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About the Short Hills/Millburn, Livingston and Maplewood, New Jersey Area Request my Free Short Hills/Millburn, Livingston and Maplewood Relocation Package. It's packed full of useful and important information about the Short Hills/Millburn, Livingston and Maplewood, New Jersey area. Don't move here without it! Remember: I'll send it to you for free and without obligation. Just fill out the form and I will send it right out... Short Hills, New JerseyShort Hills is an unincorporated area located within the township of Millburn, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It is a popular commuter town for residents who work in New York City. HistoryBeginningsOriginally, the area that would become Short Hills was part of Springfield, New Jersey, and its eponymous hills are thought to have played a role in the movement of the Continental Army under George Washington during the Battle of Springfield. Short Hills began as a planned community, when Stewart Hartshorn (who became wealthy from developing, perfecting and manufacturing the self-acting shade roller) purchased 13 acres (53,000 m2) of land in Millburn Township, near the present Hobart Avenue, Parsonage Hill Road, and Chatham Road. Hartshorn's purpose was to create "a harmonious community for people who appreciated nature," and "where natural beauty would not be destroyed by real estate developments, and where people of congenial tastes could dwell together." He later increased his land holdings to 56 acres (230,000 m2) for himself and 1,552 acres (6.28 km2) for the whole village, with each plot not owned by Hartshorn being no larger than 1/2 acre. Hartshorn chose the name "Short Hills" because it reflected the topography of the region, and also because the local Lenape Native Americans used that same name to describe the region. One local resident suggested that he call his village "Hartshornville," but he definitively refused. Railroad and postal connectionsHartshorn situated his "ideal town" near enough to a railroad to allow for an easy commute to Hoboken and, from there, to New York City. Hence, his decision in 1879 to build, at his own expense, a railroad station along the original Morris and Essex Railroad line. He also persuaded the United States Post Office to open a station in his new railroad station in 1880, and in fact, the Post Office has always had a presence in Short Hills from that day and its own ZIP Code, 07078. Buffer zonesPresciently, Hartshorn deliberately preserved strips of land along the railroad right-of-way from any development west of Old Short Hills road. These strips separate Hobart Avenue to the north, and Chatham Road to the south, from the railway line. The only structure that has ever stood directly adjacent to the line is the railroad station. Mr. Hartshorn also established the Short Hills Park directly across Hobart Avenue from the station, which stands to this day. In 1944, his estate donated this park to Millburn Township, with the stipulation that it always remain open to the public. Common elementsAfter seventeen houses were erected, Hartshorn turned his attention to other "common elements." These included a Music Hall, which remains today as the Short Hills Racquets Club. Later eventsStewart Hartshorn died in 1937, at the age of 97. His daughter Cora survived him, wrote her own history of the hamlet, and helped establish the Arboretum that bears her name. In 1975, the Millburn-Short Hills Historical Society formed in conjunction with the American Bicentennial celebrations. In 2001, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center opened in Short Hills. In 2002, local residents planted a memorial tree on the grounds of the railroad station, to honor those of their neighbors who died in the attacks on September 11, 2001. Present dayThe opening of the Kearny Connection, allowing the establishment of the first direct rail service to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan, has enhanced real-estate values immensely. Short Hills also has a business district along Chatham Road near the railroad station, which includes the post-office branch, a pharmacy, and several small specialty shops. Short Hills is also home to many senior executives and controlling stockholders of some of the largest corporations in the United States and their families. The median family income is over $200,000. Short Hills also has five K-5 elementary schools, all part of the Millburn Township Public Schools, the Deerfield Elementary School, Glenwood Elementary School, Hartshorn Elementary School, Wyoming Elementary School, and South Mountain Elementary School. Students move on to complete their education at the Millburn Middle School for grades 6-8 and Millburn High School for grades 9-12. Millburn's schools are often commended for their high standards. Millburn High School was rated best public high school in the state for 2008 by New Jersey Monthly Magazine. The survey used various objective criteria including percentage of graduates going to college, number of students in accelerated courses and average SAT scores. Though Short Hills has its own railroad station and post-office branch, it does not have an independent government. It remains today a part of the Township of Millburn, as it has been since its inception.
External links Millburn, New Jersey
Millburn is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 19,765. Millburn Township was created as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 20, 1857, from portions of Springfield Township. Millburn also includes the hamlet of Short Hills. Millburn comprises the historic Wyoming district, and South Mountain and Millburn Center areas. Short Hills contains the sections of Knollwood, Glenwood, Brookhaven, Country Club, Merrywood, Deerfield-Crossroads, Mountaintop, White Oak Ridge, and Old Short Hills Estates. Millburn is known for its proximity to South Mountain Reservation and for The Mall at Short Hills. Millburn is also home to the Paper Mill Playhouse, a 70-year-old regional theater. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Millburn as the 53rd best place to live in New Jersey in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. GeographyMillburn is located at 40¡ã44¡ä02¡åN 74¡ã19¡ä13¡åW / 40.733751¡ãN 74.320141¡ãW / 40.733751; -74.320141 (40.733751, -74.320141), approximately 15 miles from Manhattan and is bordered by the municipalities of Livingston, Florham Park, Chatham, Summit, Springfield, Union, Maplewood and West Orange. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 9.9 square miles (25.6 km2), of which, 9.4 square miles (24.3 km2) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) of it (5.25%) is water. The West Branch of the Rahway River runs through downtown Millburn. DemographicsAs of the census of 2000, there were 19,765 people, 7,015 households, and 5,604 families residing in the township. The population density was 2,106.2 people per square mile (813.6/km2). There were 7,158 housing units at an average density of 762.8/sq mi (294.6/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 88.91% White, 8.40% Asian, 1.10% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.43% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.04% of the population. There were 7,015 households out of which 44.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.6% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.1% were non-families. 17.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.19. In the township the population was spread out with 30.2% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males. The median income for a household in the township was $130,848, and the median income for a family was $158,888. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $51,603 for females. The per capita income for the township was $76,796. About 1.2% of families and 1.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 1.0% of those age 65 or over. Millburn has traditionally had one of the largest Jewish communities in Essex County, along with neighboring Livingston and South Orange. Philip Roth's popular novel Goodbye, Columbus about a newly affluent Jewish family in the 1950s, was set in the Short Hills section of Millburn, and a key scene takes place at the Millburn High School track. The township has also become very popular with young professionals moving out of Manhattan, thanks to direct train service to Penn Station. GovernmentLocal government
Since its incorporation as a municipality in 1857, Millburn has operated under the Township form of government with a five-member Township Committee. The Township Committee is elected directly by the voters in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year. At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor. A Business Administrator manages the day-to-day functions of the Township. Members of the Township Committee are Mayor Sandra H. Haimoff (R, term ends December 31, 2009), Deputy Mayor James F. Suell (D, 2008), former mayor Daniel J. Baer (D, 2010), Thomas C. McDermott (R, 2010), Ellen Steinberg (D, 2008). Haimoff became the new Mayor in 2008 following the expiration of former mayor Daniel Baer's term on December 31, 2007. Daniel Baer's service had marked the first time in the history of the town that a Democrat held the title of Mayor. Federal, state and county representationMillburn is split between the Tenth and Eleventh Congressional Districts and is part of New Jersey's 21st Legislative District. New Jersey's Tenth Congressional District, covering portions of Essex County, Hudson County, and Union County, is represented by Donald M. Payne (D, Newark). New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District, covering western portions of Essex County, all of Morris County, and sections of Passaic County, Somerset County and Sussex County, is represented by Rodney Frelinghuysen (R, Harding Township). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken). For the 2008-2009 Legislative Session, the 21st District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Thomas Kean Jr. (R, Westfield) and in the Assembly by Jon Bramnick (R, Westfield) and Nancy Munoz (R, Summit) The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken). Essex County's County Executive is Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. The executive, along with the Board of Chosen Freeholders administer all county business. Essex County's Freeholders are Freeholder President Blonnie R. Watson (at large), Freeholder Vice President Ralph R. Caputo (District 5), Johnny Jones (at large), Donald M. Payne, Jr. (at large), Patricia Sebold (at large) Samuel Gonzalez (District 1), D. Bilal Beasley (District 2), Carol Y. Clark (District 3) and Linda Lordi Cavanaugh (District 4). PoliticsOn the national level, Millburn leans toward the Democratic Party. In 2008, Democrat Barack Obama received 59% of the vote here, defeating Republican John McCain. EducationThe Millburn Township Public Schools serve students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are five K-5 elementary schools ¡ª Deerfield Elementary School (522 students), Glenwood Elementary School (448), Hartshorn Elementary School (569), South Mountain Elementary School (353) and Wyoming Elementary School (328) ¡ª Millburn Middle School for sixth through eighth grade (1,070) and Millburn High School for grades 9-12 (1,283). During the 2007-08 school year, Millburn High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive. It was also named as one of the Top 100 High Schools in U.S. News and World Report's first ever ranking of U.S. high schools. It was also ranked as Number 148 in Newsweek Magazine's listing of "America's Best High Schools" in the August 5, 2005 issue. The ranking was solely based on the number of AP exams taken by the students at the school in the past year divided by the number of graduating seniors. 96.6% of the class of 2006 were planning to attend a four-year college, or other post-secondary education. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Millburn High School as the best high school in New Jersey in its 2008 rankings of the "Top Public High Schools" in New Jersey. The influx of younger families into the community has led to significant growth in public school enrollment, with projected attendance forecast to double from 1990 to 2007. Far Brook School is a private, nonsectarian coeducational day school located in the Short Hills section of Millburn, serving students in nursery through eighth grade, with a total enrollment of 197 students. The Pingry School's Lower School (K-6) campus is located in Short Hills. St. Rose of Lima School is a Catholic school with 260 students in PreK-3 to 8th grade, operating under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Newark. 
TransportationMillburn Township is served by two New Jersey Transit railroad stations along the Morristown Line: the Millburn station, located at the intersection of Essex Avenue and Lackawanna Place near the Millburn Free Public Library, and the Short Hills station, located near The Crescent Street between Hobart Avenue and Chatham Road. The latter station is also the site of the Millburn-Short Hills Historical Society museum. In addition, New Jersey Transit operates multiple bus lines along Millburn and Essex Avenues, including the 70 route] that stops at the Millburn RR station on a route between Newark and Livingston. The MCM3 Morris County Metro local route also serves the community. Local MediaMillburn Patch is a news and information site serving Millburn. It has sister sites in next door Maplewood and South Orange. All three sites were launched in February 2009 by Patch Media. The Item of Millburn and Short Hills is a weekly newspaper that has been serving the community for many years. The Item focuses on community issues and provides in depth coverage of local rec league and Little League sports, school plays and concerts, high school sports and community events. It is published weekly on Thursdays. The Local is a news and information site run by the New York Times. It is an attempt at a new news model by the organization, aiming to combine the breadth and accessibility of 'viral' news media with the standards and quality found in a professional news organization. Once an area is selected for local coverage, they will assign/hire an editor who will live in the area, whose job is to encourage and edit submissions to the site. The Local has multiple coverage areas: One editor oversees the news content from Maplewood, Millburn and South Orange. SesquicentennialMillburn celebrated its 150th Birthday in its downtown, June '07. It was one of the biggest celebrations in Millburn history.Points of interest
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