Bernardsville, New Jersey
Bernardsville, New Jersey | |
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Location of Bernardsville in Somerset County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Somerset County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Bernardsville, New Jersey | |
Location in Somerset County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°43′49″N 74°35′33″W / 40.730384°N 74.592602°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Somerset |
| Incorporated | April 29, 1924 |
| Named after | Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Mary Jane Canose (R, term ends December 31, 2026) |
| • Administrator | Nancy Malool |
| • Municipal clerk | Anthony Suriano |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.91 sq mi (33.44 km2) |
| • Land | 12.84 sq mi (33.24 km2) |
| • Water | 0.07 sq mi (0.19 km2) 0.58% |
| • Rank | 184th of 565 in state 9th of 21 in county |
| Elevation | 682 ft (208 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7,893 |
• Estimate (2023) | 7,837 |
| • Rank | 295th of 565 in state 13th of 21 in county |
| • Density | 614.9/sq mi (237.4/km2) |
| • Rank | 428th of 565 in state 18th of 21 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07924 |
| Area code | 908 |
| FIPS code | 3403505590 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885159 |
| Website | www |
Bernardsville (/ˈbɜːrnərdzvɪl/) is the northernmost borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated within the heart of the Raritan Valley and Somerset Hills regions, the borough is an historic and wealthy bedroom community of New York City in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,893, an increase of 186 (+2.4%) from the 2010 census count of 7,707, which in turn had reflected an increase of 362 (+4.9%) from the 7,345 counted at the 2000 census. Bernardsville is often mispronounced as "Ber-NARDS-ville" as opposed to the correct pronunciation, "BER-nards-ville".
Bernardsville was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1924, from portions of Bernards Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 29, 1924. The borough was named for Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, who served as governor of the Province of New Jersey before the Revolutionary War. In 2009, part of the borough was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Olcott Avenue Historic District.
In 2000, Bernardsville had the 10th-highest per capita income in New Jersey. Based on data from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey, the borough had a per-capita income of $70,141, ranked 27th in the state. In 2019, the borough was ranked by Bloomberg News as 64th of 100 on its 2019 list of Bloomberg Richest Places, one of 18 in the state included on the list.