Back سومرفيل (نيوجيرسي) Arabic Somerville AST سومرویل، نیوجرسی AZB Somerville (Nova Jersey) Catalan Самервилл (Нью-Джерси) CE Somerville (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, New Jersey) CEB Somerville, New Jersey Welsh Somerville (New Jersey) German Somerville (Nov-Ĵerzejo) Esperanto Somerville (Nueva Jersey) Spanish
Somerville, New Jersey | |
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| Coordinates: 40°34′11″N 74°36′28″W / 40.569749°N 74.607682°W[1][2] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Somerset |
| Incorporated | March 25, 1863 (as town) |
| Reincorporated | April 16, 1909 (as borough) |
| Named for | Somerset, England |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Brian Gallagher (R, term ends December 31, 2027)[3][4] |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Kevin Sluka[5] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.37 sq mi (6.13 km2) |
| • Land | 2.34 sq mi (6.05 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2) 1.18% |
| • Rank | 384th of 565 in state 16th of 21 in county[1] |
| Elevation | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 12,346 |
| • Estimate | 14,112 |
| • Rank | 207th of 565 in state 9th of 21 in county[12] |
| • Density | 5,280.6/sq mi (2,038.9/km2) |
| • Rank | 106th of 565 in state 4th of 21 in county[12] |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Codes | |
| Area code | 908[15] |
| FIPS code | 3403568460[1][16][17] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885398[1][18] |
| Website | www |
Somerville is a borough and the county seat of Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[19][20] The borough is located in the heart of the Raritan Valley region within the New York Metropolitan Area, located about 33 miles (53 km) from Manhattan and 20 miles (32 km) from Staten Island.[21][22][23] The borough has grown to become a commercial hub for central New Jersey and commuter town of New York City.
As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 12,346,[9][10] an increase of 248 (+2.0%) from the 2010 census count of 12,098,[24][25] which in turn reflected a decline of 325 (-2.6%) from the 12,423 counted in the 2000 census.[26]
Somerville was originally formed as a town on March 25, 1863, within a portion of Bridgewater Township. Somerville was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 16, 1909, based on the results of a referendum held on May 4, 1909, at which point it was fully set off from Bridgewater Township.[27][28] It is home of the oldest competitive bicycle race in the United States.
The borough is named for Somerset in England.[29][30]
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- ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Somerville, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed May 3, 2012.
- ^ Zip Codes, State of New Jersey. Accessed August 30, 2013.
- ^ Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Somerville, NJ, Area-Codes.com. Accessed August 30, 2013.
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- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.
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- ^ New Jersey County Map, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed December 22, 2022.
- ^ Somerset County, New Jersey, National Association of Counties. Accessed January 15, 2023.
- ^ Distance from Somerville, NJ to New York, NY, Distance between cities. Accessed May 31, 2022.
- ^ Distance from Somerville, NJ to Tottenville, Staten Island, New York, NY, Distance between cities. May 31, 2022.
- ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "Living In: Somerville, N.J.: A Walkable Suburban Alternative", The New York Times, August 14, 2019. Accessed May 31, 2022.
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- ^ Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 225. Accessed May 30, 2024.
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- ^ Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, p. 286. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed August 21, 2015. "Somerset; counties in Maine, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, named from the county in England."