Editing Millstone Township, New Jersey (section)

==History==
[[File:Baird Homestead.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Bairdsville, New Jersey|Thomas Baird Homestead]], owned by one of the first families to settle in Millstone,<ref name=BairdHomestead>{{cite news|url=http://exa.gmnews.com/news/2012-11-22/Front_Page/Town_becomes_owner_of_Baird_Homestead.html |title=Town becomes owner of Baird Homestead |date=November 22, 2012 |author=Meggitt, Jane |newspaper=Examiner |access-date=April 19, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143310/http://exa.gmnews.com/news/2012-11-22/Front_Page/Town_becomes_owner_of_Baird_Homestead.html |archive-date=April 27, 2015 }}</ref> seen at twilight]]
Millstone was formed as a township by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on February 28, 1844, from portions of [[Freehold Township, New Jersey|Freehold Township]] and [[Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey|Upper Freehold Township]], as well as part of [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]] in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]]. The portions taken from Monroe Township were relinquished in 1845. On May 29, 1937, portions of the township were taken to form the borough of Jersey Homesteads (now [[Roosevelt, New Jersey|Roosevelt]]).<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 182. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref>

The township has been one of the [[affluence|state's highest-income communities]]. Based on data from the [[American Community Survey]] for 2013–2017, Millstone Township residents had a [[Median income|median household income]] of $156,891, ranked 9th in the state among municipalities with more than 10,000 residents, more than double the statewide median of $76,475.<ref>Raychaudhuri, Disha. [https://www.nj.com/data/2019/06/the-wealthiest-towns-in-nj-ranked.html "The wealthiest towns in N.J., ranked"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], June 7, 2019. Accessed November 4, 2019. "The median household income in N.J. is $76,475, recent Census data shows.... A note about the data: The data comes from 2013-2017 American Community Survey conducted by U.S. Census Bureau. Smaller towns with less than 10,000 residents were excluded from the list.... 9. Millstone, Monmouth County Median income: $156,891"</ref>