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King George II signed a royal charter creating Bernardston Township on the 24th of May 1760. The state legislature later incorporated it as Bernards Township on the 21st of February 1798.
Bernards Township occupies 24.33 square miles with 24.20 square miles of land and 0.13 square miles of water. Census data recorded 27,830 residents living within these boundaries by 2020.
Notable figures include LaDainian Tomlinson who settled there after playing for the New York Jets and Jared Isaacman who dropped out of Ridge High School to pursue business ventures. Page McConnell grew up in Basking Ridge while Tobin Heath won gold medals at the 2008 Olympics.
The township uses a form of government employed by only 141 municipalities statewide where five members serve three-year terms elected at-large. Mayor Ana Duarte McCarthy and Deputy Mayor John Tompkins lead the committee as of recent records.
Ridge High School earned the National Blue Ribbon School Award during the 2009-10 school year and again in 2015 when Newsweek ranked it 37th best in America. Mount Prospect Elementary School joined recognized schools in 2014 among eleven statewide recipients.