Raum, John O. The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1, p. 268, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed July 21, 2013. "Tewksbury township was formed in 1798. Its population in 1850 was 2,301; in 1860, 2,333; and in 1870, 2,327. New Germantown, Fairmount, Farmersville and Mountainville are in this township."
Kean, Thomas. "Congressman Thomas Kean Jr". United States House of Representatives. United States House of Representatives. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
Elected and Appointed Officials, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2025. "As top governing officials of Hunterdon County, the five Commissioners are chosen by popular vote in the November general elections. The term of office is for three years and the current compensation is $16,000 a year, with an extra $1,000 for the Director. One or two of the five members is elected each year."
John E. Lanza, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2025.
Shaun C. Van Doren, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2025.
Jeff Kuhl, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2025.
Zachary T. Rich, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2025.
Susan Soloway, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2025.
Staff. "Tewksbury school board to sell Sawmill School", New Jersey Hills, July 30, 2003. Accessed September 22, 2014. "Under the terms of the negotiated agreement, which school officials are hoping to finalize by the end of August, the Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission would pay $1 million for the circa-1950s school that is located on seven acres."
Abrams, Bernie. "Native daughter comes home", New Jersey Hills, June 11, 2007. Accessed May 1, 2022. "Her roots, she admits, run very deep in the area though she now lives in California. She grew up in the Oldwick section of Tewksbury Township where, at the Country Day School, her teacher Miss Noling encouraged von Stade's vocal development in performing Gilbert and Sullivan operettas."
Speers, W. "Model-Agency Fords Lose N. Jersey Home To Fire", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 4, 1993. Accessed March 29, 2008. "The fab North Jersey home of Gerard and Eileen Ford, owners of the fashion industry's most prestigious modeling agency, was pretty much totaled by fire Tuesday night. Nobody was hurt but a fire official said the Tewksbury Township home was 90 percent destroyed."
Information Regarding Choice of District School, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed January 4, 2015. "In the past, parents and students of the North Hunterdon High School sending districts were able to select either North Hunterdon High School or Voorhees High School as their school of choice.... As our student population continued to grow and our two high schools reached, and exceeded, 90% capacity, the option of choosing Voorhees was eliminated in the 2005-2006 school year for the North Hunterdon sending districts (Bethlehem Township, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township – Clinton Town students still have choice as they are classmates at Clinton Public School with Glen Gardner students, who attend Voorhees)."
About the District, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed January 4, 2015. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township; Voorhees High School educates students from: Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township"
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Petenko, Erin. "The 19 wealthiest towns in New Jersey, ranked", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 12, 2018, updated May 15, 2019. Accessed February 27, 2020. "A note about the data: The source of this data is median household income in the 2012-2016 American Community Survey snapshot, compared with the 2007-2011 ACS snapshot.... 3. Mendham township, Morris County Median income: $176,875"
Staff. "1767 charter is restored for Zion Lutheran in Tewksbury", September 18, 2011, updated March 31, 2019. Accessed November 21, 2019. "The Royal Charter, which was granted to Zion in 1767 by King George III, is on parchment and measures about 20" x 28".... Zion Lutheran Church is the oldest Lutheran congregation in New Jersey. Most of the charter members of the church had fled from the Palatinate area of Germany and its long series of wars and severe tax burdens. The first service was led by Justus Falckner on Aug. 1, 1714, at the home of Aree van Guinee, a freed slave."
Marcus, Samantha. "These are the towns with the highest property taxes in each of N.J.’s 21 counties", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 22, 2019. Accessed November 5, 2019. "The average property tax bill in New Jersey was $8,767 last year. But there can be big swings from town to town and county to county.... The average property tax bill in Tewksbury Township was $14,367 in 2018, the highest in Hunterdon County."
Clark, Adam. "9 N.J. schools just won a huge national honor", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 24, 2020. Accessed September 27, 2020. "Nine New Jersey public schools have been awarded the national Blue Ribbon designation, one of the highest honors in education. The schools were recognized Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education for high student achievement."
Heyboer, Kelly. "How to get your kid a seat in one of N.J.'s hardest-to-get-into high schools", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 2017. Accessed November 18, 2019. "Hunterdon County's vo-tech district has three academies for high-achieving students, all operating in partnerships with local high schools.... The academies are open to all students in the county. Students in the 8th grade are required to submit an application, schedule an interview and take a placement exam."
Slaght, Veronica. "'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini buys home in Tewksbury", The Star-Ledger, September 24, 2009. Accessed January 21, 2011. "James Gandolfini, who portrayed the conflicted mobster on the popular HBO drama The Sopranos, has taken up residence in the posh seclusion of Tewksbury's wooded hills."
Voorhees High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 3, 2016. "Voorhees High School has consistently ranked among the top high schools in New Jersey and was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2015. With an enrollment of 1,095 students in grades 9-12, the school serves the communities of Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, and Tewksbury Township."
Capuzzo, Jill P., et. al. "16 Small Towns We Love", New Jersey Monthly, August 27, 2019. Accessed March 5, 2023. "The township is thought to be named after Tewkesbury, England; the two established a sister-city relationship in 2003."
National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form for Oldwick Historic District, National Park Service, received September 30, 1988. Accessed November 21, 2019. "The Oldwick Historic District is composed of 127 contributing buildings and outbuildings, 12 contributing structures and 1 contributing site (church cemetery).... them, the Georgian/Federal, Greek Revival, and Italianate styles appear to have been most widely adapted by district builders."
Cohen, Joyce. "Havens; Weekender | Tewksbury, N.J.", The New York Times, November 22, 2002. Accessed January 30, 2023. "The most famous resident is New Jersey's former governor Christine Todd Whitman, now administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, whose family owns a farm there."
Wilson, Eric. "Jerry Ford, 83, Man Behind the Models, Dies", The New York Times, August 26, 2008. Accessed March 14, 2011. "Jerry Ford, who with his wife, Eileen, established one of the most recognizable modeling agencies in the world, turning a profession regarded as practically a hobby in the 1940s into one dominated by well-paid supermodels in the 1980s, died on Sunday in Morristown, N.J.. He was 83 and lived in Oldwick, N.J."
Tewksbury Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Tewksbury Public Schools. Accessed November 16, 2023. "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 Tewksbury Township School District. Composition The Tewksbury Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Tewksbury Township."
Old Turnpike School, Tewksbury Township Board of Education. Accessed November 16, 2023.
Schools, Tewksbury Township Board of Education. Accessed November 16, 2023.
School Choice, Tewksbury Township Schools. Accessed November 16, 2023. "The Tewksbury Township School District is a Pre-K through 8 district comprising??? two schools with a current enrollment of approximately 485 students. The Tewksbury Elementary School and Old Turnpike School have both been recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence."
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Township Committee, Tewksbury Township. Accessed March 27, 2023. "The Township of Tewksbury is governed by a five member Township Committee, with one member selected annually to serve as Mayor for a one-year term. Township Committee members are elected at large and serve staggered three-year terms."
Administration, Tewksbury Township. Accessed March 27, 2023.
History, Tewksbury Township. Accessed March 5, 2023. "The Township traces its origins to George Willocks' purchase of land from Lenape Indians in 1708 and to the West Jersey Society purchase of one hundred thousand acres two years later.... The name, Tewksbury, is believed to have originated from a connection with Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England. The two townships established a sister city relationship in 2003."
Morella, Nicole. "Jersey's John Amos stars as sitcom dad", Courier News (New Jersey), September 13, 2003. Accessed January 21, 2011. "Amos, who owns a home in Tewksbury but lives on his boat off the coast of Mexico, also has been seen recently on NBC's hit 'The West Wing'."
Tally Hall, MTV. Accessed January 21, 2011. "The group was formed in late 2002 while attending the University of Michigan, and each member hails from suburban Detroit except Horowitz, who calls Tewksbury, NJ, home."
