Tewksbury Township, New Jersey
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Tewksbury Township is a Township
Township (New Jersey)
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 located in Hunterdon County
Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 128,349. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Flemington....

, 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...

 and is located within the New York Metropolitan Area
New York metropolitan area
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. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 5,993. The township is named after Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook...

, England
England
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, and the two established a sister city relationship in 2003.

Tewksbury Township was first mentioned as holding a township meeting on March 11, 1755, as having been formed partly from Lebanon Township
Lebanon Township, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 5,816 people, 1,963 households, and 1,556 families residing in the township. The population density was 183.5 people per square mile . There were 2,020 housing units at an average density of 63.7 per square mile...

, though the exact circumstances of its formation by charter are unknown. Tewksbury was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial 104 townships by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature
New Jersey Legislature
The New Jersey Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, as defined by the New Jersey Constitution of 1947, the Legislature consists of two houses: the General Assembly and the Senate...

 on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township have been take to form Califon borough
Califon, New Jersey
Califon is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 1,076.The town was to originally be called California, but was shortened to Califon in order to fit on the welcome sign...

 (April 2, 1898). Portions of the township were acquired from Readington Township
Readington Township, New Jersey
Readington Township is a Township located in the easternmost portion of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 16,126...

 in 1832 and 1861, and portions were transferred to Clinton Township
Clinton Township, New Jersey
Clinton Township is a Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 13,478....

 in 1871 and 1891.

The original settlers were of English
English people
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 extraction. However, a large German
Germans
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 contingent settled in the area around 1749 and theirs became the strongest influence when Tewksbury became a township. The enclave of Oldwick
Oldwick, New Jersey
Oldwick is an unincorporated area within Tewksbury Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08858. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08858 was 177.Oldwick was formerly known as...

, with a mixture of Victorian
Victorian architecture
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, Federal, New England and Georgian
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 style homes is protected by historic legislation. Zion Lutheran Church in Oldwick (formerly New Germantown) is the oldest German Lutheran parish in New Jersey.

Oldwick is also home to the Somerset Hills Handicapped Riding Center, a North American Riding for the Handicapped Association
North American Riding for the Handicapped Association
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 (NARHA) Premier Accredited Center for Therapeutic horseback riding
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.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of 31.6 square miles (81.8 km²), of which, 31.6 square miles (81.8 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1035995244 km²) of it (0.06%) is water.

The township includes the communities of Oldwick, Pottersville
Pottersville, New Jersey
Pottersville is an unincorporated area split within Bedminster Township in Somerset County and Tewksbury Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States...

, Cokesbury and Mountainville.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 5,541 people, 1,986 households, and 1,662 families residing in the township. The population density
Population density
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 was 175.2 people per square mile (67.6/km2). There were 2,052 housing units at an average density of 64.9 per square mile (25.0/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 96.82% White, 0.52% African American, 1.88% Asian, 0.27% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 0.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.53% of the population.

There were 1,996 households out of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.2% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.3% were non-families. 12.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.5% 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 3.05.

In the township the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 33.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $135,649, and the median income for a family was $150,189. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $57,500 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the township was $65,470. About 1.6% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.9% of those under age 18 and 1.5% of those age 65 or over.

Local government

Tewksbury Township is governed under the Township
Township (New Jersey)
A township, in the context of New Jersey local government, refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government. As a political entity, a township is a full-fledged municipality, on par with any town, city, borough, or village, collecting property taxes and providing...

 form of government with a five-member Township Committee. The Township Committee is elected directly by the voters in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year. At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor.

, members of the Tewksbury Township Committee are Mayor
Mayor
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 Peter Melick, Deputy Mayor
Deputy Mayor
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 Dana Desiderio, Louis DiMare, Shaun C. Van Doren and William Voyce.

Federal, state and county representation

Tewksbury Township is in the 7th Congressional district.

Tewksbury is in the

Education

The Tewksbury Township Schools
Tewksbury Township Schools
The Tewksbury Township Schools is a community public school district which operates two schools serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Tewksbury Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States....

 is a K - 8 public school district, which operates two schools serving 753 students. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics
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) are Tewksbury Elementary School for grades K - 4 (429 students) and Old Turnpike School for prekindergarten and grades 5 - 8 (324 students). The original elementary school, Sawmill, opened in 1951 and has subsequently been sold.

Public school students in grades 9 through 12 attend Voorhees High School
Voorhees High School
Voorhees High School is a four-year public high school located in Lebanon Township, New Jersey. The school is named after Foster MacGowan Voorhees, the 30th Governor of New Jersey. It is one of two high schools in the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, serving students from six...

 in Glen Gardner as part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District
North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District
The North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District is a regional, four-year public high school district, that serves students in grades 9-12 from twelve municipalities in northern Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States....

. Voorhees High School serves students from Califon Borough
Califon, New Jersey
Califon is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 1,076.The town was to originally be called California, but was shortened to Califon in order to fit on the welcome sign...

 (67 students), Glen Gardner Borough
Glen Gardner, New Jersey
Glen Gardner is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. At the time of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 1,704....

 (75 students), Hampton Borough
Hampton, New Jersey
Hampton is a Borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 1,401.What is now Hampton was originally incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature as Junction Borough on February 20, 1895, from portions of both Lebanon...

 (87 students), High Bridge Borough
High Bridge, New Jersey
High Bridge is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 3,648.-History:...

 (217 students), Lebanon Township
Lebanon Township, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 5,816 people, 1,963 households, and 1,556 families residing in the township. The population density was 183.5 people per square mile . There were 2,020 housing units at an average density of 63.7 per square mile...

 (404 students) and Tewksbury Township (235 students).

Transportation

Interstate 78
Interstate 78 in New Jersey
Interstate 78 is an east–west route stretching from Union Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania to New York City. In New Jersey, I-78 is called the Phillipsburg–Newark Expressway and the Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike...

 passes through the Township, and is accessible via Oldwick Road (County Route 523
County Route 523 (New Jersey)
County Route 523 is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Main Street in Stockton to Hillside Avenue in Bedminster Township.-Hunterdon County:...

) at Exit 24. County Route 517
County Route 517 (New Jersey)
County Route 517 is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Lamington Road in Tewksbury Township to the New York state line in Vernon Township where it continues as Orange County Route 26. It mainly traverses through small, rural communities and unincorporated...

 also passes through the Township.

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Tewksbury Township include:
  • Joseph Alexander Adams
    Joseph Alexander Adams
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     (1803–80), engraver.
  • John Amos
    John Amos
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     (born 1939), actor
    Actor
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    .
  • David Bugliari (born 1979), Hollywood agent, married actress Alyssa Milano in 2009.
  • Pat Calpin, bassist of the ska band Catch 22
    Catch 22 (band)
    Catch 22 is an American ska punk band from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey.The band was formed by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Tomas Kalnoky and drummer Chris Greer who recruited trumpeter Kevin Gunther, who was working in a local record store...

    .
  • Nic Chatfield (born 1981), actor
    Actor
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     and 2nd place winner of 2009 the Doritos
    Doritos
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     "Power of the Crunch" commercial contest chosen to air on Super Bowl XLIII
    Super Bowl XLIII
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    .
  • Dan Cocoziello
    Dan Cocoziello
    Daniel F. "Dan" Cocoziello is a lacrosse defenseman who plays professional field lacrosse in the Major League Lacrosse . He starred as a member of the Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse team from 2005 through 2008 where he started every game. He is the only defenseman to have earned the Men's Ivy...

     (born 1985), professional lacrosse player.
  • Eileen Ford
    Eileen Ford
    Eileen Ford is a model agency executive and co-founder, in 1946, with her late husband Gerard William "Jerry" Ford, of Ford Models, one of the earliest and internationally best known modelling agencies in the world.-Early life:...

     (born 1922), co-founder of Ford Models
    Ford Models
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    .
  • Gerard W. Ford
    Gerard W. Ford
    Gerard William "Jerry" Ford was an American businessman who founded Ford Modeling Agency with his wife Eileen Ford in 1946 in their apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.- Life :...

     (1924–2008), co-founder of Ford Models
    Ford Models
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    .
  • James Gandolfini
    James Gandolfini
    James J. Gandolfini, Jr. is an Italian American actor. He is best known for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO TV series The Sopranos, about a troubled crime boss struggling to balance his family life and career in the Mafia...

     (born 1961), actor
    Actor
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     best known for his lead role in the HBO series The Sopranos
    The Sopranos
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    .
  • Robert Greifeld
    Robert Greifeld
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     (born 1957), CEO of NASDAQ-OMX.
  • Alison Haislip
    Alison Haislip
    Alison Fesq Haislip is an American actress and former TV correspondent for Attack of the Show! on G4 and NBC's The Voice. She resides in Los Angeles, California.-Early life:...

     (born 1981), actress and correspondent for G4tv's Attack of the Show!
    Attack of the Show!
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    .
  • Andrew Horowitz (born 1983), musician/singer in Tally Hall
    Tally Hall (band)
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    .
  • Brett Jungblut
    Brett Jungblut
    Brett Jungblut is an American professional poker player, born in Atlantic City, New Jersey and based in La Jolla, California. With only one class left to graduate college, Jungblut left school to pursue his dream as a professional poker player....

     (born 1979), poker player, won an event in 2004 at the World Series of Poker
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    .
  • Kamine family, owners of Olympic horse Royal Kaliber
    Royal Kaliber
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    .
  • Charlie Murphy
    Charlie Murphy
    Charles Quinton "Charlie" Murphy is an American actor, comedian, and writer notable as being a cast member and writer on the Comedy Central sketch-comedy series Chappelle's Show...

     (born 1959), actor
    Actor
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     and comedian
    Comedian
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    .
  • Pat Pacillo
    Pat Pacillo
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     (born 1963), former Major League Baseball
    Major League Baseball
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     pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
    Cincinnati Reds
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    .
  • Joe Piscopo
    Joe Piscopo
    Joseph Charles John "Joe" Piscopo is an American comedian and actor best known for his work on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:...

     (born 1951), actor and comedian.
  • Webster B. Todd
    Webster B. Todd
    Webster Bray Todd was a prominent American businessman, a Republican Party leader in New Jersey and the father of New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman.-Biography:...

     (1899–1989), businessman, Republican leader, and father of Christine Todd Whitman
    Christine Todd Whitman
    Christine Todd "Christie" Whitman is an American Republican politician and author who served as the 50th Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001, and was the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. She was New...

    .
  • George David Weiss
    George David Weiss
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     (1921–2010), songwriter and former President of the Songwriters Guild of America
    Songwriters Guild of America
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    .
  • Christine Todd Whitman
    Christine Todd Whitman
    Christine Todd "Christie" Whitman is an American Republican politician and author who served as the 50th Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001, and was the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. She was New...

     (born 1946), 50th Governor of New Jersey
    Governor of New Jersey
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    .

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