Hillsborough Township, New Jersey
Hillsborough Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The township is centrally located in the Raritan Valley region within the much larger New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 38,303, reflecting an increase of 1,669 from the 36,634 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 7,826 from the 28,808 counted in the 1990 Census.Hillsborough Township was... Show more originally created by Royal charter issued May 31, 1771, which was revoked and revised on September 12, 1771. It was incorporated on February 21, 1798 by the New Jersey Legislature Township Act of 1798 as one of New Jersey's original group of 104 townships. Portions of the township were taken to form the boroughs of Millstone and Manville. The township's name may have come from an earlier name of "Hillsbury", though it may have been named for...