Montgomery Township, New Jersey
Montgomery Township, New Jersey | |
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Location of Montgomery Township in Somerset County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Somerset County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Montgomery Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Somerset County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°25′34″N 74°40′42″W / 40.426124°N 74.678446°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Somerset |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Named after | Colonel Richard Montgomery |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Neena Singh (D, term ends December 31, 2025) |
| • Administrator | Lori Savron |
| • Municipal clerk | Lisa Fania |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.47 sq mi (84.11 km2) |
| • Land | 32.30 sq mi (83.66 km2) |
| • Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.45 km2) 0.54% |
| • Rank | 75th of 565 in state 3rd of 21 in county |
| Elevation | 98 ft (30 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 23,690 |
• Estimate (2023) | 23,719 |
| • Rank | 113th of 565 in state 5th of 21 in county |
| • Density | 733.4/sq mi (283.2/km2) |
| • Rank | 415th of 565 in state 16th of 21 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | |
| Area code(s) | 609, 908 |
| FIPS code | 3403547580 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882168 |
| Website | www |
Montgomery Township is a township in southern Somerset County, in the central part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located in the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 23,690, an increase of 1,436 (+6.5%) from the 2010 census count of 22,254, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,773 (+27.3%) from the 17,481 counted in the 2000 census.
Montgomery Township was incorporated on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature, from what remained of Western precinct. Portions of the township were taken to form Princeton Borough (February 11, 1813, in Mercer County, consolidated to form Princeton as of January 1, 2013), Princeton Township (April 9, 1838, also now consolidated into Princeton) and Rocky Hill (December 18, 1889).
The township has been one of the state's highest-income communities. Based on data from the American Community Survey for 2013–2017, Montgomery Township residents had a median household income of $180,660, ranked 2nd in the state among municipalities with more than 10,000 residents, more than double the statewide median of $76,475.