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Bernardsville (pronounced BERN-erds-ville, and is also locally heard as BERN-ids-ville) is a Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 7,345.
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.
It has been said that the horse head scene from The Godfather took place originally on Hardscrabble Road.

Geography

Bernardsville is located at (40.718800, -74.577675).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 12.9 square miles (33.5 km²), of which, 12.9 square miles (33.5 km²) of it's land and 0.08% is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 7,345 people, 2,723 households, and 2,050 families residing in the borough. The population density was 568.1 people per square mile (219.3/km²). There were 2,807 housing units at an average density of 217.1/sq mi (83.8/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 93.94% White, 0.25% African American, 0.15% Native American, 2.64% Asian, 1.55% from other races, and 1.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.98% of the population.
   There were 2,723 households out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.2% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families. 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.12.
   In the borough the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.
   The median income for a household in the borough was $104,162, and the median income for a family was $126,601. Males had a median income of $91,842 versus $50,732 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $69,854. About 1.6% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.3% of those under age 18 and 2.5% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

Bernardsville is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a six-member Borough Council, with all positions elected at large in partisan elections. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.
Bernardsville is governed by a Mayor and a six-member Borough Council. The Mayor of Bernardsville is Lee C. Honecker. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Joseph Rossi, Jr., Denis J. Dooley, II, Charlotte Foster, Ed McDowell, John McCrossan and Kevin Sooy.

Federal, state and county representation

Bernardsville is in the Seventh Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 16th Legislative District.

Education

Public school students in grades K - 12 attend the schools of the Somerset Hills Regional School District, a regional school district serving students from Bernardsville, Far Hills and Peapack-Gladstone, along with students from Bedminster who are sent to the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship. The three schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Bedwell Elementary School

(K - 4, 692 students), Bernardsville Middle School

(5 - 8, 554 students) and Bernards High School (9 - 12, 759 students), and are all located in Bernardsville.

History

Bernardsville was originally a section of Bernards Township known as Vealtown. In 1840, Vealtown became Bernardsville, named after Sir Francis Bernard, Colonial governor of New Jersey from 1758 to 1760. Nestled in the northern most part of Somerset County, just 12 miles south of Morristown, this rustic community sits in some of the last vestiges of the Great Eastern Forest.
After the Civil War, many wealthy and prominent New Yorkers moved into the area, first as summer visitors, then as permanent residents of the Bernardsville Mountain.
The Gladstone Branch railroad line was built through Bernardsville in 1872 and played an important role in the borough's development. Bernardsville didn't become an independent municipality until 1924, when it split from Bernards Township.

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Bernardsville include:

Brooke Astor (1902-2007), lived here during here marriage to John Dryden Kuser.
Forrest F. Dryden (1864-1932), President of Prudential Insurance Company.
John F. Dryden (1839-1911), Founder of Prudential Insurance Company and U.S. Senator.
Ernest Duncan (1916-1990), mathematician.
Marc Ecko (1972-), fashion designer and entrepreneur.
Millicent Fenwick (1910-1992), U.S. Congresswoman, United States representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Henry Janeway Hardenbergh (1847-1918), architect.
Andrew McCarthy (1962-), actor.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994), former first lady.
Donald Roebling (1908-1959), inventor of the amphtrack.
Meryl Streep (1949-), actress.
Mike Tyson (1966-) and Robin Givens (1964-).

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