Bedminster, New Jersey

**Bedminster** is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The township's population was 8,272, according to the 2020 United States Census.

## Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 26.38 square miles (68.31&nbsp;km2), including 26.12 square miles (67.66&nbsp;km2) of land and 0.25 square miles (0.66&nbsp;km2) of water (0.96%).

## Demographics
As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 8,272 people, 4,222 households, and 2,084 families residing in the township.  The population density was 316.7 people per square mile (122.3/km²).

## Government 
### Local government 
Bedminster Township has a township government. The five-member Township Committee is elected by the voters serve three-year terms of office. At an annual reorganization meeting held during the first week of January, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as mayor.

### Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 6,183 registered voters in Bedminster Township.

## Education 
The Bedminster Township School District serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade at Bedminster Township Public School. As of the 2022-23 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 455 students and 53.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.25:1.

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Bernards High School. It is part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Somerset Hills Regional School District. It is a K - 12 district that serves students from Bernardsville, Far Hills and Peapack-Gladstone.

## Transportation
### Roads and highways
, the township had a total of  of roadways.  are maintained by the municipality,  by Somerset County and  by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

Bedminster has Interstate 287 that which runs through the eastern section, while Interstate 78 runs mostly through the center of the township. U.S. Route 202 and U.S. Route 206 also pass through running parallel to I-287 from the Bridgewater area to Pluckemin.

Major county roads that pass through include CR 512 and CR 523.

### Public transportation
The closest New Jersey Transit service offered is at the Far Hills station on the Morris & Essex Lines.

Somserset County operates bus service along Route 206.

## Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Bedminster Township include:
* John DeLorean (1925–2005), founder of the De Lorean Motor Company.
* John H. Ewing (born 1918), member of the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate.
* Steve Forbes (born 1947), editor-in-chief of *Forbes* magazine and president and chief executive officer of its publisher, Forbes Inc., and 2000 Presidential candidate.
* John Honeyman (1729–1822), alleged "spy of Washington" during the American Revolutionary War, who lived the last 30 years of his life in the Lamington area and is buried in the Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
* Robert Wood Johnson IV (born 1947), owner of the New York Jets and great-grandson of the founder of the Johnson & Johnson Corporation.
* Thomas Kean (born 1935), former Governor of New Jersey and Chairman of the 9/11 Commission.
* James Linn (1749–1821), represented  in the United States House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801.
* Zebulon Pike (1779-1813), American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named.
* Mark Sanchez (born 1986), NFL quarterback who played for the New York Jets.
* Drew Sheneman (born c. 1975), editorial cartoonist whose work has appeared in *The Star-Ledger* since 1998.
* John Van Dyke (1807–1878), represented  in the United States House of Representatives from 1847 to 1851.
* Harrison A. Williams (1919–2001), United States Senator involved in the Abscam scandal.

## References
## Other websites
* Bedminster Township website
* Bedminster Township Public School 
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* School Data for the Bedminster Township Public School, National Center for Education Statistics
* The Vanderveer House and Knox Museum- See where General Henry Knox resided while building and managing the Pluckemin Artillery winter Cantonment of 1778-1779.
* The history of the Pluckemin Artillery Academy- America's first military training academy
* The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills - providing historic preservation and local history for Bedminster Township and the other townships that make up the Somerset Hills in Somerset County, New Jersey.
* Somerset Hills School District
* Hills List. Local information for Bedminster and Basking Ridge