- Source: New Vernon, New Jersey
new" target="_blank">New Vernon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harding Township, Morris County, new" target="_blank">New Jersey, United States. new" target="_blank">New Vernon is the location of the governmental offices for Harding Township. As of the 2020 census, the population of new" target="_blank">New Vernon was 825.
United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07976 (new" target="_blank">New Vernon) serves the majority of the CDP, As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07976 was 754. while 07920 (Basking Ridge) and 07960 (Morristown) serve more rural parts of the community.
Forbes magazine ranked the new" target="_blank">New Vernon ZIP Code — 07976 — as one of the 25 most "expensive" ZIP Codes in the country.
History
Abraham Canfield moved to the area c. 1740 and established a country store, blacksmith shop, and cider mill. The community was first called "new" target="_blank">New Vernon" in a newspaper printed in 1808 at Morristown. The new" target="_blank">New Vernon Presbyterian Church was established in 1833.
Historic district
The new" target="_blank">New Vernon Historic District is a 46-acre (19 ha) historic district located along Lee's Hill, Village, Mill Brook and Glen Alpin roads in the community. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 1982, for its significance in architecture and exploration/settlement. The district has 24 contributing buildings. The First Presbyterian Church of new" target="_blank">New Vernon was built in 1833 and features Federal and Gothic Revival styles. The church manse is a brick house built in the 1930s with Tudor architecture. The church education building is also built of brick and features a tower and spire. The contributing Tunis–Ellicks House is home to the Harding Township Historical Society.
Geography
new" target="_blank">New Vernon is in southeastern Morris County, in central Harding Township. It is bordered to the east by unincorporated Green Village. Morristown, the county seat, is 4 miles (6 km) to the north, and Basking Ridge is the same distance to the southwest.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the new" target="_blank">New Vernon CDP has a total area of 3.57 square miles (9.25 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2), or 0.34%, are water. The community sits on a hill which drains in all directions to Great Brook, which flows through the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge along the southern edge of the community. new" target="_blank">New Vernon is within the Passaic River watershed.
Demographics
new" target="_blank">New Vernon was first listed as a census-designated place prior to the 2020 United States census.
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with new" target="_blank">New Vernon include:
William O. Baker (1915–2005), chairman of Bell Laboratories
Steve Conine (born 1972/73), co-founder of the online retailer Wayfair
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973), philanthropist, the first woman invited to judge for the Westminster Kennel Club, a founder of the Seeing Eye Foundation, Saint Hubert's at Giralda, and the Morris and Essex Dog Club; daughter of William Avery Rockefeller, Jr.
Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr. (1881–1963), philanthropist, chairman of Remington Arms Company, president of the Y.M.C.A., and the founder of the Spring Valley Hounds and its horse show; grandson of William E. Dodge Sr. a founder of Phelps, Dodge, and Company, a U.S. congressman (1866–67), and founding member of the YMCA in the United States
Justin Gimelstob (born 1977), professional tennis player
Kerry Kittles (born 1974), guard for the new" target="_blank">New Jersey Nets from 1996 to 2004
Eric Mangini (born 1971), head coach of the new" target="_blank">New York Jets from 2005 to 2008
Morgan Pearson (born 1993), professional triathlete who won a silver medal in the mixed relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Bo Sullivan (1937-2000), chairman of the new" target="_blank">New Jersey Turnpike Authority and a Republican Party politician who sought the nomination for governor of new" target="_blank">New Jersey in the 1981 primary
Frederick T. van Beuren Jr. (1875–1943), physician and surgeon, who served as a hospital and medical school administrator
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, new" target="_blank">New Jersey
References
External links
Media related to new" target="_blank">New Vernon, new" target="_blank">New Jersey at Wikimedia Commons
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