Bernardsville, New Jersey
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Bernardsville (/ˈbɜːrnərdzvɪl/[20]) is the northernmost borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated in the heart of the Raritan Valley region,[21] the borough is part of the Somerset Hills.[22] As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,893,[10][11] an increase of 186 (+2.4%) from the 2010 census count of 7,707,[23][24] which in turn reflected an increase of 362 (+4.9%) from the 7,345 counted in the 2000 census.[25] Bernardsville is often mispronounced as "Ber-NARDS-ville" as opposed to the correct pronunciation "BER-nards-ville".[26]
Bernardsville, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40.730384°N 74.592602°W / 40.730384; -74.592602[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Somerset |
Incorporated | April 29, 1924 |
Named for | Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet |
Government | |
• Type | Borough |
• Body | Borough Council |
• Mayor | Mary Jane Canose (R, term ends December 31, 2026)[4][5] |
• Administrator | Nancy Malool[6] |
• Municipal clerk | Anthony Suriano[7] |
Area | |
• Total | 12.91 sq mi (33.44 km2) |
• Land | 12.84 sq mi (33.24 km2) |
• Water | 0.07 sq mi (0.19 km2) 0.58% |
• Rank | 184th of 565 in state 9th of 21 in county[1] |
Elevation | 682 ft (208 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 7,893 |
• Estimate | 7,859 |
• Rank | 295th of 565 in state 13th of 21 in county[13] |
• Density | 614.9/sq mi (237.4/km2) |
• Rank | 428th of 565 in state 18th of 21 in county[13] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code | 908[16] |
FIPS code | 3403505590[1][17][18] |
GNIS feature ID | 0885159[1][19] |
Website | www |
Bernardsville was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1924, from portions of Bernards Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 29, 1924.[27] The borough was named for Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, who served as governor of the Province of New Jersey before the Revolutionary War.[28] In 2009, part of the borough was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Olcott Avenue Historic District.[29]
In 2000, Bernardsville had the 10th-highest per capita income in the state.[30] Based on data from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey, the borough had a per-capita income of $70,141, ranked 27th in the state.[31] In 2019, the borough was ranked by Bloomberg News as 64th of 100 on its 2019 list of Bloomberg Richest Places, one of 18 in the state included on the list.[32]