Basking Ridge, New Jersey | |
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| Coordinates: 40°42′22″N 74°32′57″W / 40.7062°N 74.5493°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Somerset |
| Township | Bernards |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.80 sq mi (17.60 km2) |
| • Land | 6.75 sq mi (17.48 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2) |
| Elevation | 335 ft (102 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,196 |
| • Density | 1,066.07/sq mi (411.60/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | |
| Area code | 908 |
| FIPS code | 34-03340[6] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2806230[7] |
Basking Ridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[8] located within Bernards Township in the Somerset Hills region of Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[9]
Settled during colonial times, Basking Ridge is in the Raritan Valley and is a commercial hub for northern-central New Jersey and is a commuter town of New York City.[10] It was home to the old AT&T Headquarters, now operated by Verizon. Basking Ridge is the current headquarters for Collabera, Verizon Wireless, Peraton Labs, Lawyer.com, and Barnes & Noble College Booksellers. The community also hosts a train station along the Gladstone Branch (one of the two branches of the Morris & Essex Lines), which connects to Hoboken Terminal and New York Penn Station.
The community of Basking Ridge is part of greater Bernards Township, which also includes the neighborhoods of Liberty Corner, Lyons and West Millington.
It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census[7] with a population of 7,196.[11]
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Basking Ridge, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed July 3, 2012.
- ^ QuickFacts Basking Ridge CDP, New Jersey Archived October 2, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 17, 2023.
- ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Basking Ridge, NJ Archived August 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, United States Postal Service. Accessed July 3, 2012.
- ^ Zip Codes Archived June 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, State of New Jersey. Accessed August 27, 2013.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey Archived November 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "Basking Ridge Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020 Archived April 23, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 1, 2023.
- ^ Locality Search Archived 2016-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
- ^ Capuzzo, Jill P., "Living in Basking Ridge, N.J.: A Polished Past and Polite People" Archived July 24, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, New York Times, Published April 2, 2013. Accessed July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Basking Ridge CDP, New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 20, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.