Bedminster Township, New Jersey
| Bedminster, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of Bedminster | |
Lamington Presbyterian Church
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 Map of Bedminster Township in Somerset County. Inset: Location of Somerset County in New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Bedminster Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°40′23″N 74°41′11″W / 40.673089°N 74.686325°WCoordinates: 40°40′23″N 74°41′11″W / 40.673089°N 74.686325°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Somerset |
| Royal charter | April 4, 1749 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Named for | Bedminster, Bristol |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Steven E. Parker (R, term ends December 31, 2016) |
| • Administrator / Clerk | Judith A. Sullivan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.301 sq mi (68.119 km2) |
| • Land | 26.080 sq mi (67.547 km2) |
| • Water | 0.221 sq mi (0.573 km2) 0.84% |
| Area rank | 100th of 566 in state 5th of 21 in county |
| Elevation | 141 ft (43 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 8,165 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 8,241 |
| • Rank | 283rd of 566 in state 12th of 21 in county |
| • Density | 313.1/sq mi (120.9/km2) |
| • Density rank | 476th of 566 in state 20th of 21 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07921 - Bedminster 07931 - Far Hills 07934 - Gladstone 07979 - Pottersville |
| Area code(s) | 908 |
| FIPS code | 3403504450 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882176 |
| Website | www |
Bedminster is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 8,165, reflecting a decline of 137 (-1.7%) from the 8,302 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,216 (+17.2%) from the 7,086 counted in the 1990 Census.
Bedminster was settled in 1710 by Dutch, Germans, and Scots-Irish immigrants. It was named after Bedminster, then in Somerset, England and now a suburb of Bristol. Bedminster Township was created by Royal charter on April 4, 1749, from portions of the Northern precinct. It was incorporated formally by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken on March 28, 1912, to form Peapack-Gladstone.
Bedminster was the corporate headquarters of AT&T Corporation, prior to its merger with SBC Communications (the combined company is now known as AT&T Inc.). AT&T's Global Network Operations Center, which monitors traffic worldwide on AT&T's network, is currently located in Bedminister. It was also the corporate headquarters for Verizon Wireless before it was relocated to nearby Basking Ridge in 2006.
Bedminster Township is noted for having one of the most historic revolutionary war sites in the United States at what is known as the Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment Site, which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. General Henry Knox, chief of the Continental Army artillery, was the leader responsible for building what was the country's first military artillery training academy, the forerunner to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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