)
RenamedNovember 3, 1992 (as Long Hill Township)
Government
[7]
 • TypeTownship
 • BodyTownship Committee
 • MayorGuy Thomas Piserchia (R, term ends December 31, 2024)[3][4]
 • AdministratorRandy Bahr[5]
 • Municipal clerkMegan Phillips[6]
Area
[1]
 • Total12.06 sq mi (31.22 km2)
 • Land11.80 sq mi (30.55 km2)
 • Water0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2)  2.14%
 • Rank192nd of 565 in state
15th of 39 in county[1]
Elevation
[8]
325 ft (99 m)
Population
 (2020)[9][10]
 • Total8,629
 • Estimate 
(2023)[9][11]
8,613
 • Rank277th of 565 in state
23rd of 39 in county[12]
 • Density731.5/sq mi (282.4/km2)
  • Rank416th of 565 in state
31st of 39 in county[12]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Codes
07933 – Gillette[13]
07946 – Millington[14]
07980 – Stirling[15][16]
Area code[17]908
FIPS code3402741362[1][18][19]
GNIS feature ID0882196[1][20]
Websitewww.longhillnj.gov

Long Hill Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,629,[9][10] a decrease of 73 (−0.8%) from the 2010 census count of 8,702,[21][22] which in turn reflected a decline of 75 (−0.9%) from the 8,777 counted in the 2000 census.[23]

The township is situated in the southernmost part of Morris County bordering both Somerset and Union counties. It is bounded by the Passaic River to the south and west and to the north by the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge which covers 7,455 acres (3,017 ha) of land overseen by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.[24] Refuge lands also lie within neighboring Chatham and Harding townships.

Originally incorporated as Passaic Township in the 1860s, residents voted to change the town's name to Long Hill Township in 1992. It includes the communities of Gillette, Stirling, Millington, Meyersville and Homestead Park. NJ Transit rail service is available at the Gillette,[25] Millington[26] and Stirling[27] stations.

History

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Millington station, one of three train stations in Long Hill Township.

Long Hill Township was incorporated as Passaic Township on March 23, 1866. On September 1, 1922, part of what was then Passaic Township was taken to form Harding Township.[28][29] On November 3, 1992, by a 1,901 to 1,821 margin, the voters elected to change the name of the municipality to Long Hill Township, a change largely driven by the desire to avoid confusion with the City of Passaic, some 22 miles (35 km) away.[30][31]

Garden State Fireworks, a firm based in Millington that dates back to 1890, has produced the annual July 4 fireworks show in Washington, D.C., on the National Mall.[32] The Raptor Trust is a wild bird rehabilitation center located in Millington.[33]

Clover Hill Swimming Club a club surrounding a lake in Millington, was the subject of lawsuit in which the Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled in 1966 that the club could not discriminate against an African American applicant for membership on the basis of the club being private.[34]

Geography

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 12.06 square miles (31.22 km2), including 11.80 square miles (30.55 km2) of land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2) of water (2.14%).[1][2]

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Gillette, Millington, Stirling, Meyersville and Homestead Park a subdivision that was first developed in the 1920s.[35]

The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge covers 7,455 acres (3,017 ha) of land overseen by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and includes portions east of New Vernon Road that is unmanaged and accessible by visitors, while areas west of New Vernon Road are managed intensively and are not available to the public.[24]

The township is located in the most southern part of Morris County. It is bounded by the Passaic River on the south and west and by the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge on the north. It borders both Somerset and Union counties. The township borders the municipalities of Chatham Township and Harding Township in Morris County; Bernards Township and Warren Township in Somerset County, and Berkeley Heights in Union County.[36][37][38]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18701,624—
18801,89616.7%
18901,821−4.0%
19002,14117.6%
19102,1651.1%
19202,3739.6%
19302,149−9.4%
19402,66424.0%
19503,42928.7%
19605,53761.5%
19707,39333.5%
19807,275−1.6%
19907,8267.6%
20008,77712.2%
20108,702−0.9%
20208,629−0.8%
2023 (est.)8,613[9][11]−0.2%
Population sources:
1870–1920[39] 1870[40][41]
1880–1890[42] 1890–1910[43]
1910–1930[44] 1940–2000[45]
2000[46][47] 2010[21][22] 2020[9][10]

2020 census

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The 2020 United States census counted 8,629 people in 3,021 households. The median household income was $136,542.[9]

Long Hill Township, Morris County, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2000[48] Pop 2010[49] Pop 2020[50] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 7,916 7,385 6,576 90.19% 84.87% 76.21%
Black or African American alone (NH) 31 48 73 0.35% 0.55% 0.85%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 10 4 6 0.11% 0.05% 0.07%
Asian alone (NH) 420 520 693 4.79% 5.98% 8.03%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 1 1 4 0.01% 0.01% 0.05%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 3 14 66 0.03% 0.16% 0.76%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 93 116 299 1.06% 1.33% 3.47%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 303 614 912 3.45% 7.06% 10.57%
Total 8,777 8,702 8,629 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2010 census

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The 2010 United States census counted 8,702 people, 3,105 households, and 2,434 families in the township. The population density was 734.3 per square mile (283.5/km2). There were 3,226 housing units at an average density of 272.2 per square mile (105.1/km2). The racial makeup was 90.61% (7,885) White, 0.62% (54) Black or African American, 0.09% (8) Native American, 5.98% (520) Asian, 0.01% (1) Pacific Islander, 1.06% (92) from other races, and 1.63% (142) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.06% (614) of the population.[21]

Of the 3,105 households, 37.7% had children under the age of 18; 67.6% were married couples living together; 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 21.6% were non-families. Of all households, 18.3% were made up of individuals and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.19.[21]

25.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 20.3% from 25 to 44, 33.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 97.1 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 94.7 males.[21]

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $120,691 (with a margin of error of ± $11,097) and the median family income was $142,059 (± $14,704). Males had a median income of $91,509 (± $24,098) versus $75,558 (± $11,204) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $54,508 (± $4,818). About 1.7% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 1.6% of those age 65 or over.[51]

2000 census

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As of the 2000 United States census[18] there were 8,777 people, 3,139 households, and 2,457 families residing in the township. The population density was 726.8 inhabitants per square mile (280.6/km2). There were 3,206 housing units at an average density of 265.5 per square mile (102.5/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 92.75% White, 0.39% African American, 0.17% Native American, 4.79% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.56% from other races, and 1.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.45% of the population.[46][47]

There were 3,139 households, out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.6% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.19.[46][47]

In the township the age distribution of the population shows 26.3% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.1 males.[46][47]

The median income for a household in the township was $84,532, and the median income for a family was $103,037. Males had a median income of $71,827 versus $46,100 for females. The per capita income for the township was $42,613. About 2.3% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.[46][47]

Government

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Local government

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Long Hill Township is governed under the Township form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state.[52] The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.[7][53] At an annual reorganization meeting held during the first week of January, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as deputy mayor.[3][54]

As of 2024, the members of the township committee are Mayor Guy Thomas Piserchia (R, term on committee and as mayor ends December 31, 2024), Deputy Mayor Scott Lavender (R, term on committee ends 2026; term as deputy mayor ends 2024), Matthew C. Dorsi (R, 2026), Brendan Rae (R, 2024) and Victor T. Verlezza (R, 2025).[3][55][56][57][58][59][60]

Federal, state, and county representation

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Long Hill Township is located in the 7th Congressional District[61] and is part of New Jersey's 21st state legislative district.[62]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 7th congressional district is represented by Thomas Kean Jr. (R, Westfield).[63] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrat Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[64]. One seat is currently vacant after Senator Bob Menendez (Englewood Cliffs) resigned on August 20, 2024.[65][66][67]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 21st legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Jon Bramnick (R, Westfield) and in the General Assembly by Michele Matsikoudis (R, New Providence) and Nancy Munoz (R, Summit).[68]

Morris County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners composed of seven members who are elected at-large in partisan elections to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with either one or three seats up for election each year as part of the November general election.[69] Actual day-to-day operation of departments is supervised by County Administrator Deena Leary.[70]: 8  As of 2024, Morris County's Commissioners are:

John Krickus (R, Chatham Township, 2024),[71] Director Christine Myers (R, Harding, 2025),[72] Douglas Cabana (R, Boonton Township, 2025),[73] Thomas J. Mastrangelo (R, Montville, 2025),[74] Deputy Director Stephen H. Shaw (R, Mountain Lakes, 2024),[75] Deborah Smith (R, Denville, 2024)[76] and Tayfun Selen (R, Chatham Township, 2026)[70]: 2 [77]

The county's constitutional officers are: Clerk Ann F. Grossi (R, Parsippany–Troy Hills, 2028),[78][79] Sheriff James M. Gannon (R, Boonton Township, 2025)[80][81] and Surrogate Heather Darling (R, Roxbury, 2024).[82][83]

Politics

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As of March 2011, there were a total of 5,854 registered voters in Long Hill Township, of which 1,154 (19.7%) were registered as Democrats, 2,245 (38.3%) were registered as Republicans and 2,450 (41.9%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 5 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.[84]

In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 60.2% of the vote (2,605 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 39.0% (1,690 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (34 votes), among the 4,347 ballots cast by the township's 6,187 registered voters (18 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 70.3%.[85][86] In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 57.0% of the vote (2,789 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 41.4% (2,024 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (60 votes), among the 4,894 ballots cast by the township's 6,155 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.5%.[87] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 59.8% of the vote (2,808 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 39.0% (1,833 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (43 votes), among the 4,696 ballots cast by the township's 6,112 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 76.8.[88]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 75.0% of the vote (2,173 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 23.7% (686 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (37 votes), among the 2,932 ballots cast by the township's 6,142 registered voters (36 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 47.7%.[89][90] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 64.4% of the vote (2,284 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 24.4% (865 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 10.1% (358 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (14 votes), among the 3,546 ballots cast by the township's 6,058 registered voters, yielding a 58.5% turnout.[91]

Education

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The Long Hill Township School System serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 894 students and 80.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[92] Schools in the district (with 2019–20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[93]) are Gillette School[94] with 223 students in grades Pre-K–1, Millington School[95] with 397 students in grades 2–5 and Central Middle School[96] with 269 students in grades 6–8.[97][98][99]

Long Hill Township's high school students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township. Students from Long Hill Township and from the neighboring communities of Green Brook Township, Warren Township and Watchung (in Somerset County) attend the school.[100][101] As of the 2019–20 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,948 students and 160.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[102] The high school district's board of education has nine members, who are elected directly by the voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for each year. Of the nine elected seats, three are allocated to Long Hill Township.[103][104]

St. Vincent de Paul School was a Catholic school in Stirling that operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. The school closed in June 2016 in the wake of declining enrollment and financial challenges.[105] The school was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence in 2012.[106]

Library

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The Long Hill Township Library began about 1880 in what was then known as Passaic Township. At the time a group of women in Millington formed a reading club purchasing a small number of books to trade amongst themselves. A similar group was established in Meyersville. In 1920, when the Morris County Library was built, the groups joined the county system and books on loan from the county were housed in the homes of the associations' members.

By the 1950s, the Millington Association's Library had relocated to the Town Hall and the Meyersville group occupied one room in the town's Central School. In 1956, however, the Township asked the Millington Association to find other quarters, and the Central School location had steadily become less than satisfactory due to increasing enrollment. A referendum in the amount of $25,000 for the construction of a new building was submitted to the community. The measure passed by two votes. The new library opened in 1958 on Central Avenue in Stirling as the Passaic Township Free Public Library with a paid director and several volunteers.

By 1968, the library's collection had grown substantially and plans were made for a new addition to the building. Another $25,000 was raised and the addition was completed in 1972. A later addition followed in the 1980s. The library remained on Central Avenue until 2005 when an entirely new building was dedicated in April of that year. After the township formally changed its name to Long Hill Township in 1992, the Passaic Township Free Public Library was renamed as the Long Hill Township Free Public Library.

The Long Hill Township Library now occupies a site in Gillette, adjacent to Township Hall. The library contains 16,000 square feet (1,500 m2) of space and has a capacity for 72,000 books. The library is a member of the Morris Automated Information Network consortium, which offers residents of Long Hill Township have access to library materials at 37 area libraries.[107] It also hosts a professional concert series.

Transportation

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County Route 512 westbound in Long Hill Township

Roads and highways

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As of May 2010, the township had a total of 59.57 miles (95.87 km) of roadways, of which 46.31 miles (74.53 km) were maintained by the municipality and 13.26 miles (21.34 km) by Morris County.[108]

No Interstate, U.S. or state highways directly serve Long Hill Township. The most prominent roads within the township are county routes, including County Route 512 and County Route 531. Interstate 78 and Interstate 287 are both nearby and cross adjacent municipalities.

Public transportation

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NJ Transit rail service is available at the Gillette,[25] Millington[26] and Stirling[27] stations, offering service on the Gladstone Branch to Newark Broad Street Station and Hoboken Terminal.[109][110]

NJ Transit offered service on the MCM8 route until 2010, when subsidies offered to the local provider were eliminated as part of budget cuts.[111][112]

Lakeland Bus Lines provides Route 78 rush-hour service from Bedminster to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.[113]

Communications

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Long Hill is in Area code 908. The legacy exchange is 908–647 (Millington 7), is one of the last manual offices in New Jersey converted dial operation in the early 1960s.

The current cable company serving the area is Comcast which provides local TV, internet, and phone service. Most of Long Hill now also has access to Verizon's FiOS service. Original cable company Patriot Media was sold to Comcast in early 2008.

Long Hill Township operates a public service television channel on Comcast (Channel 25) and Verizon (Channel 37).

Long Hill Television

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A Government-access television (GATV) cable TV channel is available for citizens of Long Hill Township that has important news updates, local activities, local weather, storm warnings, etc. It is on Comcast channel 29 (all programming) and Verizon FiOS channels 37 (public meetings and programs) and 38 (community bulletin board).

Notable people

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See also: Category:People from Long Hill Township, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Long Hill Township include:

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