Question: What was the population of the town in New Jersey that Peter Gadol was born in? 

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New Jersey and New York Railroad: The New Jersey and New York Railroad (NJ&NY) was a railroad company that operated north from Rutherford, New Jersey, to Haverstraw, New York beginning in the mid-to-late 19th century.  The line was originally chartered as the Hackensack and New York Railroad (H&NY) in 1856.  The H&NY would eventually run from Rutherford to Hackensack, New Jersey.  In 1866 under the leadership of David P. Patterson the company was rechartered as the Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad and it extended its line north of Hackensack.  It later reorganized as the New Jersey and New York Railroad.  The line reached the town of Haverstraw, New York by 1870, the village of West Haverstraw by 1873, and the village of Haverstraw by 1887.  The NJ&NY was in turn leased for 99 years by the Erie Railroad in 1896.  The NJ&NY continued to exist as an Erie subsidiary until the 1960 merger that created the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.  In 1976 the Erie Lackawanna was merged with several other railroads to create Conrail.  In 1983, after several years under operation by Conrail, operations of the Pascack Valley Line were transferred to New Jersey Transit Rail Operations.  The segments of the two former railroad lines in New York: north of Spring Valley to Haverstraw and north of Nanuet to New City; are no longer in service.

John Clifford Heed: John Clifford Heed (1862–1908) was an American composer and musician, best known for composing over 60 marches.  Born in Hackettstown, New Jersey, on April 23, 1862, Heed began his musical career with the Hackettstown Cornet Band by the age of 11.  By the time he reached the age of 17 he was the leader of this band and he had master with astonishing rapidity the intricacies of harmony and counterpoint.  He became proficient on the piano and violin, and could play most band instruments.  In 1882 he had the opportunity to travel with a noted English orchestra through the United States.  The cornetist that had come with the orchestra became ill and was sent back to England.  Heed was highly recommended and was engaged to fill his the cornetist's place.  He received encomiums from the press and public in every city and town visited.  A year later, in 1883, Heed accepted an engagement to become the leader of the Providence Brigade Band.  This was a position that he held until he was called back to New Jersey to conduct another orchestra and band.  Soon thereafter, he went to Worcester, Massachusetts and spent eight years as a teacher of bands.  His next position was a cornetist for Voss's First Regiment Band in Newark, New Jersey.  It was after the Metronome article was written that Mr. Heed went with John Phillip Sousa's band as a soloist and arranger before contracting tuberculosis in the 1890s and dying in Newark, New Jersey on February 12, 1908.  He died leaving no children.  He was buried near his family in Union Cemetery in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

Transportation in New Jersey: Transportation in New Jersey utilizes a combination of road, rail, air, and water modes.  New Jersey is situated between Philadelphia and New York City, two major metropolitan centers of the Boston-Washington megalopolis, making it a regional corridor for transportation.  As a result, New Jersey's freeways carry high volumes of interstate traffic and products.  The main thoroughfare for long distance travel is the New Jersey Turnpike, the nation's fifth-busiest toll road.  The Garden State Parkway connects the state's densely populated north to its southern shore region.  New Jersey has the 4th smallest area of U.S. states, but its population density of 1,196 persons per sq. mi (462 persons per km) causes congestion to be a major issue for motorists.

Middlesex County, New Jersey: Middlesex County is a county located in north-central New Jersey, United States.  As of the 2016 Census estimate, the county's population was 837,073, making it the state's second-most populous county, an increase of 3.4% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 809,858, making it the second-most populous county in the state.  Middlesex is part of the New York metropolitan area, and its county seat is New Brunswick.  The center of population of the state of New Jersey is located in Middlesex County, in East Brunswick Township, just east of the New Jersey Turnpike.  The 2000 Census showed that the county ranked 63rd in the United States among the highest-income counties by median household.  The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 143rd-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the 10th-highest in New Jersey) as of 2009.  Middlesex County holds the nickname, "The Greatest County in the Land".

Peter Vredenburgh Jr.: Peter Vredenburgh (September 12, 1837 – September 19, 1864) was a lawyer and Union Army Major in the American Civil War.  He was born in Freehold Township, New Jersey the son of Peter Vredenburgh, Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.  He studied law in Poughkeepsie, New York and was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1859 and moved to Eatontown, New Jersey, where he practiced law.

Peter Stewart (politician): Peter G. Stewart is an American Democratic Party politician who served as mayor of Caldwell, New Jersey in the 1960s and 1970s, was a member of the Essex County, New Jersey Board of chosen freeholders and was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly from Assembly District 11D in 1971.  He was the General Counsel to the New Jersey Democratic State Committee.  An attorney, he was a partner at Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody and Agnello, P.C., the law firm of former New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne. He is a graduate of St. Peter's College and Seton Hall University Law School.

Westfield, New Jersey: Westfield is a town in Union County of New Jersey, United States.  As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 30,316, reflecting an increase of 672 (+2.3%) from the 29,644 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 774 (+2.7%) from the 28,870 counted in the 1990 Census.  According to a 2014 nationwide survey, Westfield is considered to be the 30th-safest city to live in the United States.

Peter Verniero: Peter G. Verniero (born April 30, 1959 in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American lawyer and jurist from New Jersey.  He previously served as a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and as New Jersey Attorney General; he is presently in private practice in New Jersey.

Steven P. Perskie: Steven P. Perskie (born January 10, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former New Jersey Superior Court judge in Atlantic City, New Jersey and a former Democratic Party politician from Margate City, New Jersey.  Perskie served as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 2nd Legislative District from 1971 to 1977.  He was elected to the New Jersey Senate in 1977.  Perskie served as Chief of Staff to New Jersey Governor James Florio from 1989 - 1990 and as the third chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission from 1990 to 1994.  Outside politics Perskie worked as both a corporate and private practice attorney.

Peter Gadol: Peter Gadol is an American author.  Gadol was born on April 15, 1964 and grew up in Westfield, New Jersey.  He received an A.B. "magna cum laude" in English and American Literature from Harvard College in 1986.  While at Harvard, he studied writing with Seamus Heaney, wrote a thesis on Wallace Stevens under the supervision of Helen Vendler, edited the literary magazine "The Harvard Advocate", and was for two years a fiction intern at "The Atlantic".

Supporting paragraphs: Peter Gadol Westfield, New Jersey
Answer: 30,316