The township was first settled in the early 18th century by Colonel John Reading ( 1657 – 1717 ), who was instrumental in the creation of Amwell Township in 1708 and also worked for the creation of Hunterdon County in 1714.

Students in grades 9 through 12 for public school attend North Hunterdon High School in Clinton Township as part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Students also have the option to attend Hunterdon County Polytech Career Academy in Raritan Township.

Lebanon Township is also home to the Hunterdon Learning Center, an alternative education school founded by James Butters in 1975.

The high school also serves students from five sending communities: Alpha, Bloomsbury ( in Hunterdon County ), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township.

The high school also serves students from five communities as part of sending / receiving relationships: Alpha, Bloomsbury ( in Hunterdon County ), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township.

The high school also serves students from five sending communities: Alpha, Bloomsbury ( in Hunterdon County ), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township.

Besides his base in Hudson County, he also won the endorsement of the Republican organizations in Monmouth, Hunterdon, and Somerset counties.

The unincorporated village of Upper Black Eddy aka " UBE " is located in northern Bucks County, Pennsylvania 58 miles ( 95 kilometers ) west south west of New York City and 45 miles ( 68 kilometer ) north of Philadelphia and is officially part of Bridgeton Township which also directly borders adjacent Borough of Milford, Hunterdon County, New Jersey via by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission's free Upper Black Eddy-Milford Bridge over the Delaware River

Bush controlled largely rural parts of the state, such as the Northwest ( Hunterdon, Somerset, and Morris are also among the ten wealthiest counties in America ) and Salem County.

This allowed for European settlers to enter into Hunterdon County in the early 18th century.

Hunterdon County was named for Robert Hunter, a colonial governor of New Jersey, through a corruption of Hunterston, his former home in England.

As of the Tax Foundation's rankings based on 2006 data, Hunterdon had taken the top spot for highest median property tax at $ 7, 999.

Hunterdon County's median income for a household was $ 79, 888, which makes it the fourth highest county in the country based on median household income.

* Raritan Valley Community College is the two-year community college for both Hunterdon and Somerset County, one of a network of 19 county colleges state-wide.

Students in public school for grades 9-12 attend the Delaware Valley Regional High School, part of the Delaware Valley Regional High School District, which serves students in western Hunterdon County.

Public transportation is non-existent, save for one public bus service ( The LINK ) which services Hunterdon County, NJ.

Funding for operation of the Hunterdon County LINK System is provided by Hunterdon County, NJ TRANSIT and the Federal Transit Administration.

* Hunterdon County page for Bethlehem Township

* Hunterdon County web page for Bloomsbury

* Hunterdon County webpage for Califon Borough

Across the river sits the Stone Mill, home of the Hunterdon Art Museum for Contemporary Craft and Design, located in a former gristmill that had been reconstructed in 1836 and operated continuously until 1952, when a group of local residents conceived of a plan to convert the historic building into a museum.

Funding for operation of the Hunterdon County LINK System is provided by Hunterdon County, New Jersey Transit and the Federal Transit Administration.

Students in public school for grades 9 through 12 attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale as part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District.

The department runs mutual aid calls with Annandale Hose Company, High Bridge Fire Department, Quakertown Fire Company, Lebanon Fire Company and Pattenburg Fire Company and other fire departments in Hunterdon Country, which have become an invaluable resource for large incidents.

* The Hunterdon Art Museum ( 7 Lower Center Street ) is located in a mill established in 1836, and offers exhibitions of contemporary art, craft and design, docent tours and over 200 education programs for adults and children.

* The State of New Jersey's Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women is located near Clinton, next to the Hunterdon Developmental Center in Union Township.

* Hunterdon County webpage for Clinton Township

* Hunterdon County web page for Delaware Township

* Hunterdon County web page for East Amwell Township

* Hunterdon County webpage for Franklin Township

Governor Kieft's War of 1643 to 1645, the Esopus War of 1655 to 1660, and the Peach War of 1655 to 1657 would have prevented colonization of New Netherland, which today is called Hunterdon County.

Public school students in grade 9-12 attend the Hunterdon Central High School, part of the Hunterdon Central Regional High School District, which serves over 3, 000 students in central Hunterdon County.

Public school students in grade 7-12 attend the South Hunterdon Regional High School, part of the South Hunterdon Regional High School District, which serves over 300 students in southern Hunterdon County.

The Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge, a free Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission bridge over the Delaware River, connects Uhlerstown to Frenchtown in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

Hunterdon County is solidly Republican and elects some of the most conservative members of the New Jersey legislature.

The 7th district had a slight Republican lean, and Stender managed to defeat Ferguson in the more liberal suburban counties of Middlesex and Union, but Ferguson held on to the more conservative areas in Somerset and Hunterdon counties, and kept Stender to a small lead in Union County.

Hunterdon County is represented exclusively by Republican Freeholders and the majority of township committee and borough council seats are held by Republicans.

Like most towns in Hunterdon County, Readington Township leans very strongly towards Republican Party on the national and state levels.

Like most towns in Hunterdon County, Clinton Township leans very strongly towards Republican Party on the national and state levels.

Like most towns in Hunterdon County, Readington Township leans very strongly towards Republican Party on the national and state levels.

Whitman was born in New York City and grew up in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, the daughter of Eleanor Prentice Todd ( née Schley ) and Webster B. Todd, both interested in New Jersey Republican politics.