New Vernon, New Jersey
Encyclopedia
New Vernon is an unincorporated area located in Harding Township
in Morris County
, New Jersey
, United States
. The village is within the boundaries of Harding Township along with a portion of Green Village
. It is the location of the governmental offices for Harding Township. The area is served as United States Postal Service
ZIP code
07976 which is identified as being New Vernon.
As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for Zip Code Tabulation Area
07976 was 729.
Forbes
magazine ranked New Vernon, New Jersey — ZIP code
07976 — as one of the 25 most "expensive" zip codes in the country.
Harding Township, New Jersey
- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 3,180 people, 1,180 households, and 940 families residing in the township. The population density was 155.6 people per square mile . There were 1,243 housing units at an average density of 60.8 per square mile...
in Morris County
Morris County, New Jersey
Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the United States 2010 Census, the population was 492,276. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Morristown....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States
United States
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. The village is within the boundaries of Harding Township along with a portion of Green Village
Green Village, New Jersey
Green Village is an unincorporated area located within portions of both Harding Township and Chatham Township in Morris County, New Jersey. It is located just north of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. It is named after Dr...
. It is the location of the governmental offices for Harding Township. The area is served as United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
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ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
07976 which is identified as being New Vernon.
As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for Zip Code Tabulation Area
ZIP Code Tabulation Area
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are statistical entities developed by the United States Census Bureau for tabulating summary statistics from Census 2000. This new entity was developed to overcome the difficulties in precisely defining the land area covered by each ZIP code...
07976 was 729.
Forbes
Forbes
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magazine ranked New Vernon, New Jersey — ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
07976 — as one of the 25 most "expensive" zip codes in the country.
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of New Vernon include:- William O. BakerWilliam O. BakerWilliam Oliver Baker was a former President of Bell Labs who had advised five Presidents on scientific matters. He received his degree from Washington College and went on to get a doctorate from Princeton University, studying under Charles Phelps Smyth...
(1915-2005) - a chairman of Bell Laboratories - Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973) - a philanthropist, the first woman invited to judge for the Westminster Kennel Club, a founder of the Seeing Eye FoundationThe Seeing EyeThe Seeing Eye, Inc. is a guide dog school that is located in Morristown, New Jersey in the United States. It was founded in 1929 as the first guide dog school in the country...
, Saint Hubert's at Giralda, and the Morris and Essex Dog Club; daughter of William Avery Rockefeller, Jr.William RockefellerWilliam Avery Rockefeller, Jr. , American financier, was a co-founder with his older brother John D. Rockefeller of the prominent United States Rockefeller family. He was the son of William Avery Rockefeller, Sr. and Eliza Rockefeller.-Youth, education:Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York,... - Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr.Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr.Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr. was the chairman of the board of Remington Arms Company and a member of the family associated with the Phelps Dodge Corporation. He also was president of the Y.M.C.A.-Biography:...
(1881–1963) - a philanthropist, chairman of Remington Arms Company, president of the Y.M.C.A., and the founder of the Spring Valley Hounds and its horse show; grandson of William E. Dodge Sr.William E. DodgeWilliam Earle Dodge, Sr. was a New York businessman, referred to as one of the "Merchant Princes" of Wall Street in the years leading up to the American Civil War. Dodge was also a noted abolitionist, and Native American rights activist and served as the president of the National Temperance...
a founder of Phelps, Dodge, and Company, a United States congressman (1866-67), and founding member of the Young Men's Christian Association in the United States. - Justin GimelstobJustin GimelstobJustin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California....
(1977-) - professional tennis player - Kerry Kittles - guard for the New Jersey Nets from 1996-2004
- Eric Mangini - head coach of the Jets from 2005-2008
- C. Cornell Remsen, Jr. - former vice president of ITT, in ManhattanManhattanManhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
- Frederick T. van Beuren, Jr.Frederick T. van Beuren, Jr. (physician)Frederick T. van Beuren, Jr., M.D. was a physician and surgeon, a medical school administrator and professor, a researcher, and a hospital administrator. He was graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons...
(1875-1943) - president of Morristown Memorial Hospital (1933-1943) http://www.nynjctbotany.org/njhltofc/morristwnhist.html, associate dean of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D1EF7355D167B93C6A81788D85F478485F9&scp=49&sq=frederick%20t%20van%20beuren&st=cse officer of the New York Academy of MedicineNew York Academy of MedicineThe New York Academy of Medicine was founded in 1847 by a group of leading New York City metropolitan area physicians as a voice for the medical profession in medical practice and public health reform...
, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2387525/pdf/bullnyacadmed00979-0002.pdf researcher at Presbyterian HospitalNewYork–Presbyterian HospitalNewYork–Presbyterian Hospital is a prominent university hospital in New York City affiliated with two Ivy League medical schools: Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and Cornell University's Weill Medical College. It is composed of two distinct medical centers, Columbia...
in Manhattan, contributor to the Annals of Surgery http://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Citation/1943/03000/Analysis_of_130_Cases_Operated_Upon_At_the.9.aspx and many other medical journals
External links
- http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=86000US07976&_geoContext=01000US%7C86000US07976&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=&_zip=07976&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=860&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=&show_2003_tab=&redirect=YCensus 2000 Fact Sheet for Zip Code Tabulation Area 07976] from the United States Census BureauUnited States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...