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Somerset County Living: Everything About This Great Area
Somerset County is a county located in the North Central New
Jersey. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's
population was 335,432, making it the 13th-most populous of
the state. Somerset County is part of the New York
Metropolitan Area. Some of the popular towns are
Basking Ridge, Bernards Twp.,
Bridgewater,
Bedminster,
Far Hills and
Bernardsville.
In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of
$86,468, the second-highest in New Jersey and ranked 25th of
3,113 counties in the United States. In 2012, 49.8 percent
of Somerset County residents were college graduates, the
highest percentage in the state. Somerset County was
recently ranked number 3 of 21 NJ counties as one of the
healthiest counties in New Jersey, according to an annual
report by County Health Rankings and Roadmaps.
Parks and Recreation
Somerset County parks include Lord Stirling Park (part
of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge), Colonial Park
(with a lovely rose garden), Washington Valley Park (with
biking and hiking trails), the Sourland Mountain Preserve
(hiking and mountain biking trails), and the newest park in
development called Raritan River Greenway (which is being
developed along the Raritan River in Bridgewater Township).
The southeastern portion of Somerset County in Franklin
Township also includes the Delaware and Raritan Canal State
Park, which provides hiking, biking and boating. Trump
National Golf Club in Bedminster is an exclusive golf club.
Colleges
Somerset County is home to two colleges: Raritan Valley
Community College, North Branch section of Branchburg
Township (public). Rutgers University has a partnership with
Raritan Valley Community College which allows students who
have an accredited associate degree to complete a bachelor's
degree by attending Rutgers classes at RVCC's North Branch
campus. Somerset Christian College, now known as Pillar
College, is located in the Zarephath section of Franklin
Township (private).
Roads and Highways
Somerset County is served by a number of different
routes. Major county roads that pass through include County
Route 512, County Route 514, County Route 518, County Route
523, County Route 525, County Route 527, County Route 529,
County Route 531 and County Route 533. The only two state
routes that traverse through are Route 27 (only in Franklin)
and Route 28. U.S. Routes include U.S. Route 22, U.S. Route
202 and U.S. Route 206.
The two interstates that pass through are Interstate 78 and
Interstate 287. Interstate 95 was planned to run along the
Somerset Freeway from its proposed southern end in Hopewell
Township, Mercer County to Franklin Township at I-287 in the
1960s. However, this plan was cancelled in 1983. Route 18
runs at the New Brunswick border of Somerset.
Public Transportation
Bernardsville Station
NJ Transit provides train service on the Gladstone Branch
and the Raritan Valley Line. Public bus transportation is
provided by several transit agencies. NJ Transit provides
bus service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown
Manhattan, as well as service to major cities in New Jersey
and within Somerset County.
Housing
Housing options in Somerset County range from Single Family Homes, Luxury
Homes and Estates, Condos
and Townhouses in towns, to apartment and condo and
townhome rentals. You
have choices from intimate, seven-unit renovated Victorian
buildings to Multi-unit development with amenities such as a
club house, swimming pool and tennis courts or perhaps
something in between.
The
Somerset County Real Estate Experts
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Estate, including towns like
Basking Ridge
and Bernards Twp.
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Source: Wikipedia
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