New Jersey Estates/ Bernardsville, NJ / Town Info & Current School Reports
By Paul F. Stillwaggon Warren NJ, NJ Estates Real Estate Group, Weichert Realtors
(Weichert Realtors)
Bernardsville, NJSettled by the Scotch, Irish and English, Bernardsville was originally a section of Bernards Township known as Vealtown. In 1840, it was renamed Bernardsville, after Sir Francis Bernard, colonial governor of New Jersey from 1758 to 1760, for whom Bernards Township is also named. Nestled in the northern most part of Somerset County, a dozen miles south of Morristown, this rustic community sits in some of the last vestiges of the Great Eastern Forest.The present Borough Hall, built around 1800, was known as Bunn's Mill and was operated as a grist mill and sawmill, cider mill and distillery in the mid-1800's.General Information Incorporated:Population:Area:County:W...
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