Somerville, New Jersey
Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Somerville is a borough and the county seat of Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[19][20] The borough is located in the heart of the Raritan Valley region within the New York Metropolitan Area, located about 33 miles (53 km) from Manhattan and 20 miles (32 km) from Staten Island.[21][22][23] The borough has grown to become a commercial hub for central New Jersey and commuter town of New York City.
Somerville, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40.569749°N 74.607682°W / 40.569749; -74.607682[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Somerset |
Incorporated | March 25, 1863 (as town) |
Reincorporated | April 16, 1909 (as borough) |
Named for | Somerset, England |
Government | |
• Type | Borough |
• Body | Borough Council |
• Mayor | Dennis Sullivan (D, term ends December 31, 2023)[4][5] |
• Administrator / Municipal clerk | Kevin Sluka[6] |
Area | |
• Total | 2.37 sq mi (6.13 km2) |
• Land | 2.34 sq mi (6.05 km2) |
• Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2) 1.18% |
• Rank | 384th of 565 in state 16th of 21 in county[1] |
Elevation | 62 ft (19 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 12,346 |
• Estimate | 12,712 |
• Rank | 207th of 565 in state 9th of 21 in county[12] |
• Density | 5,280.6/sq mi (2,038.9/km2) |
• Rank | 106th of 565 in state 4th of 21 in county[12] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Codes | |
Area code | 908[15] |
FIPS code | 3403568460[1][16][17] |
GNIS feature ID | 0885398[1][18] |
Website | www |
As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 12,346,[9][10] an increase of 248 (+2.0%) from the 2010 census count of 12,098,[24][25] which in turn reflected a decline of 325 (-2.6%) from the 12,423 counted in the 2000 census.[26]
Somerville was originally formed as a town on March 25, 1863, within a portion of Bridgewater Township. Somerville was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 16, 1909, based on the results of a referendum held on May 4, 1909, at which point it was fully set off from Bridgewater Township.[27][28] It is home of the oldest competitive bicycle race in the United States.