South Bound Brook
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borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Somerset
- Formed
- Unknown (within Franklin Township)
- Renamed
- March 16, 1869 (as Bloomington Town)
- Incorporated
- May 1, 1907
- Named after
- Bound Brook (Raritan River)
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Caryl A. "Chris" Shoffner ( D , term ends December 31, 2023)
- Administrator
- Christina Fischer
- Municipal clerk
- Christina Fischer
- Total
- 0.74 sq mi (1.92 km )
- Land
- 0.64 sq mi (1.67 km )
- Water
- 0.097 sq mi (0.25 km ) 12.84%
- Rank
- 526th of 565 in state, 19th of 21 in county
- Elevation
- 46 ft (14 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 4,811
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of New Jersey
- Official name
- South Bound Brook
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Somerset County
- Population
- 4863
- Area
- 1.954725
- Elevation
- 46
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Middlesex
- Official website
- sbbnj.com
- Image
- South Bound Brook, New Jersey (2015).jpg
- Households
- 1646
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- topic's main category
- Category:South Bound Brook, New Jersey
- Commons category
- South Bound Brook, New Jersey
- postal code
- 08880
- native label
- South Bound Brook
- inception
- 1869-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 12.8054
- per capita income
- 36152
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Encyclopedic overview
South Bound Brook is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,863, an increase of 300 (+6.6%) from the 2010 census count of 4,563, which in turn reflected an increase of 71 (+1.6%) from the 4,492 counted in the 2000 census.
What is now South Bound Brook was originally formed as a town within Franklin Township. On March 16, 1869, the name of the community was changed to Bloomington, which lasted until May 29, 1891, when the name reverted to South Bound Brook town. South Bound Brook was incorporated as an independent borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 11, 1907, based on the results of a referendum held on May 1, 1907.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “South Bound Brook” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.