Holmdel Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census,
the township population was 15,781.
Holmdel Township was formed by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on
February 23, 1857, from portions of Raritan Township (now Hazlet).[1]
History
In 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert
Wilson of Bell Labs discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation while working on the Horn Antenna in this town. The earliest work on radio astronomy was conducted by Bell Labs engineer Karl Guthe Jansky in 1931, also in this
town.
The PNC Bank Arts Center (formerly the Garden State Arts Center), a popular
outdoor amphitheatre concert venue that opened in 1968, is located in Holmdel. Adjacent to
it is the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which opened in
1995.
VoIP provider Vonage Holdings, Inc., moved its world
headquarters from Edison, New Jersey, to Holmdel
in November of 2005, occupying the building that formerly housed Prudential Property
Casualty & Insurance.
Geography
The Horn Antenna in Holmdel
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total
area of 46.9 km² (18.1 mi²). 46.5 km² (18.0 mi²)
of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water.
Crawford Hill (40 23' 28" N, 74 11'07" W) is Monmouth County's highest point, standing
at least 380 feet (116 m) above sea level. The top portion of the hill is owned by
Lucent Technologies and houses a research laboratory of Bell
Laboratories.
Demographics
| Historical populations |
| Census |
Pop. |
|
%± |
| 1930 |
|
|
—
|
| 1940 |
|
|
0.8% |
| 1950 |
|
|
14.9% |
| 1960 |
|
|
114.4% |
| 1970 |
|
|
106.7% |
| 1980 |
|
|
38.1% |
| 1990 |
|
|
36.5% |
| 2000 |
|
|
36.8% |
| Est. 2006 |
|
[2] |
6.7% |
| Population 1930 - 1990.[3] |
As of the census2 of 2000,
there were 15,781 people, 4,948 households, and 4,328 families residing in the township. The population density was 339.1/km² (878.4/mi²). There were 5,137 housing units at an average density of
110.4/km² (285.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 80.20% White, 17.45% Asian, 0.65% African American, 0.03% Native American, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.45% of the population.
As of the 2000 census, 9.97% of Holmdel Township's residents identified themselves as being of Chinese ancestry. This was the highest percentage of people with Chinese ancestry in any place in New Jersey
with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.[4]
There were 4,947 households out of which 47.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.1% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.5% were
non-families. 11.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or
older. The average household size was 3.09 and the average family size was 3.35.
In the township the population was spread out with 28.5% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 29.2%
from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 91.9
males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $112,879, and the median income for a family was $122,785. Males had a
median income of $94,825 versus $54,625 for females. The per capita income for the
township was $47,898. About 2.7% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.
Government
Local government
Holmdel operates under the Township form of municipal government. The Township Committee, which is the Governing Body,
consists of five members elected at large for 3-year staggered terms. The Township Committee at its annual reorganization meeting
selects one of its own to serve as Mayor.
The Township Committee exercises control over the conduct of municipal business by means of legislation through ordinances or
resolutions, approval and adoption of the annual budget and the formulation of policy to be carried out by the staff.
Members of the Holmdel Township Council are Mayor Serena DiMaso, Deputy Mayor Alan Bateman, Larry Fink, Rocco Pascucci and Terence M. Wall.[5]
Federal, state and county representation
Homdel Township is in the Twelfth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 13th Legislative District.[6]
New Jersey's Twelfth Congressional District, covering all of
Hunterdon County and portions of Middlesex County, Monmouth County,
Morris County, and Somerset
County, is represented by Rush D. Holt Jr. (D). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and
Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).
The 13th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State
Senate by Joseph M. Kyrillos (R, Middletown Township) and in
the Assembly by Amy Handlin
(R, Middletown
Township) and Samuel D. Thompson (R, Old Bridge Township). The
Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine
(D, Hoboken).
Monmouth County is governed by a five-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Monmouth County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director William
C. Barham, Freeholder Deputy Director Robert D. Clifton, Lillian G. Burry, Anna C. Little and Theodore J. Narozanick.
Education
The Holmdel Township Public Schools serve students in kindergarten
through twelfth grade. Schools in the district are Village Elementary School (K-3), Indian Hill School (4-6),
William R. Satz School
(7&8) and Holmdel High School for grades 9-12.
Holmdel High School was the 19th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High
Schools.[7].
The high school was ranked as Number 426 nationwide in Newsweek magazine's listing of
"America's Best High Schools" in the August 5, 2005,
issue.[8]
Holmdel High School became the center of a scandal due to a homoerotic hazing incident at a football camp in 1988 that was reported in
the press and received considerable notoriety.[9]
Private schools within the township include the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Trenton's St. John Vianney High School and St. Benedict School, a kindergarten through
eighth grade Catholic school that feeds into St. John Vianney.
Many students also attend Ranney School in nearby Tinton Falls, a K-12 preparatory school.
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Holmdel Township include:
- John H. Tilelli, Jr., retired United States Army four star general.[10]
Points of interest
- Holmdel Arboretum
- Holmdel Park
- PNC Bank Arts Center
References
- ^ "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P.
Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 180.
- ^ Census data for Holmdel township, United
States Census Bureau. Accessed August 30, 2007.
- ^ Jersey
Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network. Accessed March 1, 2007.
- ^ Chinese Communities, Epodunk. Accessed August 23, 2006.
- ^ Your 2006 Township Committee, Holmdel Township. Accessed April 15, 2007.
- ^ 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women
Voters, p. 58. Accessed August 30, 2006.
- ^ Top Public High Schools in New Jersey, New Jersey
Monthly, September 2006
- ^ "America's Best High Schools", Newsweek,
August 5, 2005.
- ^ Sports hazing incidents, ESPN.com. Accessed June
21, 2007. "About 20 underclassmen reportedly played a nude game of Twister as about a dozen
senior teammates urged them on. As a result of the incident, all of the school's 85 football players reportedly were ordered to
undergo mental health counseling, and some coaches reportedly were disciplined."
- ^ Kozaryn, Linda D. "Marine Corps Fetes USO's
Tilelli", American Forces Press Service, April 6, 2000. Accessed August 30,
2007. "Tilelli, who was raised in Holmdel, N.J., is a 1963 graduate of Pennsylvania Military
College, now named Widener University."
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