Clinton Township, New Jersey facts for kids
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Clinton Township, New Jersey
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Jones Tavern near Annandale
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Location of Clinton Township in Hunterdon County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Hunterdon County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left).
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Census Bureau map of Clinton Township, New Jersey
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 Clinton Township, New Jersey
Location in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Clinton Township, New Jersey
Location in New Jersey
Clinton Township, New Jersey
Location in the United States
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| Country |  United States |
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| State |  New Jersey |
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| County |  Hunterdon |
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| Incorporated | April 12, 1841 | |
| Named for | DeWitt Clinton | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | |
| • Body | Township Council | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 33.87 sq mi (87.72 km2) | |
| • Land | 29.87 sq mi (77.36 km2) | |
| • Water | 4.00 sq mi (10.36 km2) 11.81% | |
| Area rank | 72nd of 565 in state 5th of 26 in county |
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| Elevation | 518 ft (158 m) | |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 13,505 | |
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13,137 | |
| • Rank | 191st of 565 in state 3rd of 26 in county |
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| • Density | 452.1/sq mi (174.6/km2) | |
| • Density rank | 446th of 565 in state 14th of 26 in county |
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| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) | |
| ZIP Code | ||
| Area code(s) | 908 | |
| FIPS code | 3401913750 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882177 | |
Clinton Township is a township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 13,505, an increase of 27 (+0.2%) from the 2010 census count of 13,478, which in turn reflected an increase of 521 (+4.0%) from the 12,957 counted in the 2000 census.
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History
Clinton Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 12, 1841, from portions of Lebanon Township, based on the results of a referendum held that same day. Portions of the township have been taken to form Clinton town (April 5, 1865, within the township; became independent in 1895), High Bridge township (March 29, 1871) and Lebanon borough (March 26, 1926). The township was named for Governor of New York DeWitt Clinton.
In 1998, Republican Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll proposed to honor former president Ronald Reagan by changing the township's name to Reagan Township and renaming Clinton to Reagan, New Jersey.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 33.87 square miles (87.72 km2), including 29.87 square miles (77.36 km2) of land and 4.00 square miles (10.36 km2) of water (11.81%).
Annandale (with a 2010 Census population of 1,695) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located within Clinton Township.
Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Allerton, Cedar Heights, Cokesbury, Hamden, Mariannes Corner, McPherson, Potterstown, Readingsburg, and Sunnyside.
The township borders Clinton Town, Franklin Township, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, Raritan Township, Readington Township, Tewksbury Township, Union Township. Also, Lebanon is an independent municipality surrounded entirely by the township, making it part one of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.
Cushetunk Mountain is a ring-shaped mountain located in Readington Township and Clinton Township. Once an active volcano, the diabase mountain was formed 160 million years ago. The Lenape called the mountain "Cushetunk" meaning "place of hogs". In the 1960s, the valley was filled with water to create Round Valley Reservoir, at 180 feet (55 m) in depth the second-deepest in the state.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1850 | 2,369 | — | |
| 1860 | 2,951 | 24.6% | |
| 1870 | 3,134 | * | 6.2% |
| 1880 | 2,133 | * | −31.9% |
| 1890 | 913 | −57.2% | |
| 1900 | 2,296 | 151.5% | |
| 1910 | 2,108 | −8.2% | |
| 1920 | 1,987 | −5.7% | |
| 1930 | 1,856 | * | −6.6% |
| 1940 | 2,349 | 26.6% | |
| 1950 | 2,926 | 24.6% | |
| 1960 | 3,770 | 28.8% | |
| 1970 | 5,119 | 35.8% | |
| 1980 | 7,345 | 43.5% | |
| 1990 | 10,816 | 47.3% | |
| 2000 | 12,957 | 19.8% | |
| 2010 | 13,478 | 4.0% | |
| 2020 | 13,505 | 0.2% | |
| 2023 (est.) | 13,137 | −2.5% | |
| Population sources:1850–1920 1880–1890 1890–1910 1910–1930 1940–2000 2000 2010 2020 * = Lost territory in previous decade. |
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2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 13,478 people, 4,568 households, and 3,444 families in the township. The population density was 451.1 per square mile (174.2/km2). There were 4,737 housing units at an average density of 158.6 per square mile (61.2/km2). The racial makeup was 86.43% (11,649) White, 6.01% (810) Black or African American, 0.20% (27) Native American, 3.90% (525) Asian, 0.04% (6) Pacific Islander, 1.79% (241) from other races, and 1.63% (220) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.60% (755) of the population.
Of the 4,568 households, 36.6% had children under the age of 18; 67.3% were married couples living together; 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present and 24.6% were non-families. Of all households, 20.6% were made up of individuals and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.14.
24.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 20.3% from 25 to 44, 33.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 116.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 121.3 males.
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $120,565 (with a margin of error of +/− $6,904) and the median family income was $147,689 (+/− $10,532). Males had a median income of $106,898 (+/− $7,766) versus $73,264 (+/− $11,810) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $52,700 (+/− $6,064). About 1.7% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.7% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.
Parks and recreation
Clinton Township hosts part of a rail trail that was created out of the former Central Railroad of New Jersey High Bridge Branch. The trail is maintained by Hunterdon County Parks and Recreation and is called the Columbia Trail, which includes a scenic area known as the Ken Lockwood Gorge.
Education
The Clinton Township School District serves children in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,199 students and 134.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.9:1. Schools in the district (with 2021–22 school enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Patrick McGaheran School with 394 students in grades K-2, Round Valley School with 375 students in grades 3-5 and Clinton Township Middle School with 426 students in grades 6-8. Students in grades 7 and 8 from Lebanon Borough attend the district's middle school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Lebanon Borough School District.
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, which also serves students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,358 students and 119.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also includes students from Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township, who attend Voorhees High School in Lebanon Township.
Eighth grade students from all of Hunterdon County are eligible to apply to attend the high school programs offered by the Hunterdon County Vocational School District, a county-wide vocational school district that offers career and technical education at its campuses in Raritan Township and at programs sited at local high schools, with no tuition charged to students for attendance.
Immaculate Conception School, located in Annandale and serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. In September 2013, the school was one of 15 in New Jersey to be recognized by the United States Department of Education as part of the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, an award called the "most prestigious honor in the United States' education system" and which Education Secretary Arne Duncan described as schools that "represent examples of educational excellence".
Transportation
Roads and highways
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As of May 2010[update], the township had a total of 119.00 miles (191.51 km) of roadways, of which 86.79 miles (139.67 km) were maintained by the municipality, 17.20 miles (27.68 km) by Hunterdon County and 15.01 miles (24.16 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
Several roadways pass through Clinton Township. These include Interstate 78, Route 22 and Route 31.
Rail and bus transportation
Annandale is an NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in the Annandale section of Clinton Township. There is a station building that is no longer used and there are two small shelters. This station has limited weekday service and no weekend service. NJ Transit offers bus service on the 884 route.
The Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line (formerly the mainline of the Lehigh Valley Railroad), runs through the southwest part of Clinton Township.
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Clinton Township include:
- Matthew Acosta (born 2002), soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club New York Red Bulls II
- Walter Chandoha (1920–2019), animal photographer, known especially for his 90,000 photographs of cats
- John B. Evans (1942–2004), publisher of The Village Voice
- Jason Knapp (born 1990), professional baseball pitcher
- Leonard Lance (born 1952), former member of the United States House of Representatives
- John Manners (1786–1853), physician, lawyer, and politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate
Surrounding communities
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High Bridge | Lebanon Township | Tewksbury Township | |
| Town of Clinton Union Township |
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| Franklin Township | Raritan Township | Readington Township |
The township completely surrounds the borough of Lebanon.
See also
In Spanish: Municipio de Clinton (Nueva Jersey) para niños
