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Highlands is a borough in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.A historic waterfront community located on the Raritan Bay within the Raritan Valley region, this scenic borough is a commuter town of New York City in the New York metropolitan area. [17]
As of 2024, New Jersey is divided into 21 counties and contains 564 [2] municipalities consisting of five types: 253 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 240 townships, and four villages. The largest municipality by population in New Jersey is Newark, with 311,549 residents, whereas the smallest is Walpack Township, with seven residents. [3]
In the 2016–17 school year, Highlands was tied for the 40th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 190 students. [7] The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-highest of eight groupings.
Atlantic Highlands is a borough in Monmouth County in the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the Bayshore Region.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,414, [9] an increase of 29 (+0.7%) from the 2010 census count of 4,385, [18] [19] which in turn reflected a decline of 320 (−6.8%) from the 4,705 in the 2000 census.
New Jersey's 13th legislative district is one of 40 in the state, covering the Monmouth County municipalities of Aberdeen Township, Atlantic Highlands Borough, West Long Branch, Hazlet Township, Highlands Borough, Holmdel Township, Keansburg Borough, Keyport Borough, Little Silver Borough, Marlboro Township, Middletown Township, Monmouth Beach Borough, Oceanport Borough, Rumson Borough, Sea ...
The New Jersey Highlands Council held a 20th anniversary summit at Frelinghuysen Arboretum. From left are state Sen. Bob Smith (on video), John Weingart, Michele Byers and state sen. John McKeon.
Among New Jersey's 564 municipalities, the borough is the most common form of local government, though the majority of state residents actually reside in townships. In 2023 there were 253 boroughs in New Jersey. [2] However, boroughs were not always so common. In 1875 only 17 boroughs had been created, all by special acts of the legislature.
The 1905 New Jersey census counted 147 dwellings in the new borough. In 1918, Robert Wood Johnson II was appointed to the Highland Park Council and became mayor in 1920. His summer house and estate was located on River Road, just north of the railroad tracks.