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more elegant pace when it's time to go home.
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Millburn began as a colonial settlement with agricultural
origins, followed by a 19th century mill/factory economy
and eventually became a Victorian and later residential
community. There are many examples of this rich history
still present in the township, from the Hessian House,
the Cora Hartshorn Arboretum, the Paper Mill Playhouse,
and the many beautiful homes from all phases of our
history, to our two historic districts, Short Hills
Park and Wyoming.
Millburn
Township was once part of Elizabethtown and Newark settlements
in New Jersey, created by a grant from Charles II to his
brother James in 1664. In 1793 Springfield Township was
created and it included Millburn. In 1857 Springfield
became part of the new Union County and Millburn became
a separate township within Essex County.
Short Hills began as an unincorporated community in 1874,
when Stewart Hartshorn purchased 13 acres of land in Millburn
Township, near the present Hobart Avenue, Parsonage Hill
Road, and Chatham Road. Hartshorn's purpose was to create
"a harmonious community for people who appreciated
nature," and "where natural beauty would not
be destroyed by real estate developments, and where people
of congenial tastes could dwell together." He later
increased his land holdings to 56 acres for himself and
1,552 acres for the whole village.
Hartshorn chose the name "Short Hills" because
it reflected the topography of the region, and also because
the local Lenape Native Americans used that same name
to describe the region. One local resident suggested that
he call his village "Hartshornville," but he
definitively refused.
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 19,765 people,
7,015 households, and 5,604 families residing in the
township. The population density was 813.6/km²
(2,106.2/mi²). There were 7,158 housing units at
an average density of 294.6/km² (762.8/mi²).
The racial makeup of the township was 88.91% White,
8.40% Asian, 1.10% African American, 0.05% Native American,
0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.43% from other races, and
1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of
any race were 2.04% of the population.
There were 7,015 households out of which 44.3% had
children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.6%
were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 20.1% were
non-families.
The
Station Stop- A Short Hills Landmark
17.4%
of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7%
had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.82 and the average family
size was 3.19.
In the township the population was spread out with
30.2% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 28.4%
from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were
65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years.
For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every
100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males.
The median income for a household in the township was
$130,848, and the median income for a family was $158,888.
Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $51,603
for females. The per capita income for the township
was $76,796. About 1.2% of families and 1.5% of the
population were below the poverty line, including 1.4%
of those under age 18 and 1.0% of those age 65 or over.
Millburn is widely considered to be one of the most
affluent towns in America.
Millburn has traditionally had one of the largest Jewish
communities in Essex County, along with neighboring
Livingston and Maplewood. Philip Roth's popular novel
Goodbye, Columbus about a newly affluent Jewish family,
was set in the Short Hills section of Millburn, and
a key scene takes place at the Millburn High School
track.
The township has also become very popular with young
professionals moving out of Manhattan, thanks to train
service to Penn Station in as little as 30 minutes as
well a public school system that is widely regarded
as one of the best in the nation.
