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|subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Somerset |government_type = Township |government_footnotes = 〔 |governing_body = Township Council |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Douglas Tomson (term ends December 31, 2015)〔〔(2015 New Jersey Mayors Directory ), New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, as of October 20, 2015. Accessed November 12, 2015.〕 |leader_title1 = Administrator |leader_name1 = Anthony Ferrera〔(Administrator/Municipal Clerk ), Hillsborough Township. Accessed August 22, 2014.〕 |leader_title2 = Clerk |leader_name2 = Pamela Borek〔 |established_title = Royal charter |established_date = September 12, 1771 |established_title2 = Incorporated |established_date2 = February 21, 1798 |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = 〔(2010 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 142.453 |area_land_km2 = 141.248 |area_water_km2 = 1.204 |area_total_sq_mi = 55.001 |area_land_sq_mi = 54.536 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.465 |area_water_percent = 0.85 |area_rank = 29th of 566 in state 1st of 21 in county〔 |population_as_of = 2010 Census |population_footnotes = 〔(DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Hillsborough township, Somerset County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 26, 2012.〕〔〔(Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Hillsborough township ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed August 26, 2012.〕 |population_total = 38303 |population_rank = 59th of 566 in state 3rd of 21 in county〔(GCT-PH1 Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 31, 2013.〕 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = 702.3 |population_density_rank = 413th of 566 in state 15th of 21 in county〔 |population_est = 39544 |pop_est_as_of = 2014 |pop_est_footnotes = 〔 |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = Eastern (EDT) |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = 〔, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 5, 2013.〕 |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 108 |coordinates_type = region:US_type:city |coordinates_region = US-NJ |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_footnotes = 〔〔(US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |latd = 40.497692 |longd = -74.670505 |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 08844〔(Look Up a ZIP Code for Hillsborough, NJ ), United States Postal Service. Accessed August 26, 2012.〕〔(Zip Codes ), State of New Jersey. Accessed September 11, 2013.〕 |area_code = 732 and 908〔(Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Hillsborough, NJ ), Area-Codes.com. Accessed September 11, 2013.〕 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 3403531890〔〔(American FactFinder ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕〔(A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey ), Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed August 26, 2012.〕 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0882169〔〔(US Board on Geographic Names ), United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |website = |footnotes = }} Hillsborough Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 38,303,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 1,669 (+4.6%) from the 36,634 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 7,826 (+27.2%) from the 28,808 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed August 26, 2012.〕 Hillsborough Township was originally created by Royal charter on September 12, 1771, from portions of Western precinct. It was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's original group of 104 townships. Portions of the township were taken to form the boroughs of Millstone (May 14, 1894) and Manville (April 1, 1929).〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 223. Accessed August 26, 2012.〕〔(New Jersey Local Name Search ), State of New Jersey. Accessed February 17, 2014.〕 The township's name may have come from an earlier name of "Hillsbury", though it may have been named for Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire who was the Earl of Hillsborough.〔(Our Towns - History Of Hillsborough ), Hillsborough Township. Accessed September 1, 2015. "Hillsborough's roads got their names from early records, Hillsborough was also known as Hillsbury and although the records are obscure, some believe the Township was named for Lord Hillsborough."〕 ==History== On May 31, 1771, Hillsborough was officially granted a Charter incorporating it as a Township. A revised charter was issued on September 12, 1771.〔 The records of Hillsborough Township are complete from their inception in 1746 and there are ten volumes, each some several hundred pages, kept in the Special Collections Department of the Rutgers University Library along with the Charter. Hillsborough Township quickly took its place in history as the path General George Washington and his troops traveled from the Battle of Princeton to winter quarters in Morristown. While the British were encamped in the valley below awaiting an opportunity to attack, it is said that Washington drilled his troops on the Sourland Mountain around a spring near the top using different formations and corn stalks for guns. As the sun caught the stalks, the British thought Washington had received reinforcements and fresh supplies. The British troops, thinking that they were outnumbered, slipped off to New Brunswick leaving Washington to continue to Morristown. The township was formally incorporated on February 21, 1798.〔 Hillsborough is the home of the Belle Mead GSA depot, or Belle Mead General Depot, which was a storage site for materials during World War II, along with housing Italian and German prisoners of war. It continued storing materials until the 1980s, and various contaminants have leaked into the ground and surrounding area during that time. Efforts are under way to convert the site into a mixed recreation and R&D complex.〔(Belle Mead GSA Depot ), Hillsborough Township. Accessed August 26, 2012.〕 Hillsborough is home to Duke Gardens and Duke Farms, a estate in the north-eastern quadrant of the town that was originally owned by tobacco and electric energy tycoon James "Buck" Duke and then passed down to daughter Doris Duke, and is now one of the few remaining "preserved" natural areas in Hillsborough Township.〔Haddon, Heather. ("Duke Estate Reopens; Bucolic Grounds Become Public Park, Conservation Center" ), ''Wall Street Journal'', May 2, 2012. Accessed August 26, 2012. "For years here amid the gentle hills of the Raritan River valley in suburban New Jersey, a 2,740-acre estate that once provided the setting for Doris Duke's ornamental gardens has largely been kept private.Now, after years of debate about how to handle the massive plot formerly owned by one of the world's richest women, the bucolic grounds known as Duke Farms are set to open to the public May 19 and become one of the largest privately owned public spaces in the U.S., estate officials said."〕 In ''Money'' magazine's 2013 Best Places to Live rankings, Hillsborough was ranked 16th in the nation, the third-highest among the three places in New Jersey included in the top 50 list.〔Staff. ("2013 Best Places to Live; America's best small towns" ), CNN / ''Money (magazine)'', September 2013. Accessed August 12, 2013.〕〔Staff. (2013 Best Places to Live - 16. Hillsborough, NJ ), CNN / ''Money (magazine)'', September 2013. Accessed August 12, 2013.〕 In the magazine's 2007 rankings, the township was ranked as the 23rd best place to live in the nation.〔(Best Places to Live: Top 100 for 2007 – 23. Hillsborough, N.J." ), ''Money (magazine)'', July 2007. Accessed August 12, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hillsborough Township, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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