Knowlton Township, New Jersey
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Knowlton Township is a Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 2,977. It is part of the eastern region of the Lehigh Valley.
Named after its "natural features or the appearance of its surface"[1] (a corruption of the word knoll), the township was formally organized by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on the second Tuesday of March in 1768.[1] The town is organized into two postal ZIP Codes under Columbia (07832) and Delaware (07833), although a small number of Knowlton residents receive postal deliveries via the Blairstown Township post office. The town is comprised of several small hamlets such as Polkville, Hainesburg, Mount Pleasant, Centerville and Knowlton itself.
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[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 65.6 km² (25.3 mi²). 64.2 km² (24.8 mi²) of it is land and 1.4 km² (0.5 mi²) of it (2.09%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 2,977 people, 1,028 households, and 816 families residing in the township. The population density was 46.4/km² (120.1/mi²). There were 1,135 housing units at an average density of 17.7/km² (45.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.45% White, 0.40% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.64% Asian, 0.47% from other races, and 0.97% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.85% of the population.
There were 1,028 households out of which 40.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.1% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.6% were non-families. 15.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.21.
In the township the population was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 101.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $63,409, and the median income for a family was $72,130. Males had a median income of $46,250 versus $35,326 for females. The per capita income for the township was $24,631. About 1.5% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 1.3% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Government
[edit] Local government
The Knowlton Township Committee consists of Mayor Frank Van Horn (term ends December 31, 2006), Deputy Mayor Ronald Farber (2008), René Mathez (2007), Keith Siroky (2007) and Peter Summers (2008).[2]
[edit] Federal, state and county representation
Knowltown Township is in the Fifth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 23rd Legislative District.[3]
New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District, covering the northern portions of Bergen County, Passaic County and Sussex County and all of Warren County, is represented by Scott Garrett (R, Wantage Township). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Robert Menendez (D, Hoboken).
The 23rd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Leonard Lance (R, Flemington) and in the Assembly by Michael J. Doherty (R, Oxford) and Marcia A. Karrow (R, Raritan Township). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).
Warren County is governed by a three-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Warren County's Freeholders are: Freeholder Director Richard D. Gardner (term ends 2006), Freeholder Deputy Director John DiMaio (2008) and Freeholder Everett A. Chamberlain (2007).
[edit] Education
Children in grades K through 6 attend the Knowlton Township Elementary School, which serves 351 students.
Students in grades 7 through 12 attend the North Warren Regional High School (1,044 students) in Blairstown, a public secondary high school, serving students from the townships of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton Township.
[edit] Transportation history
Much of Knowlton's development from about 1850 on can be traced to the presence of the five railroad lines that criss-crossed the township. Ironically, all of these rail lines have since been abandoned. In their heyday, however, two rail lines and three railroads served the town of Delaware: the New York, Susquehanna and Western (formerly Blair) Railroad; and the Old Road of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (which also had granted trackage rights to the Pennsylvania Railroad). The town of Columbia was also served by the NYS&W (Hainesburg also had a station), with the Lehigh and New England Railroad also passing through town.
In more recent years, the development within Knowlton has been tied to the presence of U.S. Route 46 and, since the early 1970s, Interstate 80. Indeed, many Knowlton residents use Route 80 to commute to their jobs either further east in New Jersey or further west in Pennsylvania.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Snell, James P. (1881) History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. (Centennial ed., Harmony, NJ: Harmony Press, 1981) pgs. 623, 625
- ^ Township Committee Members, accessed August 31, 2006
- ^ League of Women Voters: 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, p. 59, accessed August 30, 2006
[edit] External links
- Knowlton Township website
- Warren County page for Knowlton Township
- North Warren Regional School District
- North Warren Regional High School's 2004-2005 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics data for the North Warren Regional High School
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Warren County, New Jersey (County Seat: Belvidere) |
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| Townships | Allamuchy Township | Blairstown Township | Franklin Township | Frelinghuysen Township | Greenwich Township | Hardwick Township | Harmony Township | Hope Township | Independence Township | Knowlton Township | Liberty Township | Lopatcong Township | Mansfield Township | Oxford Township | Pohatcong Township | Washington Township | White Township |
| Towns | Belvidere | Hackettstown | Phillipsburg |
| Boroughs | Alpha | Washington |
| Communities | Allamuchy-Panther Valley | Beattystown | Brass Castle | Great Meadows-Vienna |
| Rivers | Bear Creek | Beaver Brook | Cory's Brook | Dead River | Delaware River | Lopatcong Creek | Musconetcong River | Paulins Kill | Pequest River | Pohatcong Creek | Pophandusing Creek | Yard's Creek |
