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North Branch, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
North Branch, New JerseyLocation within Somerset CountyShow map of Somerset County, New JerseyNorth Branch, New JerseyNorth Branch, New Jersey (New Jersey)Show map of New JerseyNorth Branch, New JerseyNorth Branch, New Jersey (the United States)Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 40°36′07″N 74°40′39″W / 40.60194°N 74.67750°W / 40.60194; -74.67750
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Somerset
Township	Branchburg
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	878824

North Branch is an unincorporated community and hamlet located mostly within Branchburg, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. A portion of North Branch is located in Bridgewater. The hamlet of North Branch, located on both sides of the North Branch of the Raritan River, brings the ambiance of a small village and charm to the area.

The North Branch Volunteer Fire Company provides fire protection to western Bridgewater Township and northern Branchburg Township. The company's 30 volunteers cover almost 12 square miles (31 km) and 15,000 residents.

Education

The Branchburg portion of the area is home to the Midland School, a school serving students with developmental disabilities from a number of public school districts. In 2005, the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District opened Milltown School, an elementary school located on the east bank of the North Branch river.

Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) is located north of the intersection of old Route 28 and Lamington Road on a 240-acre (97 ha) site acquired in 1968. Rutgers University has a partnership with Raritan Valley Community College that allows students who have an associate degree to complete a bachelor's degree through the off-campus Rutgers location at Raritan Valley Community College's North Branch campus.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with North Branch include:

• Raymond Bateman (1927–2016), politician, who represented Somerset County in the New Jersey Senate in the 1960s and 1970s and was the Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1977.
• Daniel H. Beekman (1874-1951), Judge of the Somerset County Court of Common Pleas, President of the Second National Bank of Somerville, and Democratic politician.
• Robert Cox (1813–1890), politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives.

Points of interest

• North Branch Reformed Church

Historic district

The North Branch Historic District on the western side of the North Branch was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 2012.

Surrounding area

v t e Places adjacent to North Branch, New Jersey Flemington Clinton Township Lamington Bridgewater Flemington North Branch Somerville Neshanic Station South Branch Hillsborough Raritan

See also

• North Branch Historic District

References

1. "North Branch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 8, 2016.
3. History, Mission, Diversity Statement & Core Values, Raritan Valley Community College. Accessed June 26, 2016. "In July of 1968, the College found a permanent home with the purchase of a 240-acre site in North Branch."
4. About Raritan Valley, Rutgers at Raritan Valley Community College. Accessed June 26, 2016. "Raritan Valley Community College sits on the north side of Route 28 in North Branch, at the crossroads of Central New Jersey. Routes 22, 202 and 206, and interstates 287 and 78 are just minutes away."
5. Deak, Mike; Grzella, Paul. "Raymond Bateman, Somerset County's public servant, has died", Courier News, June 25, 2016. Accessed June 26, 2016. "After retiring from political life, Bateman devoted himself to Raritan Valley Community, which was literally in the backyard of his home in the North Branch section of Branchburg."
6. Scannell, John James (1919). Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide (Vol. II ed.). Paterson, NJ: J.J. Scannell. p. 46. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
7. Michigan Biographies: Including Members of Congress, Elective State Officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education, Volume 1, p. 205. Michigan Historical Commission, 1924. Accessed October 29, 2020. "Robert Cox - Representative from Hillsdale County 1861-2. Was born in North Branch, N. J., Apr. 30 1813."

External links

• Branchburg Township official web site
• Branchburg Public Schools
• Bridgewater-Raritan school district site
• Branchburg Rescue Squad
• North Branch Volunteer Fire Company
• Rutgers at Raritan Valley Community College

v t e Municipalities and communities of Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
County seat: Somerville
Boroughs	Bernardsville Bound Brook Far Hills Manville Millstone North Plainfield Peapack-Gladstone Raritan Rocky Hill Somerville South Bound Brook Watchung
Townships	Bedminster Bernards Branchburg Bridgewater Franklin Green Brook Hillsborough Montgomery Warren
CDPs	Basking Ridge Bedminster Belle Mead Blackwells Mills Blawenburg Bradley Gardens Bridgewater Center Clyde East Franklin East Millstone East Rocky Hill Finderne Flagtown Franklin Center Franklin Park Green Knoll Griggstown Harlingen Hillsborough Kingston Lamington Liberty Corner Lyons Martinsville Middlebush Neshanic Neshanic Station‡ Pleasant Plains Pluckemin Pottersville‡ Six Mile Run Skillman Somerset Ten Mile Run The Hills Voorhees Weston Zarephath
Other communities	Amwell Cloverhill Dutchtown Franklin Corners Free Acres Gladstone Little Rocky Hill Middlebrook North Branch Rockingham South Branch Stoutsburg Zion
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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