Editing Bernards Township, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 24.33 square miles (63.01&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 24.20 square miles (62.68&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.13 square miles (0.33&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (0.52%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

The township is roughly bounded by the [[Watchung Mountains|Second Watchung Mountain]] in the southwest, the [[Dead River (New Jersey)|Dead River]] swamp on the south, the [[Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge]], [[Passaic River]], and [[Millington, New Jersey|Millington]] Gorge in the east.

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include [[Basking Ridge, New Jersey|Basking Ridge]], [[Franklin Corners, New Jersey|Franklin Corners]], Green Knoll, Hardscrabble, [[Liberty Corner, New Jersey|Liberty Corner]], [[Lyons, New Jersey|Lyons]], Madisonville, Mount Horeb, Somerset Mills, State Park, Stone House and White Bridge.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 22, 2015.</ref><ref>O'Brien, Walter. [https://archive.today/20130201030001/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1724836861.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+22,+2007&author=WALTER+O'BRIEN&pub=Courier+-+News&desc=A+GUIDE+TO+BERNARDS:+Rich+in+history,+Bernards+takes+pride+in+modern+prosperity&pqatl=google "A Guide To Bernards: Rich in history, Bernards takes pride in modern prosperity"], ''[[Courier News]]'', August 22, 2007. Accessed July 4, 2012. "Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, Lyons and West Millington remain unincorporated areas inside Bernards."</ref> [[Martinsville, New Jersey|Martinsville]] is an unincorporated area in [[Bridgewater Township, New Jersey|Bridgewater Township]], whose 08836 ZIP Code also covers portions of Bernards Township.

The township borders [[Bedminster, New Jersey|Bedminster Township]] and [[Far Hills, New Jersey|Far Hills]] to the west, [[Bernardsville, New Jersey|Bernardsville]] to the northwest, [[Bridgewater Township, New Jersey|Bridgewater Township]] to the southwest, and [[Warren Township, New Jersey|Warren Township]] to the southeast in [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]] and [[Harding Township, New Jersey|Harding Township]] to the northeast and [[Long Hill Township, New Jersey|Long Hill]] to the east in [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1085138/touches.html Areas touching Bernards Township], MapIt. Accessed March 19, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.co.somerset.nj.us/about/county-info/maps/municipalities Municipalities], [[Somerset County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 19, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>