Staff. A compendium of the ninth census, 1870, p. 260. United States Census Bureau, 1872. Accessed February 11, 2013. Total shown for Bridgewater is 5,883, including 556 in Bound Brook, 1,009 in Raritan and 2,236 in Somerville. Total shown was calculated via subtraction.
Contact Us, Byram Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2024.
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FAQ, Byram Township. Accessed July 1, 2011. "Byram Township is located in Northern New Jersey in Sussex County. Byram is known as The Township of Lakes, having more than two dozen lakes and ponds. Several large communities have grown around the larger lakes."
Township Council, Byram Township. Accessed May 20, 2024. "Byram Township has a Mayor and 4 Council members. The Mayor and all Council Members are elected at-large in Non-Partisan elections for 4-year staggered terms. Elected Officials enter office on January 1 following the Election Year."
Byram Township History, Byram Township. Accessed March 22, 2020. "Byram Township was established on February 5, 1798, having been separated from the vast area that was then Newton. The name honored the Byram Family, surveyors who had settled in the area before the Revolution. In 1798, the head of the family was Jephthah Byram, who is buried in the Sparta Cemetery."
How Your Government Works, Byram Township. Accessed May 28, 2022. "The Township of Byram is chartered under the "Faulkner Act" (OMCL) Council-Manager plan. (NJSA 40:69A-81 et. seq.) Byram Township has a Mayor and 4 Council Members. The Mayor and all Council Members are elected at-large in Non-Partisan elections for 4-year staggered terms. Elected Officials enter office on January 1 following the Election Year."
Paulinskill & Sussex Branch Trails, Liberty Water Gap Trail. Accessed July 2, 2011. "The Sussex Branch Trail follows a section of the route of the former Sussex Branch line of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad that extends through Sussex County from Byram Township in the south to Branchville Borough.... Located in Sussex County, the trail follows a 20-mile route beginning from the north at the Frankford Township-Branchville Borough boundary, and continues south through Lafayette Township, Andover Township, and Andover Borough to its southern terminus in Byram Township at Waterloo Road."
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About Our School, Lenape Valley Regional High School. Accessed March 8, 2023. "Lenape Valley Regional High School is a four-year regional public high school and school district in New Jersey serving approximately 850 students from two municipalities in Sussex County and one in Morris County. The communities served by the high school are Byram Township and Stanhope Borough in Sussex and Netcong Borough in Morris County. The school is located in Stanhope, New Jersey.'
"Biographical Sketch Of Bishop Hoban By Rev. M. E. Lynott", Wilkes-Barre Record, November 15, 1926. Accessed January 3, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The home of the vounr oonnl was a log cabin In the railroad clearing, and, as Abraham Lincoln, Liberator of men from political servitude, was born in a log cabin, so on June 6, 1861, at Waterloo, N. J, was born he who by priestly power would free men from the slavery of sin."
Higgs, Larry. "Construction underway on commuter rail line to Sussex County", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 14, 2015. Accessed October 31, 2016. "This spring, NJ Transit plans to take bids to build a station and high level platforms in Andover, and to do more track construction and work on the Roseville Tunnel, Smith said. Passenger service could start in four years, depending on factors such as how weather conditions affect construction, he said."
Moszczynski, Joe. "N.J. municipalities consider moving non-partisan elections from May to November", The Star-Ledger, September 26, 2010. Accessed July 28, 2014. "Byram, in Sussex County, became the first municipality in the state to make the change, on Aug. 30, after the township council voted 3-2 to approve the move, which will take effect in November 2011, when three council seats will be up for grabs."
Open Space and Recreation Plan, Byram Township, June 2020. Accessed February 7, 2023. "Roseville Schoolhouse Museum This one-room schoolhouse was moved from its original location on Lackawanna Drive (originally known as Roseville Road) to its current location near the Municipal Building on Mansfield Road and Beatrice Johnson Way.... The building was moved onto a new foundation, refurbished, and opened as a Schoolhouse Museum on Byram Day, September 13, 1986."
Tredinnick, Andrew. "Alexia Lacatena signing with Kentucky is latest stop in softball journey", New Jersey Herald, November 17, 2020. Accessed July 21, 2021. "Alexia Lacatena has always challenged herself against the best competition since she began playing softball.... Prior to missing out on her junior year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Byram native led the Patriots to back-to-back sectional finals and an NJAC Freedom Division title."
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"HBO series based on Byram man's war story", New Jersey Herald, March 6, 2010. Accessed February 23, 2022. "One night in 1951, Robert Leckie and his wife Vera stepped out to see the musical South Pacific.... The Byram writer and his memoir are the main focus of the HBO miniseries The Pacific, debuting March 14."
Falkenstein, Michelle. "A Festival For the Band Next Door", The New York Times, April 24, 2005. Accessed October 23, 2007. "Nevertheless, Mr. Freeman, 24, who is from Byram, says he is excited to do a show next weekend."
Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 229. Accessed October 25, 2012. A date of April 9, 1798, is shown as the date the township was formed, which appears to be incorrect, as the township was incorporated some six weeks earlier.
Stewart, Amy. "Seats open on Bryam Steering Committee"Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, The Township Journal, February 15, 2008. Accessed July 2, 2011. "Looking at the municipal buildings that already exist will be part of the process. These include the civic center, formally the consolidated school. The use of that building on Lackawanna Drive periodically comes into question since a large portion of the building is rented to Celebrate the Children, a school run privately for children with educational disabilities, mainly autism."
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Byram Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Byram Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Byram Township School District. Composition: The Byram Township School District is comprised of all the area within the County of Sussex."
About County Government, Sussex County, New Jersey. Accessed May 20, 2024. "Sussex County is governed by five (5) Commissioners who are elected by the voters of Sussex County. Each serves on the county’s Board of County Commissioners for a term of three (3) years, after which time they can seek re‐election or retire.... The Commissioners are elected at‐large to serve three‐year staggered terms. The five Commissioners elect a director from among themselves to run their meetings and to serve as a spokesperson for the board."
Contact Us, Sussex County Clerk. Accessed May 20, 2024.
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Administration, Sussex County Sheriff's Office. Accessed May 20, 2024.
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Home Page, Sussex County Surrogate. Accessed May 20, 2024.
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via Associated Press. "N.J. mayor wants investigation into snowstorm", USA Today, March 8, 2001. Accessed April 9, 2013. "Byram Township Mayor Richard Bowe, who is an attorney, is calling for a federal or state investigation in an attempt to determine if the forecasts of heavy snow and blizzard conditions were mistakes or a deliberate attempt to generate ratings."
Stewart, Amy. "Seats open on Bryam Steering Committee"Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, The Township Journal, February 15, 2008. Accessed July 2, 2011. "Looking at the municipal buildings that already exist will be part of the process. These include the civic center, formally the consolidated school. The use of that building on Lackawanna Drive periodically comes into question since a large portion of the building is rented to Celebrate the Children, a school run privately for children with educational disabilities, mainly autism."
