North Branch is an

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and hamlet located mostly within Branchburg, in Somerset County,

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, 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 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.

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(RVCC) is located north of the intersection of old

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and Lamington Road on a site acquired in 1968.

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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

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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

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.''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."

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

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on April 16, 2012.

Surrounding area

References

External links

Branchburg Township official web siteBranchburg Public SchoolsBridgewater-Raritan school district siteBranchburg Rescue SquadNorth Branch Volunteer Fire CompanyRutgers at Raritan Valley Community College
{{Authority control Branchburg, New Jersey Bridgewater Township, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Somerset County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey