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Salem, New Jersey

Salem is a city in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the county seat of Salem County, the state's most rural county. The name Salem, for both the city and county, is derived from the Hebrew word shalom, meaning peace. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 5,296, an increase of 150 (+2.9%) from the 2010 census count of 5,146,  which in turn reflected a decrease of 711 (−12.1%) from the 5,857 counted in the 2000 census. Salem is part of the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia greater metropolitan area.

The town and colony of Salem was laid out in 1675 by John Fenwick and the community was given permission to choose officers in October 1693. It was incorporated on February 21, 1798, as part of the initial group of 104 townships established by the New Jersey Legislature. On February 25, 1858, it was reincorporated as Salem City.

Salem had the second-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 6.519% in 2020, compared to 3.476% in Salem County and a statewide average of 2.279%.

History
Salem was founded by John Fenwick, a Quaker. Fenwick had been involved in a financial dispute with an Edward Byllynge, another Quaker, who had received the undivided portion of New Jersey territory that James Stuart, Duke of York had granted to Lord John Berkeley in 1664. Berkeley had sold his share to Byllynge in 1675 for 1,000 pounds, but Byllynge had become bankrupt and so had the property turned over to Fenwick to hold for Byllynge and his assigns in trust. Byllynge and Fenwick came to disagree over the property.

William Penn was asked to adjudicate the matter and he awarded 90% of the claim to Byllynge and the remaining 10% and a cash settlement to Fenwick for his share. Fenwick was dissatisfied with Penn's judgement and refused to abide by the decision; essentially Fenwick had no assurance that a previously bankrupt man would convey ten percent of the net proceeds of the future venture since he had not even paid the adjudicated cash settlement. So Fenwick organized a colony of settlers and sailed to the Delaware Bay where he settled as Patroon on the eastern shore near the abandoned Swedish settlement of Fort Nya Elfsborg and set himself up as the local governor of the fifth Tenth (approximately 20% of the original Edward Byllynge property), issuing land patents and enforcing his own laws in defiance of Byllynge and Penn. Byllynge countered by suing Fenwick, causing uncertainty in the chain of land title. The economic damages to those who controlled property within and near Salem caused many injured persons over the next decade to declare a long line of complaints and lawsuits in the colonial courts. To preserve Salem, its inhabitants and their property, Fenwick remained under arrest for months until copies of documents proving his claims were obtained from England. Fenwick ultimately proved the right of his claim in the court of Dominion Governor Andros, and returned to govern the Salem tenth by 1689. Salem remained as a settlement and continued growing.

In October 1693, the community was given permission to choose officers.

In 1778, the British launched an assault against the local American militia in what became known as the Salem Raid. During that assault, Judge William Hancock of the King's Court who was presiding at the County Courthouse at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, was accidentally killed by the British troops as part of the assault that became known as the Hancock House Massacre. After the war concluded, treason trials were held at the county courthouse where suspected Loyalists were put on trial for having allegedly aided the British raid of Salem. Four men were convicted and sentenced to death for treason; however, they were pardoned by Governor William Livingston and exiled from New Jersey.

Salem was formally incorporated on February 21, 1798, as one of the state's initial group of 104 townships by the New Jersey Legislature's Township Act of 1798.

The Old County Courthouse was the site of the legend of Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson proving the edibility of the tomato. According to legend, Colonel Johnson stood upon the courthouse steps in 1820 and ate tomatoes in front of a large amazed crowd assembled to watch him do so. However, the legend did not appear in print until 1948 and modern scholars doubt the veracity of this story.

On February 25, 1858, it was reincorporated as Salem City.

Historical buildings
The Old Salem County Courthouse serves today as the administrative offices for Salem City. It is the oldest active courthouse in New Jersey and is the second-oldest courthouse in continuous use in the United States. The Courthouse was erected in 1735 during the reign of King George II using locally manufactured bricks. The building was enlarged in 1817 and additionally enlarged and remodeled in 1908. Its distinctive bell tower is essentially unchanged and the original bell sits in the courtroom.

Geography
Salem is located along the Salem River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 2.81 square miles (7.29 km2), including 2.34 square miles (6.07 km2) of land and 0.47 square miles (1.22 km2) of water (16.73%).

The city borders the Salem County municipalities of Elsinboro Township, Lower Alloways Creek Township, Mannington Township, Pennsville Township and Quinton Township.

Climate
The climate in the area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Salem has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 5,146 people, 2,157 households, and 1,264 families in the city. The population density was 2,195.9 PD/sqmi. There were 2,633 housing units at an average density of 1,123.6 /sqmi. The racial makeup was 31.21% (1,606) White, 62.13% (3,197) Black or African American, 0.41% (21) Native American, 0.39% (20) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 1.85% (95) from other races, and 4.02% (207) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.68% (344) of the population.

Of the 2,157 households, 28.9% had children under the age of 18; 22.8% were married couples living together; 30.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 41.4% were non-families. Of all households, 35.5% were made up of individuals and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.05.

28.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 22.4% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 80.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 73.5 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $25,682 (with a margin of error of +/− $5,287) and the median family income was $38,286 (+/− $5,682). Males had a median income of $47,708 (+/− $9,641) versus $32,236 (+/− $5,778) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $17,733 (+/− $2,366). About 26.5% of families and 28.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 43.4% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the 2000 U.S. census, there were 5,857 people, 2,383 households, and 1,463 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,244.3 PD/sqmi. There were 2,863 housing units at an average density of 1,097.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 37.46% White, 56.77% African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 1.38% from other races, and 3.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.88% of the population.

There were 2,383 households, out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 27.7% were married couples living together, 29.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.6% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.10.

The population was spread out, with 31.0% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,846, and the median income for a family was $29,699. Males had a median income of $35,389 versus $24,354 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,559. About 24.7% of families and 26.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.3% of those under age 18 and 12.1% of those age 65 or over.

Local government
Salem is governed under the City form of New Jersey municipal government. The city is one of 15 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The government is comprised of the Mayor and the eight-member City Council. The mayor is elected at-large to a three-year term of office. The City Council is comprised of eight members, with four members representing one of two wards, East and West. Council members are elected to four-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one seat from each ward up for election each year. All members of the governing body are chosen on a partisan basis as part of the November general election.

, the Mayor of Salem is Democrat Jody Veler, whose term of office ends December 31, 2024. Members of the City Council are Council President Earl R. Gage (D, 2022; West Ward), Council President Pro Tempore Timothy H. Gregory Jr. (D, 2022; East Ward), Sharen A. Cline (D, 2024, East Ward), Robert L. Davis (D, 2023; East Ward), Vaughn Groce (D, 2025, East Ward), Sharon K. Kellum (D, 2024, West Ward), Gail Slaughter (D, 2023; West Ward) and James W. Smith (D, 2025; West Ward).

Ruth Carter was named in October 2013 to fill the seat vacated in the previous month by Bob Johnson, who resigned due to family obligations. Carter served on an interim basis until the November 2014 general election, when she was elected to fill the balance of the term of office through December 2016. Vaughn Groce was chosen in January 2013 to fill the seat of Charles Washington Jr., expiring in December 2013 that was vacated when he took office as mayor.

Federal, state, and county representation
Salem City is located in the 2nd Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 3rd state legislative district.

Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 2,975 registered voters in Salem, of which 1,502 (50.5% vs. 30.6% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 229 (7.7% vs. 21.0%) were registered as Republicans and 1,244 (41.8% vs. 48.4%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties. Among the city's 2010 Census population, 57.8% (vs. 64.6% in Salem County) were registered to vote, including 80.5% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 84.4% countywide).

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 83.4% of the vote (1,674 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 15.4% (309 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (24 votes), among the 2,022 ballots cast by the city's 3,322 registered voters (15 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 60.9%. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 1,635 votes (78.8% vs. 50.4% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 390 votes (18.8% vs. 46.6%) and other candidates with 18 votes (0.9% vs. 1.6%), among the 2,074 ballots cast by the city's 3,141 registered voters, for a turnout of 66.0% (vs. 71.8% in Salem County). In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 1,266 votes (70.4% vs. 45.9% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 506 votes (28.1% vs. 52.5%) and other candidates with 16 votes (0.9% vs. 1.0%), among the 1,799 ballots cast by the city's 2,957 registered voters, for a turnout of 60.8% (vs. 71.0% in the whole county).

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 55.3% of the vote (538 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 41.0% (399 votes), and other candidates with 3.7% (36 votes), among the 1,061 ballots cast by the city's 3,201 registered voters (88 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 33.1%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 731 ballots cast (66.3% vs. 39.9% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 241 votes (21.8% vs. 46.1%), Independent Chris Daggett with 73 votes (6.6% vs. 9.7%) and other candidates with 35 votes (3.2% vs. 2.0%), among the 1,103 ballots cast by the city's 3,101 registered voters, yielding a 35.6% turnout (vs. 47.3% in the county).

Education
The Salem City School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,226 students and 99.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1. Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are John Fenwick Academy with 358 students in grades PreK-2, Salem Middle School with 444 students in grades 3-8, and Salem High School with 399 students in grades 9-12.

Public school students from Elsinboro, Lower Alloways Creek Township, Mannington Township and Quinton Township attend the district's high school for grades 9–12 as part of sending/receiving relationships.

The Catholic K–8 school St. Mary Regional School of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden closed in 2000, with students redirected to Bishop Guilfoyle Regional Catholic School in Carneys Point, which in turn closed in 2010. Guardian Angels Regional School is a K-8 school that operates under the auspices of the Diocese of Camden and accepts students from Salem. Its PreK-3 campus is in Gibbstown while its 4-8 campus is in Paulsboro.

Salem Community College is in nearby Carneys Point Township.

Transportation
The Port of Salem was designated by the British Crown in 1682 as a port of entry on the Salem River accessible via the Delaware River. It handles a variety of bulk cargo, notably of construction aggregate, break bulk cargo, and containers for clothing, fishing apparel, agricultural produce, and other consumer goods. South Jersey Port Corporation operates the Salem Terminal on a 22-acre complex located west of downtown.

Extending for 1.2 mi, the Glass House Spur of the Salem Branch begins at the Port of Salem and is operated by the Southern Railroad of New Jersey with connections to Conrail's South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area operations at Swedesboro.

Roads and highways
, the city had a total of 24.79 mi of roadways, of which 16.57 mi were maintained by the municipality, 5.95 mi by Salem County and 2.27 mi by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

State highways passing through Salem include Route 45, which has its southern terminus at its intersection with Route 49. Nearby highways and structures include Interstate 295, the New Jersey Turnpike and the Delaware Memorial Bridge.

Public transportation
NJ Transit offers bus service between the city and Philadelphia on the 401 route and local service on the 468 route.

The Delaware City–Salem Ferry was a seasonal service operating between Barber's Basin and Delaware City, Delaware, until it was rerouted to Fort Mott in 2015 and became the Forts Ferry Crossing.

Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Salem include:

 * Forman S. Acton (1920–2014), computer scientist, engineer, educator and author
 * Collins B. Allen (1866–1953), President of the New Jersey Senate
 * Isaac Ambrose Barber (1852–1909), member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland, serving from 1897 to 1899
 * Ephraim Bee (1802–1888), pioneer, blacksmith, and inn-keeper of Doddridge County, West Virginia, which he represented in the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1863 and 1866–1867
 * Benjamin H. Brewster (1816–1888), United States Attorney General from 1881 to 1885
 * A. B. Brown (born 1965), running back who played for three seasons in the NFL with the New York Jets
 * Alexander G. Cattell (1816–1894), United States Senator from New Jersey
 * William Cassady Cattell (1827-1898), Presbyterian educator and seventh president of Lafayette College
 * John Chowning (born 1934), musician, inventor and professor who developed FM synthesis
 * Henry T. Ellett (1812–1887), member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi who died while delivering a welcome address for President Grover Cleveland
 * Duke Esper (1868–1910), pitcher who played for nine professional seasons in Major League Baseball
 * Gene Foster (born 1942), running back who played for six seasons for the San Diego Chargers
 * Johnny Gaudreau (born 1993), professional hockey player for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL
 * Goose Goslin (1900–1971), Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player
 * William J. Hughes (1932–2019), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives
 * Orlando Jordan (born 1974), retired professional wrestler, best known for his stint in WWE where he was a one-time United States Champion
 * Anthony Quinton Keasbey (1824–1895), lawyer and poet, who served for 25 years as United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
 * Lydell Mitchell (born 1949), running back in the National Football League from 1972 to 1980
 * Thomas A. Pankok (1931–2022), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1982 to 1986, where he represented the 3rd Legislative District
 * John R. Patrick (born 1945), business executive, author and innovative leader in the information technology industry
 * Charles J. Pedersen (1904–1989), organic chemist and winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 * John S. Rock (1826–1866), African-American doctor, dentist, abolitionist and lawyer
 * Hetty Reckless (1776–1881), abolitionist
 * Clement Hall Sinnickson (1834–1919), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1875 to 1879
 * Alice Barber Stephens (1858–1932), painter and engraver, best remembered for her illustrations
 * Jonathan Taylor (born 1999), running back for the Indianapolis Colts who set the New Jersey state record with 2,815 rushing yards as a senior at Salem High School
 * John Test (1771–1849), member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana who served from 1829 to 1831
 * Hedge Thompson (1780–1828), represented New Jersey's at-large congressional district from 1827 until his death in 1828
 * Edward Trenchard (1785–1824), captain of the United States Navy
 * Jay Venuto (born 1958), former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for the Baltimore Colts and the New York Jets, and in the United States Football League for the Birmingham Stallions
 * John A. Waddington (1911–1981), politician who served as Majority Leader of the New Jersey Senate

title: Salem, New Jersey


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Upper Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey

Upper Pittsgrove Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 3,432, a decrease of 73 (−2.1%) from the 2010 census count of 3,505, which in turn reflected an increase of 37 (+1.1%) from the 3,468 counted in the 2000 census.

Upper Pittsgrove Township was incorporated on March 10, 1846, from portions of Pittsgrove Township. Portions of the township were taken on January 28, 1893, to form Elmer.

The township was named for Pittsgrove Township, which in turn was named for William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, a supporter of the colonial cause.

It is a dry town, where alcohol cannot be sold, as affirmed by a referendum passed in 1979, though alcohol is available at a winery and a distillery in the township.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 40.39 square miles (104.60 km2), including 40.24 square miles (104.23 km2) of land and 0.15 square miles (0.38 km2) of water (0.36%). Upper Pittsgrove leads New Jersey in acres of active agriculture and preserved farmland. The Salem River has its source in the township.

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Ballingers Mill, Daretown, Foxs Mill, Friendship Church, Monroeville, New Freedom, Newkirk, Pittsgrove, Pole Tavern, Shirley, Whig Lane and Woods Mills.

The township borders Alloway Township, Elmer, Pilesgrove Township and Pittsgrove Township in Salem County; Upper Deerfield Township in Cumberland County; and Elk Township, Franklin Township and South Harrison Township in Gloucester County.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 3,505 people, 1,247 households, and 932 families in the township. The population density was 86.9 PD/sqmi. There were 1,310 housing units at an average density of 32.5 /sqmi. The racial makeup was 94.89% (3,326) White, 2.17% (76) Black or African American, 0.43% (15) Native American, 0.23% (8) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 0.91% (32) from other races, and 1.37% (48) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.02% (106) of the population.

Of the 1,247 households, 28.4% had children under the age of 18; 62.6% were married couples living together; 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 25.3% were non-families. Of all households, 20.9% were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.17.

22.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.7 years. For every 100 females, the population had 102.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 100.4 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $80,957 (with a margin of error of +/− $12,476) and the median family income was $83,438 (+/− $13,632). Males had a median income of $55,246 (+/− $4,750) versus $36,316 (+/− $13,317) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $30,264 (+/− $3,595). About 2.4% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the 2000 United States Census there were 3,468 people, 1,207 households, and 959 families residing in the township. The population density was 85.9 PD/sqmi. There were 1,250 housing units at an average density of 31.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 94.84% White, 2.16% African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 1.30% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.14% of the population.

There were 1,207 households, out of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.5% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 16.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the township the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $53,813, and the median income for a family was $56,768. Males had a median income of $41,319 versus $27,976 for females. The per capita income for the township was $21,732. About 6.0% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

Local government
Upper Pittsgrove Township is governed under the Township form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state. The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle. At an annual reorganization meeting, the council selects one of its members to serves as mayor and another as deputy mayor.

, members of the Upper Pittsgrove Township Council are Mayor Edward J. Meschi (R, term on committee ends December 31, 2023; term as mayor ends 2022), Deputy Mayor David Zeck Sr. (R, term on committee ends 2023; term as deputy mayor ends 2022), Bruce W. Bishop (R, 2024), Jack R. Cimprich (R, 2024) and Michael J. Seery Sr. (R, 2022).

Federal, state and county representation
Upper Pittsgrove Township is located in the 2nd Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 3rd state legislative district.

Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 2,370 registered voters in Upper Pittsgrove Township, of which 447 (18.9% vs. 30.6% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 688 (29.0% vs. 21.0%) were registered as Republicans and 1,235 (52.1% vs. 48.4%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties. Among the township's 2010 Census population, 67.6% (vs. 64.6% in Salem County) were registered to vote, including 87.1% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 84.4% countywide).

In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 65.3% of the vote (1,102 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 33.1% (558 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (27 votes), among the 1,699 ballots cast by the township's 2,395 registered voters (12 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 70.9%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 1,173 votes (64.8% vs. 46.6% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 595 votes (32.9% vs. 50.4%) and other candidates with 23 votes (1.3% vs. 1.6%), among the 1,810 ballots cast by the township's 2,449 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.9% (vs. 71.8% in Salem County). In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 1,192 votes (64.4% vs. 52.5% countywide), ahead of Democrat John Kerry with 621 votes (33.6% vs. 45.9%) and other candidates with 29 votes (1.6% vs. 1.0%), among the 1,850 ballots cast by the township's 2,477 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.7% (vs. 71.0% in the whole county).

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 76.9% of the vote (896 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 20.1% (234 votes), and other candidates with 3.0% (35 votes), among the 1,172 ballots cast by the township's 2,372 registered voters (7 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 49.4%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 814 votes (59.2% vs. 46.1% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 372 votes (27.0% vs. 39.9%), Independent Chris Daggett with 138 votes (10.0% vs. 9.7%) and other candidates with 32 votes (2.3% vs. 2.0%), among the 1,376 ballots cast by the township's 2,441 registered voters, yielding a 56.4% turnout (vs. 47.3% in the county).

Education
The Upper Pittsgrove School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade at Upper Pittsgrove School. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 322 students and 34.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1.

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Woodstown High School in Woodstown, which serves students from Pilesgrove Township and Woodstown, along with students Alloway Township, Oldmans Township and Upper Pittsgrove Township who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 559 students and 49.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1.

Roads and highways
, the township has a total of 111.44 mi of roadways, of which 43.02 mi were maintained by the municipality, 51.38 mi by Salem County and 17.04 mi by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

State Route 77 runs through the center of the township for 7.6 mi from Upper Deerfield Township in Cumberland County to Elk Township in Gloucester County to the north. U.S. Route 40 (Harding Highway) runs across the township for about 10.0 mi, from Pilesgrove Township in the west, enters Elmer borough, re-enters the township and continues to Franklin Township in Gloucester County to the east. County Route 553 (Buck Road) cuts across the eastern panhandle of the township, from Pittsgrove Township in the south to Franklin Township in the north. County Route 581 (Commissioners Pike) enters on the western border from Pilesgrove Township and heads north for 3.5 mi towards South Harrison Township.

Pole Tavern Circle is a traffic circle at the intersection of U.S. Route 40, State Route 77, Monroeville Road (County Route 604), and Daretown Road (County Route 635). The Pole Tavern Circle, named for a liberty pole that stood at the site during the American Revolutionary War, is the location of a large historic cannon that was first placed there in 1913.

Public transportation
NJ Transit provides service between Bridgeton and Philadelphia on the 410 route.

Winery

 * Monroeville Vineyard & Winery

Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Upper Pittsgrove include:
 * Roscoe Lockwood (1875–1960), rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics

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Woodstown, New Jersey

Woodstown is a borough in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,678, an increase of 173 (+4.9%) from the 2010 census count of 3,505, which in turn reflected an increase of 369 (+11.8%) from the 3,136 counted in the 2000 census.

Woodstown was established on July 26, 1882, from portions of Pilesgrove Township based on the results of a referendum held that same day. The borough's incorporation was confirmed on March 3, 1925. The borough was named for early settler Jackanias (or Jaconias) Wood.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.62 square miles (4.18 km2), including 1.58 square miles (4.08 km2) of land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of water (2.47%).

The Borough of Woodstown is an independent municipality completely surrounded by Pilesgrove Township, making it part of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another. Woodstown serves as the more densely settled commercial core of the paired communities, while Pilesgrove is more agricultural.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 3,505 people, 1,444 households, and 939 families in the borough. The population density was 2,211.8 PD/sqmi. There were 1,529 housing units at an average density of 964.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup was 82.25% (2,883) White, 11.44% (401) Black or African American, 0.51% (18) Native American, 1.17% (41) Asian, 0.03% (1) Pacific Islander, 1.28% (45) from other races, and 3.31% (116) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.56% (195) of the population.

Of the 1,444 households, 31.6% had children under the age of 18; 45.7% were married couples living together; 15.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 35.0% were non-families. Of all households, 29.2% were made up of individuals and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.99.

25.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 90.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 85.5 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $62,958 (with a margin of error of +/− $8,239) and the median family income was $74,479 (+/− $7,727). Males had a median income of $64,688 (+/− $16,960) versus $40,781 (+/− $8,241) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $31,074 (+/− $3,576). About 3.4% of families and 8.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.0% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census there were 3,136 people, 1,304 households, and 839 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,975.6 PD/sqmi. There were 1,389 housing units at an average density of 875.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the borough was 85.04% White, 12.91% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.73% Asian, 0.26% from other races, and 0.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.56% of the population.

There were 1,304 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.8 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $44,533, and the median income for a family was $56,328. Males had a median income of $42,175 versus $31,169 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $24,182. About 3.5% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

Local government
Woodstown is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey. The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. The borough form of government used by Woodstown is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.

, the Mayor of the Borough of Woodstown is (D Joseph H. Hiles, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027. Members of the Woodstown Borough Council are Council President Glenn Merkle (R, 2024), Heather Bobbitt (R, 2026), Jim Hackett (R, 2026), Stacy Shorty - Carney (D, 2024), Bertha Hyman (R, 2025) and Kristin Nixon (R, 2024).

In March 2015, the borough council selected Debbie Tierno from among three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the vacant seat of Fran Grenier who had resigned the previous month.

Matt Perry was selected by the borough council in December 2013 from among three candidates offered by the Republican municipal committee to fill the vacant seat of Veronica Soultz who resigned from office the previous month after moving out of the borough.

Federal, state and county representation
Woodstown is located in the 2nd Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 3rd state legislative district.

Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 2,340 registered voters in Woodstown, of which 664 (28.4% vs. 30.6% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 573 (24.5% vs. 21.0%) were registered as Republicans and 1,099 (47.0% vs. 48.4%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 4 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens. Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 66.8% (vs. 64.6% in Salem County) were registered to vote, including 89.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 84.4% countywide).

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 51.7% of the vote (886 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 46.2% (792 votes), and other candidates with 2.1% (36 votes), among the 1,728 ballots cast by the borough's 2,497 registered voters (14 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 69.2%. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 936 votes (52.3% vs. 50.4% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 821 votes (45.8% vs. 46.6%) and other candidates with 19 votes (1.1% vs. 1.6%), among the 1,791 ballots cast by the borough's 2,340 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.5% (vs. 71.8% in Salem County). In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 818 votes (50.8% vs. 52.5% countywide), ahead of Democrat John Kerry with 766 votes (47.5% vs. 45.9%) and other candidates with 11 votes (0.7% vs. 1.0%), among the 1,611 ballots cast by the borough's 2,241 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.9% (vs. 71.0% in the whole county).

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 62.9% of the vote (704 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 34.6% (387 votes), and other candidates with 2.5% (28 votes), among the 1,132 ballots cast by the borough's 2,472 registered voters (13 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 45.8%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 522 votes (45.4% vs. 46.1% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 489 votes (42.5% vs. 39.9%), Independent Chris Daggett with 108 votes (9.4% vs. 9.7%) and other candidates with 19 votes (1.7% vs. 2.0%), among the 1,150 ballots cast by the borough's 2,361 registered voters, yielding a 48.7% turnout (vs. 47.3% in the county).

Education
The Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Woodstown and Pilesgrove Township. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,425 students and 126.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center with 83 students in grades PreK-K, Mary S. Shoemaker Elementary School with 470 students in grades 1-5, Woodstown Middle School with 278 students in grades 6-8 and Woodstown High School with 579 students in grades 9-12. Students from neighboring Alloway Township, Oldmans Township and Upper Pittsgrove Township attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships. A majority of public school students in grades 9–12 from Oldmans Township attend Penns Grove High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School.

Roads and highways
, the borough had a total of 18.28 mi of roadways, of which 11.51 mi were maintained by the municipality, 4.66 mi by Salem County, and 2.11 mi by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

U.S. Route 40 traverses the borough roughly east to west and Route 45 roughly south to north.

Public transportation
NJ Transit provides bus service between Salem and Philadelphia on the 401 route, with local service offered on the 468 route operating between Penns Grove and Woodstown.

The 18.6 mi southern portion of the freight rail Salem Branch operated under contract by Southern Railroad of New Jersey runs through the borough.

Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Woodstown include:

 * Teyona Anderson (born 1989), winner of America's Next Top Model (season 12)
 * David Bailey, politician who represents the 3rd legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly since January 2024
 * Isaac Ambrose Barber (1852–1909), U.S. Congressman from Maryland, serving from 1897 to 1899
 * Mario Cerrito (born 1984), horror filmmaker
 * Isaiah D. Clawson (1820–1879), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1855 to 1859
 * Fred Drains (born 1971), American-born and naturalized Swedish basketball player
 * Rachel Davis DuBois (1892–1993), educator, human rights activist and pioneer of intercultural education
 * Hilly Flitcraft (1923–2003), pitcher whose MLB career consisted of three games played with the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1942 season at the age of 19
 * Elwood L. Haines (1893–1949), Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa from 1944 to 1949
 * Irv Halter (born 1954), retired United States Air Force major general who ran for Congress in Colorado in the 2014 elections
 * Tara LaRosa (born 1978), mixed martial arts fighter
 * Everett Shinn (1876–1953), realist painter best known for his work with the Ashcan School

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Sisters of Mercy

The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute for women in the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. As of 2019, the institute has about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations. They also started many education and health care facilities around the world.

Founding
The Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy began when Catherine McAuley used an inheritance to build a large house on Baggot Street, Dublin, as a school for poor girls and a shelter for homeless servant girls and women. She was assisted in the works of the house by local women. There was no idea then of founding a religious institution; McAuley's plan was to establish a society of secular ladies who would spend a few hours daily in instructing the poor. Gradually the ladies adopted a black dress and cape of the same material reaching to the belt, a white collar and a lace cap and veil.

In 1828, Archbishop Daniel Murray advised Miss McAuley to choose some name by which the little group might be known, and she chose that of "Sisters of Mercy", having the design of making the works of mercy the distinctive feature of the institute. She was, moreover, desirous that the members should combine with the silence and prayer of the Carmelite, the active labors of a Sister of Charity. The position of the institute was anomalous, its members were not bound by vows nor were they under a particular rule.

Archbishop Murray asked the Sisters of Mercy to declare their intentions as to the future of their institute, whether it was to be classed as a religious congregation or to become secularized. The associates unanimously decided to become religious. It was deemed better to have this congregation unconnected with any already existing community.

On the Octave of the Ascension 1829 the archbishop blessed the chapel of the institution and dedicated it to Our Lady of Mercy. This combination of the contemplative and the active life necessary for the duties of the congregation called forth so much opposition that it seemed as though the community, now numbering twelve, must disband; but it was settled that several of the sisters should make their novitiates in some approved religious house and after their profession return to the institute to train the others to religious life.

The Presentation Sisters, whose rule was based on the Rule of St. Augustine, seemed best adapted for the training of the first novices of the new congregation and Miss McAuley, Miss Elizabeth Harley, and Miss Anna Maria Doyle began their novitiate at George's Hill, Dublin, on 8 September 1830. While they were in training, Miss Frances Warde managed the affairs of the Baggot Street house.

On 12 December 1831, Catherine McAuley, Mary Ann Doyle, and Mary Elizabeth Harley professed their religious vows as the first Sisters of Mercy, thereby founding the congregation. In 1839 Mary Francis Bridgeman professed her vows and joined the congregation

Expansion
In the 10 years between the founding and her death on 11 November 1841, McAuley had established additional independent foundations in Ireland and England: Tullamore (1836), Charleville (1836), Carlow (1837), Cork (1837), Limerick (1838), Bermondsey, London (1839), Galway (1840), Birr (1840), and St Mary's Convent, Birmingham (1841), as well as branch houses of the Dublin community in Kingstown (1835) and Booterstown (1838).

The Sisters offered free schools for the poor, academies for the daughters of the rising middle class, and “houses of mercy”, providing shelter for poor youth and women in Dublin and other cities who were in danger of being exploited. They were called upon by bishops in several major epidemics of cholera to nurse people in homes and in the public hospitals.

Their services were in much demand. McAuley opened the first Convent of Mercy in England at Bermondsey on 19 November 1839 for the education of children and the visitation of the poor, sick, and needy. Mother Mary Clare Moore was appointed Superior. The convent was designed in the 'Gothic Style' by Augustus Pugin, his first purpose-designed religious community building. It was destroyed during World War II.

In May 1842, at the request of Bishop Fleming, a small colony of Sisters of Mercy crossed the Atlantic to found the congregation at St. John's, Newfoundland. In 1846, the sisters arrived in Perth, Australia. In the United States, the first community of Sisters of Mercy was established in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1843 followed by Providence, Rhode Island in 1851. Sisters from Limerick opened a house in Glasgow in 1849 and a band from Carlow, Irland arrived in New Zealand, in 1850. In 1860, St Catharine's Convent was founded in Edinburgh and in 1868, the English community established houses in Shrewsbury and on the island of Guernsey.

Crimean War
With the London Times reporting appalling conditions at the front, the War Office appealed for volunteer nurses. On 14 October 1854, Bishop Thomas Grant, of Southwark approached the Sisters at Bermondsey. Together with other nuns, six Bermondsey Sisters of Mercy, including Mary Bernard Dickson, travelled to Crimea to work under Nightingale.

Boer War
At the request of the bishop of Mahikeng, Dr Anthony Gaughran, sisters came to South Africa to found convents there. Mother Superior Teresa Cowley led a group from the convent in Strabane, with the group acting as nurses to the military during the siege of Mahikeng.

Mercy International Association
In 1992 leaders of the various congregations formed the "Mercy International Association" to foster collaboration and cooperation. The Mercy International Centre is located in Dublin. Members of the Association are:
 * Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
 * Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia
 * Sisters of Mercy of Great Britain
 * Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy (Ireland)
 * Nga Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa Sisters of Mercy New Zealand
 * Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland
 * Religious Sisters of Mercy (Philippines)

Vows and activities
Sisters of Mercy is an international community of Roman Catholic women religious vowed to serve people who suffer from poverty, sickness and lack of education with a special concern for women and children. Members take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the evangelical counsels commonly vowed in religious life, and, in addition, vows of service.

They continue to participate in the life of the surrounding community. In keeping with their mission of serving the poor and needy, many sisters engage in teaching, medical care, and community programs. The organization is active in lobbying and politics.

Constitution
The Sisters of Mercy are constituted as religious and charitable organizations in a number of countries. Mercy International Association is a registered charity in Ireland.

Controversies
In 1869 Sister of Mercy Susan Saurin brought suit against her superiors accusing them of bullying, assault and imprisonment, and claiming £5,000 in damages. The "Great Convent Case" opened at Westminster Hall with heightened press interest given Victorian antipathy to all things Catholic. The Daily Telegraph made a special publication on the "Inner Life of the Hull Nunnery Exposed" to cover the trial. Saurin won her case and was awarded fifty pounds in damages.

In May 2009, the institute was among four religious congregations for women that have come under scrutiny and criticism for their part in running Magdalene laundries in decades past, where women were brought by the state or their families for being unmarried and pregnant, or for other reasons. The report found that girls supervised by congregations or orders, chiefly the Sisters of Mercy, suffered much less sexual abuse but instead endured frequent assaults and humiliation.

The Mercy Sisters have noted they were not compensated for caring for the women and that the laundries were not profit-making ventures. "We acknowledge fully the limitations of the service we provided for these women when compared with today's standards and sincerely wish that it could have been different. We trust that the implications of the changed context are understood by the wider society."

In 2011, as part of their Sculpture Trail initiative, the Ennis Tidy Towns Committee erected a statue at the site of the old St. Xavier's Primary School, now the Clare Museum. Created by Barry Wrafter, it was commissioned to celebrate the work of the Sisters of Mercy since their coming to the town in 1854.

Australia
• Academy of Mary Immaculate, Fitzroy, Victoria

• All Hallows' School, Brisbane, Queensland

• Aranmore Catholic College, Leederville, Western Australia

• Bunbury Catholic College, Bunbury, Western Australia

• Catherine McAuley College, Bendigo, Victoria

• Catherine McAuley School, Westmead, New South Wales

• Damascus College, Ballarat, Victoria

• Holy Cross Primary School, Wooloowin, Queensland

• Holy Spirit Primary School, North Ryde, New South Wales

• Mercedes College, Adelaide, South Australia

• Mercedes College, Perth, Western Australia

• Mercy College, Coburg, Victoria

• Mercy College, Koondoola, Western Australia

• Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College, North Sydney, New South Wales

• Mount Lilydale Mercy College, Lilydale, Victoria

• Our Lady of Lourdes, Dardanup, Western Australia

• Our Lady of Lourdes, Earlwood, New South Wales

• Our Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg, Victoria

• Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta, New South Wales

• Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Springsure, Queensland

• Padua College, Mornington, Victoria

• Patrick's College Australia, Sydney, New South Wales

• Sacred Heart College, Kyneton, Victoria

• Sacred Heart College, Geelong, Victoria

• Santa Maria College, Attadale, Western Australia

• St Ann's College, Victoria (amalgamated in 1991 to form Emmanuel College, Warrnambool, Victoria)

• St Aloysius' College (Adelaide)

• St Aloysius' College, Melbourne, Victoria

• St Anthony's, Girraween, New South Wales

• St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Mossman, Queensland

• St Brigid's College, Lesmurdie, Western Australia

• St Mary's College, Gunnedah, New South Wales

• St John's Catholic Primary School, Cobar, New South Wales

• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Mackay, Queensland

• St Mary's College, Erskineville, Sydney, New South Wales

• St Patrick's College, Townsville, Queensland

• St Patricks, Primary School, Wallsend, New South Wales

• St Saviour's College, Toowoomba, Queensland

• St Saviour's Primary School, Toowoomba, Queensland

• Star of the Sea School, Adelaide, South Australia

• Ursula Frayne Catholic College, Perth, Western Australia

Canada

 * Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, St. John's, Newfoundland
 * St. Augustine's Elementary School, St. John's, Newfoundland
 * St. Bride's College, St. John's, Newfoundland

Ireland
• Carysfort College, Dublin

• Coláiste Íosagáin, County Dublin

• Coláiste Muire, Ennis, County Clare

• Convent of Mercy, Ballymahon, County Longford

• Convent of Mercy, Navan, County Meath

• Convent of Mercy, Templemore, County Tipperary

• Convent of Mercy, Roscommon, County Roscommon

• Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

• Mercy Secondary School, Mounthawk, Tralee, County Kerry

• Mount Mercy College, Cork City, Cork

• Mount Saint Michael, Rosscarbery County Cork

• Mount Saint Michael's Secondary School, County Mayo

• Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School, Longford

• Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School, Waterford

• Sacred Heart Secondary School, Clonakilty, County Cork

• Sacred Heart Secondary School, Tullamore, County Offaly

• Sacred Heart Secondary School, County Louth

• Sancta Maria College, Ballyroan, Dublin

• Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh, County Cork

• Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana

• St Anne's Technical School, Kilcormac, County Offaly

• St Augustine's Industrial School for Girls, Templemore, County Tipperary

• Our Lady's Secondary School, Castleblayney, County Monaghan

• St. Joseph's National School, Tullamore, County Offaly

• St Joseph's Secondary School, Tulla, County Clare

• St Joseph's Secondary School, Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath

• St Leo's College, Carlow

• St Mary's College, Arklow, County Wicklow

• St Mary's College, Naas, County Kildare

• St Mary's Secondary School, Ballina, County Mayo

• St Mary's Secondary School, Macroom, County Cork

• St Mary's Secondary School, Charleville, County Cork

• St Raphael's College, Loughrea, County Galway

• St Vincent's Secondary School, Dundalk, County Louth

• Mercy Secondary School, Kilbeggan, County Westmeath

Jamaica

 * Convent of Mercy "Alpha" Academy, Kingston
 * St. John Bosco Boys Home, Mandeville
 * Mount Saint Joseph Preparatory School, Mandeville

New Zealand
In 1849 Bishop Pompallier visited St Leo's Convent in Carlow, Ireland, seeking sisters to emigrate; eight left from St Leo's, led by Mother Mary Cecilia. They travelled to New Zealand, learning Māori along the way, establishing the Sisters of Mercy in Auckland as the first female religious community in New Zealand in 1850. • Carmel College, Milford, Auckland

• Holy Cross School, Papatoetoe, Auckland

• Moreau College, Dunedin

• McAuley High School, Ōtāhuhu, Auckland

• Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School, Epsom, Auckland

• Pompallier Catholic School, Kaitaia

• Sacred Heart Cathedral School, Thorndon, Wellington

• St Bernard's School, Wellington

• St Catherine's College, Wellington

• St Josephs School, Takapuna, Auckland

• St Mary's College, Auckland

• St Mary's College, Christchurch

• St Mary's College, Wellington

• St Mary's School, Avondale, Auckland

• St Mary's in the City Primary School, Christchurch

• St Mary's Primary School, Gore

• St Michael's School, Rotorua

• St Peter's College, Gore

• St Philomena's College, Dunedin

• Villa Maria College, Christchurch

Philippines

 * Holy Infant College, Tacloban City
 * Assumption Academy, Tanauan, Leyte
 * Cathedral School of La Naval, Naval, Biliran
 * Holy Cross High School, Camp Philips, Bukidnon

United Kingdom
• Broughton Hall High School, Liverpool

• Maricourt Catholic High School, Maghull

• Mount Lourdes Grammar School, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh

• Our Lady's Abingdon, Abingdon-on-Thames

• Our Lady's Grammar School, Newry, County Down Northern Ireland

• Star of the Sea Primary School, Warrenpoint, County Down, Northern Ireland

• St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy, Sunderland

• St. Catherine's School, Twickenham

• St Edward's, Lisson Grove, Marylebone, London

• St Eugene's Senior School, Francis Street, Derry, Northern Ireland

• St Eugene's Infant School, Francis Street, Derry, Northern Ireland

• Thornhill College, Culmore, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

• St Fanchea's College, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

• St Joseph's Convent Preparatory School, Gravesend, Kent

• St Joseph's Primary School, Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland

• St Joseph's Convent School, Crackley, Kenilworth, Warwickshire

• St Joseph's Convent School, Wanstead

• St Joseph's in the Park, Hertingfordbury Park, Hertford, Hertfordshire

• St Mary's College, Derry, Northern Ireland

• St Joseph's Park Hill School, Burnley

• St Patrick's School, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton

• St Philip Howard Catholic Primary School, Hatfield

• St Thomas of Aquin's High School, Edinburgh, Scotland

• St Ursula's School, Bristol

• St Winefride's School, Shrewsbury

• The McAuley Catholic High School, Doncaster

United States

 * Holy Family Holy Name School, New Bedford, Massachusetts
 * Mount Aloysius College, Cresson, Pennsylvania
 * Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
 * Immaculate Conception Cathedral School, Memphis, Tennessee
 * Mercy University, Dobbs Ferry, New York
 * Mercyhurst University, Erie, Pennsylvania
 * Little Flower School, Reno, Nevada
 * Mount de Sales Academy (Georgia), Macon, Georgia
 * Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois
 * St. Vincent's Academy, Savannah, Georgia
 * Maria College, Albany, New York
 * Mount Mercy Academy, Buffalo, New York
 * Mount Saint Mary Academy, Manchester, New Hampshire

 * Mount Saint Agnes College, Baltimore, Maryland
 * Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
 * St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Riverside, Rhode Island
 * Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women, Rochester, New York
 * Merion Mercy Academy, Merion Station, Pennsylvania
 * Misericordia University, Dallas, Pennsylvania
 * Gwynedd Mercy University, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
 * Mount Saint Mary Academy, Watchung, New Jersey
 * Mercymount Country Day School, Cumberland, Rhode Island
 * Carlow University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 * University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, Connecticut
 * Salve Regina University Newport, Rhode Island
 * St. Peter’s Catholic School, San Francisco, California
 * Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School, Chicago, Illinois
 * Assumption High School, Louisville, Kentucky
 * Mercy Academy, Louisville, Kentucky
 * Little Flower School, Brooklyn, New York
 * Catherine McAuley High School for Girls, Brooklyn, New York
 * Notre Dame High School, Elmira, New York
 * Walsingham Academy, Williamsburg, Virginia
 * Georgian Court University, Lakewood, New Jersey

Australia

 * Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Brisbane
 * Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Bundaberg
 * Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Gladstone
 * Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Mackay
 * Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Rockhampton
 * Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Townsville
 * Mater Misericordiae Hospital, North Sydney

Canada

 * St.Clare's Mercy Hospital, St. John's

Ireland

 * Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin
 * National Rehabilitation Hospital (Dublin)

Philippines

 * Mother of Mercy Hospital, Tacloban

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
Michael O'Connor was born in Cobh, Ireland. In June 1841, O'Connor was appointed Vicar General of Western Pennsylvania, and two years later, Bishop of the newly constituted Diocese of Pittsburgh. He traveled to Rome for his consecration and on his return, stopped in Ireland to recruit clergy for his new diocese, obtaining eight seminarians from St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, and seven Sisters of Mercy from Carlow, Ireland. The sisters arrived in Pittsburgh in December 1843, with Frances Warde as superior. Mercy Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania opened 1898.

In 1858, Mother Mary Teresa Maher led a group of ten Sisters of Mercy to Cincinnati from Kinsale, Ireland. In 1892, the eleven Sisters of Mercy came to Cincinnati at the invitation of Archbishop John Baptist Purcell. They soon opened a Night School for Young Women. Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio was founded in 1892. Mother of Mercy High School was founded in 1915. They also direct Bethany House Services for homeless women and children.

By the 1920s there were 39 separate Sisters of Mercy congregations across the United States and Latin America. In 1929 the "Sisters of Mercy of the Union" was founded, merging many of the congregations into one single entity with nine provinces. Seventeen communities remained independent. A federation of all the Mercy congregations was formed and in the 1970s, a common constitution was developed. Further work toward consolidation continued, and in July 1991, the "Sisters of Mercy of the Americas" was established. In December 2018, the sisters marked 175 years in the United States.

In July 2017 "Mercy Education System of the Americas" (MESA) was formally established to unite and serve the Mercy education ministries in Argentina, Belize, Guam, Honduras, Jamaica, the Philippines and the United States.

The Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma are a separate congregation of women religious. They developed from the Sisters of Mercy, and were established as an institute of pontifical right in 1973.

Education
• Christ the Teacher Catholic School, Newark, Delaware

• Gwynedd-Mercy Academy Elementary, Spring House, PA

• Mount Saint Mary High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• Mater Christi School, Burlington, Vermont

• Mercymount Country Day School, Cumberland, Rhode Island

• Our Lady of Mercy, Hicksville, New York

• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Regional School, Berlin, New Jersey

• Saint Helena School, pre-kindergarten to eight grade, Center Square, Pennsylvania

• Saint John the Baptist elementary school, kindergarten to eighth grade, New Bedford, Massachusetts

• Saint Johns Catholic School, kindergarten to eighth grade, Collingswood, NJ

• St. Vincent de Paul elementary school, kindergarten to eighth grade, San Diego, California

• Saint John The Apostle elementary school, kindergarten to eighth grade, Hialeah, Florida

• Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School, Chicago, Illinois

• Waldron Mercy Academy Merion Station, Pennsylvania

Secondary schools
• Academy of Our Lady of Mercy:Lauralton Hall, Milford, Connecticut

• Assumption High School, Louisville, Kentucky

• Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, Massachusetts

• Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School, Riverhead, New York

• Camden Catholic High School Cherry Hill NJ

• Catherine McAuley High School, Brooklyn, New York

• Cristo Rey High School, Sacramento, California (co-sponsored with the California Province of the Society of Jesus)

• Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania

• Marquette High School, Ottawa, Illinois (originally St. Xavier's Academy)

• McAuley Catholic High School, Joplin, Missouri

• Mercy Academy, Louisville, Kentucky

• Mercy High School, Baltimore, Maryland

• Mercy High School, Burlingame, California

• Mercy High School, Farmington Hills, Michigan

• Mercy High School, Middletown, Connecticut

• Mercy High School, Omaha, Nebraska

• Mercy High School, Red Bluff, California

• Mercy High School, San Francisco, California

• Mercy McAuley High School, Cincinnati, Ohio

• Mercy Montessori Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

• Mercyhurst Preparatory School, Erie, Pennsylvania

• Mercymount Country Day School, Cumberland, Rhode Island

• Merion Mercy Academy, Merion Station, Pennsylvania

• Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School, Chicago, Illinois

• Mount de Sales Academy, Macon, Georgia

• Mount Mercy Academy, Buffalo, New York

• Mount St. Mary Academy, Little Rock, Arkansas

• Mount Saint Mary Academy, Watchung, New Jersey

• Mount St. Mary High School, Oklahoma

• Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey

• Our Lady of Mercy Academy, Syosset, New York

• Our Lady of Mercy High School, Rochester, New York

• Our Lady of Victory Academy, Dobbs Ferry, New York

• Sacred Heart School, Jacksonville, Florida

• Sacred Heart School, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

• Saint Bernard Academy, Nashville, Tennessee

• St. Mary Academy - Bay View, East Providence, Rhode Island

• Saint Raymond of Penafort, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• St.Catharine Academy, Bronx, New York

• Saint Stephen School, San Francisco, California

• St. Vincent's Academy, Savannah, Georgia

• Sisters Academy, Asbury Park, New Jersey

• Walsingham Academy, Williamsburg, Virginia

Colleges and universities
• Carlow University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• College of St. Mary, Omaha, Nebraska

• Georgian Court University, Lakewood, New Jersey

• Gwynedd Mercy University, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania

• Maria College, Albany, New York

• Marian Court College, Swampscott, Massachusetts

• Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York

• Mercy College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio

• Mercy School of Health Sciences, Des Moines, Iowa

• Mercyhurst University, Erie, Pennsylvania

• Misericordia University, Dallas, Pennsylvania

• Mount Aloysius College, Cresson, Pennsylvania

• Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

• Saint Joseph's College of Maine, Standish, Maine

• Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois

• Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island

• Trocaire College, Buffalo, New York

• University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan (previously Mercy College of Detroit; University co-sponsored with Society of Jesus)

• University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, Connecticut

Defunct
• Catherine McAuley High School, Portland, Maine

• Mercy High School, St. Louis, Missouri

• Mother of Mercy High School, Cincinnati, Ohio

• Mount Saint Agnes College (merged with Loyola University Maryland)

• Mount Saint Mary's Seminary High School (merged with Bishop Guertin High School), Nashua NH

• St. Francis Xavier Academy (1851-1977); Providence, Rhode Island

• Trinity College (merged with University of Vermont), Burlington, VT

• McAuley High School, Toledo, Ohio

• Precious Blood Grade School, Chicago, Illinois

Belize

 * St. Catherine Academy, Belize City
 * Muffles College (Secondary School in Orange Walk Town)
 * Muffles Junior College (Associate degree-offering institution)

Honduras

 * Instituto María Regina (La Ceiba, Honduras)

Healthcare
The Sisters founded dozens of hospitals in the United States, and sponsors, or co-sponsors, six health systems. The organization also operates health care ministries in Belize, Guam, Guyana, Peru and the Philippines.

In 1892, they founded Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio. "With lots of heavy industry in Hamilton at the time, there was a lot of need for emergency care for accident victims."

In 1893, they founded Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa

In 1916, the Sisters of Mercy established Sisters of Mercy's St. Joseph's Sanitarium, in Asheville, North Carolina, to treat tuberculosis patients, which later became St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1998, St. Joseph's Hospital was sold to Memorial Mission Hospital. The Sisters continue to operate urgent care centers in the Asheville area, under the name Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care.

Mercy Health is an nonprofit Catholic healthcare organization in the Midwestern United States, and is headquartered in the suburban western St. Louis County suburb of Chesterfield, Missouri.

Healthcare systems
Healthcare systems sponsored by, co-sponsored by, or with historical ties to the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas include:
 * AMITA Health
 * Mercy, St. Louis, Missouri
 * Mercy Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
 * Mercy Iowa City, Iowa City, Iowa
 * Mercy Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland
 * Mercy Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 * Mercy Urgent Care, Asheville, North Carolina
 * Northern Light Mercy Hospital, Portland, Maine
 * Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego
 * St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Savannah
 * Trinity Health
 * Catholic Health, Buffalo
 * Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale
 * UPMC Mercy, Pittsburgh

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Bedminster, New Jersey

Bedminster is a township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,272, an increase of 107 (+1.3%) from the 2010 census count of 8,165,  which in turn reflected a decline of 137 (−1.7%) from the 8,302 counted in the 2000 census. Located within the Raritan Valley region, Bedminster is part of the Somerset Hills of northern Somerset County, bordering both Hunterdon and Morris counties.

Bedminster was settled in 1710 by Dutch, Germans, and Scots-Irish immigrants. It was named after Bedminster, then in Somerset, England, and now a district of Bristol. Bedminster Township was created by Royal charter on April 4, 1749, from portions of the Northern precinct. It was incorporated formally by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken on March 28, 1912, to form Peapack-Gladstone.

It is known for having one of the most historic Revolutionary War sites in the United States at what is known as the Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment Site, which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. General Henry Knox, chief of the Continental Army artillery, was the leader responsible for building what was the country's first military artillery training academy, the forerunner to the United States Military Academy at West Point.

In 2012, Forbes.com listed Bedminster as 486th in its listing of "America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes", with a median home price of $555,243.

Geography and climate
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 26.38 square miles (68.31 km2), including 26.12 square miles (67.66 km2) of land and 0.25 square miles (0.66 km2) of water (0.96%).

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Burnt Mills, Greater Cross Roads, Lamington, Pluckemin, Pottersville (split between Bedminster and Tewksbury Township in Hunterdon County), Union Grove, and Vliettown.

The township borders Peapack-Gladstone and Far Hills to the northeast, Bernards Township to the east, and Branchburg and Bridgewater Township to the south in Somerset County, Readington Township to the southeast and Tewksbury Township to the west in Hunterdon County, and Chester Township to the north in Morris County.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 8,165 people, 4,100 households, and 2,021 families in the township. The population density was 313.1 per square mile (120.9/km2). There were 4,349 housing units at an average density of 166.8 per square mile (64.4/km2). The racial makeup was 86.41% (7,055) White, 2.06% (168) Black or African American, 0.02% (2) Native American, 8.68% (709) Asian, 0.01% (1) Pacific Islander, 1.03% (84) from other races, and 1.79% (146) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.36% (519) of the population.

Of the 4,100 households, 19.7% had children under the age of 18; 39.0% were married couples living together; 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 50.7% were non-families. Of all households, 44.4% were made up of individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.97 and the average family size was 2.76.

17.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 33.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 80.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 79.5 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $93,103 (with a margin of error of +/− $11,367) and the median family income was $124,057 (+/− $14,892). Males had a median income of $76,047 (+/− $23,293) versus $61,650 (+/− $7,236) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $66,422 (+/− $8,900). About 0.9% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census there were 8,302 people, 4,235 households, and 2,100 families residing in the township. The population density was 313.6 PD/sqmi. There were 4,467 housing units at an average density of 168.7 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 90.05% White, 1.75% African American, 0.11% Native American, 6.41% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.83% from other races, and 0.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.84% of the population.

There were 4,235 households, out of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.8% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.4% were non-families. Of all households, 44.0% were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.96 and the average family size was 2.76.

In the township the population was spread out, with 17.8% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 40.3% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $71,550, and the median income for a family was $96,890. Males had a median income of $71,136 versus $48,589 for females. The per capita income for the township was $53,549. About 1.9% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.3% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.

Economy
Bedminster was the corporate headquarters of AT&T Corporation prior to its merger with SBC Communications; the combined company is now known as AT&T Inc. and is headquartered in Dallas. AT&T's Global Network Operations Center, which monitors traffic worldwide on AT&T's network, is currently located in Bedminster. It was also the corporate headquarters for Verizon Wireless before relocation to nearby Basking Ridge in 2006.

Sports
Trump National Golf Course: owned by Donald Trump, the course features 36 holes designed by Tom Fazio, with fees to join of over $150,000.

Local government
Bedminster Township is governed under the Township form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state. The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle. At an annual reorganization meeting held during the first week of January, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as mayor.

, members of the Bedminster Township Committee are Mayor Lawrence F. Jacobs (R, term on township committee and as mayor ends December 31, 2024), R. Colin Hickey (R, 2026), Gina Lisa-Fernandez (R, 2025), Renee Mareski (R, 2024) and Douglas A. Stevinson (R, 2025).

In 2018, the township had an average property tax bill of $6,182, the lowest in the county, compared to an average bill of $9,975 in Somerset County and $8,767 statewide.

Emergency services
Emergency services in the township are offered by the Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department, Bedminster Township Police Department and Far Hills-Bedminster First Aid Squad.

Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department roots back to the establishment of Union Hook & Ladder Company #1 in December 1900; The current name was adopted in 1998 to avoid confusion with other departments with similar names.

Federal, state and county representation
Bedminster Township is located in the 7th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 23rd state legislative district.

Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 6,183 registered voters in Bedminster Township, of which 1,258 (20.3% vs. 26.0% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 2,238 (36.2% vs. 25.7%) were registered as Republicans and 2,683 (43.4% vs. 48.2%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 4 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens. Among the township's 2010 Census population, 75.7% (vs. 60.4% in Somerset County) were registered to vote, including 92.0% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.4% countywide).

In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 55.4% of the vote (2,424 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 43.3% (1,895 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (54 votes), among the 4,406 ballots cast by the township's 6,514 registered voters (33 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 67.6%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 2,431 votes (51.7% vs. 46.1% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 2,203 votes (46.9% vs. 52.1%) and other candidates with 44 votes (0.9% vs. 1.1%), among the 4,702 ballots cast by the township's 6,102 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.1% (vs. 78.7% in Somerset County). In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 2,674 votes (59.0% vs. 51.5% countywide), ahead of Democrat John Kerry with 1,798 votes (39.7% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 42 votes (0.9% vs. 0.9%), among the 4,529 ballots cast by the township's 5,736 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.0% (vs. 81.7% in the whole county).

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 74.1% of the vote (2,013 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 24.2% (658 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (44 votes), among the 2,752 ballots cast by the township's 6,580 registered voters (37 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 41.8%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 1,977 votes (61.2% vs. 55.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 928 votes (28.7% vs. 34.1%), Independent Chris Daggett with 280 votes (8.7% vs. 8.7%) and other candidates with 26 votes (0.8% vs. 0.7%), among the 3,228 ballots cast by the township's 6,266 registered voters, yielding a 51.5% turnout (vs. 52.5% in the county).

Education
The Bedminster Township School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade at Bedminster Township Public School. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 486 students and 54.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.9:1. Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Bernards High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Somerset Hills Regional School District, a K–12 district that also serves students from Bernardsville, Far Hills and Peapack-Gladstone. As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 819 students and 66.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1.

Somerset Hills Learning Institute, founded in 1998, educates children on the autism spectrum by utilizing the principles of applied behavior analysis. In 2024, a local ShopRite store started selleing salads grown by and packed by students in the school's hydroponics career training program on a farm in the township owned by the school.

Roads and highways
, the township had a total of 68.04 mi of roadways, of which 38.67 mi were maintained by the municipality, 16.01 mi by Somerset County and ,13.36 mi by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

Bedminster is traversed by Interstate 287, which runs through the eastern section, while Interstate 78 runs mostly through the center of the township. U.S. Route 202 and U.S. Route 206 also pass through running parallel to I-287 from the Bridgewater area to Pluckemin.

Major county roads that pass through include CR 512 and CR 523.

Public transportation
The closest NJ Transit service offered is at the Far Hills station on the Morris & Essex Lines.

Somserset County operates bus service along Route 206, connecting to nearby areas including Bridgewater, Somerville, Raritan, and Hillsborough.

Lakeland Bus Lines provides Route 78 rush-hour service from Bedminster to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.

"The Summer White House"
Lamington Farm was purchased by Morgan Cowperthwaite, a New York insurance brokerage executive, in 1917. The Georgian Revival manor house was built in 1939. Cowperthwaite's heirs sold the property in 1981 to John Z. DeLorean and his wife Cristina Ferrare for $3.5 million. In 2000, National Fairways, a Connecticut-based golf course developer purchased the property at a bankruptcy auction for $15.25 million. National Fairways planned to develop the tract to include a golf club, but the plans did not come to fruition. In 2002, real estate businessman Donald Trump bought the Lamington Farm estate for an estimated $35 million.

In fall 2002, The Trump Organization broke ground on the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on the property, into which Trump reportedly invested $45 million. The manor house became the golf clubhouse. The 535-acre tract has two 18-hole courses: the older is designed by Tom Fazio, the newer by his nephew Tommy Fazio. While president of the United States, Trump spent significant time on the property, which has been called "the summer White House" and "White House North" by Trump administration officials, though this is not an official government designation. Through the end of December 2019, Trump spent nearly a third of his time as president visiting Trump-branded properties; much of this time was spent at the Bedminster club, where he frequently golfs, and at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida (the "winter White House").

In 2007, Trump announced plans to build a mausoleum for himself on the property, including a huge obelisk in the middle of the golf course. After encountering opposition from local residents over the out-of-scale nature of the proposal, Trump floated the idea of developing a "mausoleum/chapel" on the property, but did not pursue it. In 2014, The Trump Organization filed planning applications seeking authorization to construct a graveyard on the property, including 10 plots overlooking the first hole as a burial place for Trump himself (the filings with the state said that Trump "specifically chose this property for his final resting place as it is his favorite property") and 284 lots for sale to the public adjacent to the course. The state and township granted a cemetery license for the small plot; the 284-grave cemetery proposal received local approval, but not yet state approval. Trump later indicated he might prefer to be buried in Florida instead.

Points of interest

 * Natirar: An estate spanning Peapack-Gladstone, Far Hills, and Bedminster that was sold by Hassan II of Morocco to Somerset County and is now administered by the Somerset County Park Commission, with 40 acre of the estate's 404 acres located in the township.
 * Historic Vanderveer-Knox House & Museum: A refurbished home used by General Henry Knox during the Revolutionary War with its earliest portions dating to the 1770s, the house was purchased by the township in 1989, and listed on the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
 * Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment Site, also known as the Continental Artillery Military Cantonment Historic Site or Pluckemin Artillery Park: Where General Henry Knox created America's first artillery training academy during the winter of 1778–1779, known as the "precursor to the United States Military Academy" at West Point.

Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Bedminster Township include:

 * Kristin Kuhns Alexandre (1948–2021), writer, journalist, author, screenwriter and producer
 * John W. Beard (born 1951), politician who represented the 16th District in the Iowa General Assembly
 * P. J. Chesson (born 1978), race car driver who competed in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
 * Edward E. David Jr. (1925–2017), electrical engineer who served as science advisor to President Richard M. Nixon and as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology
 * John DeLorean (1925–2005), founder of the DeLorean Motor Company
 * John H. Ewing (1918–2012), member of the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate
 * Steve Forbes (born 1947), editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine and president and chief executive officer of its publisher, Forbes Inc., and 1996 Presidential candidate
 * John Honeyman (1729–1822), alleged "spy of Washington" during the American Revolutionary War, who lived the last 30 years of his life in the Lamington area and is buried in the Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery
 * Woody Johnson (born 1947), owner of the New York Jets and great-grandson of the founder of the Johnson & Johnson Corporation
 * Thomas Kean (born 1935), former Governor of New Jersey and Chairman of the 9/11 Commission
 * James Linn (1749–1821), represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801
 * Jacqueline Mars (born 1939), heiress and investor who is one of the major shareholders of Mars, Incorporated
 * Jane McCrea (c. 1752–1777), colonist killed by a Huron-Wendat warrior associated with the British army, whose slaying led to outrage and an increase in Patriot military support
 * Sassona Norton (born 1942), painter and sculptor
 * John S. Penn (1926–2013), politician who represented the 16th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1984 to 1994
 * Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named
 * Mark Sanchez (born 1986), NFL quarterback who played for the New York Jets
 * Erich Schwer (born 1993), winner of the 19th season of The Bachelorette
 * Drew Sheneman (born c. 1975), editorial cartoonist whose work has appeared in The Star-Ledger since 1998
 * Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th President of the United States
 * John Van Dyke (1807–1878), represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1847 to 1851
 * Reuben Whallon (1776–1843), politician who represented New York's 13th congressional district from 1833 to 1835
 * Harrison A. Williams (1919–2001), United States Senator involved in the Abscam scandal
 * Danika Yarosh (born 1998), actress who has appeared in the Showtime series Shameless and in the NBC series Heroes Reborn

title: Bedminster, New Jersey