Editing Far Hills, New Jersey (section)

==History==
Far Hills encompasses nearly {{convert|5|sqmi}} in Somerset County, encircled by the [[Somerset Hills]] communities of [[Bedminster, New Jersey|Bedminster]], [[Bernardsville, New Jersey|Bernardsville]], [[Bernards Township, New Jersey|Bernards Township]], and [[Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey|Peapack-Gladstone]].<ref>[http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/_maps/municipalities_map.html Municipalities Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111235904/http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/_maps/municipalities_map.html |date=2012-11-11 }}, [[Somerset County, New Jersey]]. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref> It shares a community pool, athletic programs, civic organizations, and a school system with Bernardsville. It shares a public library, a fire department and a first aid squad with neighboring Bedminster Township.

The borough maintains its character through {{convert|10|acre|m2|adj=on}} minimum zoning laws whereby large private properties and homes surround a small village which was the creation of a wealthy New York businessman in the late 1800s.<ref>Goldman, E. Stanley. [https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/17/archives/far-hills-taxes-questioned.html "Far Hills Taxes Questioned"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 17, 1971. Accessed August 25, 2012.</ref> The beginning of rail service to nearby Bernardsville in 1870, opened the area to city people seeking a respite from the heat and hurry of urban life.

Evander H. Schley, a land developer and real estate broker from New York, purchased thousands of acres in Bedminster and Bernards townships in the 1880s. One day in 1887, Schley's brother, Grant, and his wife, Elizabeth, arrived by horse-drawn carriage to see Evander's farms. Elizabeth is said to have remarked on the beautiful vista of the "far hills," thus giving the name to the place before a village was built.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120324195241/http://www.farhillspolice.org/id5.html History of Far Hills], Borough of Far Hills. Accessed August 1, 2016.</ref>