| Phillipsburg, New Jersey | ||
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| Coordinates: 40°41′20″N 75°10′57″W / 40.68889°N 75.1825°WCoordinates: 40°41′20″N 75°10′57″W / 40.68889°N 75.1825°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | New Jersey | |
| County | Warren | |
| Incorporated | March 8, 1861 | |
| Government | ||
| - Type | Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) | |
| - Mayor | Harry L. Wyant, Jr. | |
| - Administrator | Michele D. Broubalow[1] | |
| Area | ||
| - Total | 3.3 sq mi (8.6 km2) | |
| - Land | 3.2 sq mi (8.4 km2) | |
| - Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) | |
| Elevation [2] | 295 ft (90 m) | |
| Population (2006)[3] | ||
| - Total | 14,831 | |
| - Density | 4,703.6/sq mi (1,816.1/km2) | |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| ZIP code | 08865 | |
| Area code(s) | 908 | |
| FIPS code | 34-58350[4][5] | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885350[6] | |
| Website | http://phillipsburgnj.org | |
Phillipsburg, known locally as P'burg, is a town in Warren County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of 2006, the town population was 14,831.
Phillipsburg was incorporated as a town by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1861, from portions of Phillipsburg Township (now Lopatcong Township).[7]
The town is located in western New Jersey, on the border of Pennsylvania, and is considered the eastern border of the region's Lehigh Valley.
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Phillipsburg is located at 40°41′22″N 75°11′07″W / 40.689474°N 75.185340°W.[8]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.7 km2), of which, 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km2) of it (3.29%) is water.
Pohatcong Mountain is a ridge, approximately 6 mi (10 km) long, in the Appalachian Mountains that extends from Phillipsburg northeast approximately to Washington.
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1930 | 19,255 |
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| 1940 | 18,314 | −4.9% | |
| 1950 | 18,919 | 3.3% | |
| 1960 | 18,502 | −2.2% | |
| 1970 | 17,849 | −3.5% | |
| 1980 | 16,647 | −6.7% | |
| 1990 | 15,757 | −5.3% | |
| 2000 | 15,166 | −3.8% | |
| Est. 2006 | 14,831 | [3] | −2.2% |
| Population 1930 - 1990.[9] | |||
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 15,166 people, 6,044 households, and 3,946 families residing in the town. The population density was 4,703.6 people per square mile (1,818.5/km2). There were 6,651 housing units at an average density of 2,062.8/sq mi (797.5/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 91.84% White, 3.47% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.83% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 2.02% from other races, and 1.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.38% of the population.
There were 6,044 households out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 16.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the town the population was spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $37,368, and the median income for a family was $46,925. Males had a median income of $37,446 versus $25,228 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,452. About 9.9% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.6% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.
Situated at the confluence of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers, Phillipsburg used to benefit from being a major transportation hub. Long gone is the era of canal shipping and many of the important freight railways that served the area have gone bankrupt or bypass the city on long distance routes.
Phillipsburg was served by five major railroads:
1. Central Railroad Company Of New Jersey (CNJ)
2. Lehigh & Hudson River (L&HR)
3. Lehigh Valley (LV)
4. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W) and
5. Pennsylvania (PRR).
Phillipsburg served as the western terminus of the Morris Canal for approximately 100 years from the 1820s to 1920s, which connected the city by water to the industrial and consumer centers of the New York City area, with connections westward via the Lehigh Canal across the Delaware.
Most of the manufacturing jobs have left Warren County's largest city. In 1994, the New Jersey Legislature designated Phillipsburg as an Urban Enterprise Zone community. This zoning offers tax incentives and other benefits to Phillipsburg-based businesses, as well as a 3½% sales tax rate, reduced from the 7% rate charged statewide.[10]
In recent years, some businesses have begun to move into the center of the city. Rising real estate prices indicate that these legislative stimulants have been somewhat effective. Phillipsburg also has been selected as a site for the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Heritage Center (jointly with Netcong), a museum designed to help preserve and showcase the state's transportation history.[11]
The Belvidere and Delaware River Railway still serves the city's remaining industry and connects to the national rail network via a connection with Norfolk Southern in the city.
As of the fall of 2007, New Jersey Transit is conducting a study to determine if re-establishing a commuter rail extension of the Raritan Valley Line to Phillipsburg is economically feasible.
Phillipsburg is governed under the Mayor-Council system of municipal government under the Faulkner Act by a mayor and a five-member Town Council. Councilmembers are elected at large to four-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with two or three seats up for election every other year.[12][13]
The Mayor of Phillipsburg is Harry L. Wyant, Jr. (R, term of office ends December 31, 2007). He is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,[14] a bi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The Coalition is co-chaired by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Town Council Members are Council President David DeGerolamo (D, 2011), Council Vice President, James P. Stettner (D, 2011), John Damato (D, 2009), William M. Merrick (D, 2009) and James M. Shelly (D, 2009).[1][15]
Phillipsburg is in the Fifth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 23rd Legislative District.[16]
New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District, covering the northern portions of Bergen County, Passaic County and Sussex County and all of Warren County, is represented by Scott Garrett (R, Wantage Township). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).
For the 2010-2011 Legislative Session, the 23rd District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Michael J. Doherty (R, Oxford Township) and in the Assembly by John DiMaio (R, Hackettstown) and Erik Peterson (R, Franklin Township).[17] The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham).[18] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).[19]
Warren County is governed by a three-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. As of 2009, Warren County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Richard D. Gardner (term expires January 1, 2012), Freeholder Deputy Director Everett A. Chamberlain (January 1, 2010), and Freeholder Angelo Accetturo (November 3, 2009). Accetturo was selected to serve the remainder of the term of John DiMaio after DiMaio won a seat in the New Jersey General Assembly.[20]
The Phillipsburg School District serves public school students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.[21]
The schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[22]) are Green Street School (Grades PreK-5; 645 students), Barber School (Grades 1&2; 187), Freeman School (Grades 1&2; 197), Andover-Morris School (Grades 3-5; 246) and Phillipsburg Middle School (Grades 6-8; 608). A recently constructed building, The Early Childhood Learning Center, serves preschool children in the area. Students in grades 9-12 attend Phillipsburg High School (1,720) which serves students from the town of Phillipsburg and from five neighboring communities at the secondary level: Alpha, Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township, who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships.[23] Although the school sports an historic attractive building, a multi-million dollar football stadium and sport training facility, and one of the state's biggest football powerhouses, it remains as one of the lowest performing public schools in the state in academics and suffers from chronic overcrowding. The school district, which has struggled for over a decade to build a new school, continues to use a building which lacks up-to-date facilities and some handicap amenities and will soon introduce its 32nd temporary trailer to help its lack of classroom space. The state of New Jersey has owed the town of Phillipsburg funds for the construction of a new school for several decades but has delayed on payment.
Phillipsburg High School has an athletic rivalry with neighboring Easton, Pennsylvania's Easton Area High School, which celebrated its 100th anniversary game on Thanksgiving Day 2006. Phillipsburg lost the game.[24] In 2009, the 1993 teams from the Easton P-Burg Game met again for the Gatorade REPLAY Game to resolve the game, which ended in a 7-7 tie. The REPLAY Game was won by Phillipsburg, 27-12.[25].
Many major highways pass through Phillipsburg, including U.S. Route 22, Route 122, and Interstate 78.
New Jersey Transit bus service is provided on the 890 and 891 routes.[26]
Notable current and former residents of Philipsburg include:
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   | Phillipsburg Official Web Site - Phillipsburg, New Jersey |
| | Phillipsburg Area Chamber Of Commerce - GLVCC Detail Page |
| | Warren County page for Phillipsburg - County of Warren, NJ - TOWNSHIP OF PHILLIPSBURG |
| | National Center for Education Statistics data for the Phillipsburg School District - Search for Public Schools - Search Results |
| | Database Football - Jim Ringo Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com |
| | High school rivals are like family - USATODAY.com - High school rivals are like family |
| | Census data for Phillipsburg town - Phillipsburg town, New Jersey - Population Finder - American FactFinder |
| | State of New Jersey Executive Order #57 issued by Governor James J. Florio - State of New Jersey - Executive Orders |
| | William Fred Birch biographic profile - BIRCH, William Fred - Biographical Information |
| | Charles Sitgreaves - SITGREAVES, Charles - Biographical Information |
| | "Creating Postcards Not Just for Tourists" - Creating Postcards Not Just for Tourists - The New York Times |
| | "Ex-Rep. Helen S. Meyner, 69; Born Into Democratic Politics" - Ex-Rep. Helen S. Meyner, 69; Born Into Democratic Politics - The New York Times |
| | Medal of Honor Recipients: World War II (M-S) - Medal of Honor Recipients - World War II (M-S) |
| | Ned Bolcar player profile - Ned Bolcar Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com |
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