Editing Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Peapack Gladstone NJ.jpeg|thumb|Downtown Gladstone with Peapack in the distance.]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough had a total area of 5.80 square miles (15.03&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 5.73 square miles (14.85&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.07 square miles (0.18&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (1.21%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include [[Gladstone, New Jersey|Gladstone]], Peapack and Ravine Lake.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

Peapack-Gladstone borders other [[Somerset Hills]] communities in [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset]] and [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris]] counties including: [[Bedminster, New Jersey|Bedminster]] to the southwest, [[Bernardsville, New Jersey|Bernardsville]] to the east, [[Far Hills, New Jersey|Far Hills]] to the southeast, [[Chester Township, New Jersey|Chester Township]] to the northwest, and [[Mendham Township, New Jersey|Mendham Township]] to the northeast.<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010475/touches.html Areas touching Peapack-Gladstone], MapIt. Accessed March 2, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.co.somerset.nj.us/about/county-info/maps/municipalities Municipalities], [[Somerset County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 2, 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><ref>Thomson, W. Barry. [https://somersethillshistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Newsletter-May2021-1.pdf#page=6 "New Municipal Proposals of 100 Years Ago"], ''Inside the Brick Academy'', June 2021. Accessed July 9, 2023. "Over the years a number of efforts have been made to alter municipal boundaries and create new municipalities in the Somerset Hills region, with the goal of making local governments more responsive to the changing needs of residents.... The first of such efforts in the 20th century resulted in the creation of Mendham Borough out of Mendham Township in 1906, and the separation of the Borough of Peapack-Gladstone from Bedminster Township in 1912."</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080724115029/http://www.t3consortium.com/drafts/somersethillsbooks.php "Review: New Jersey Country Homes The Somerset Hills."] T3 Consortium, LLC, last modified September 2006, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of July 24, 2008. Accessed December 11, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://www.bernardsvilleboro.org/meetings/master-plans/664-comprehensive-master-plan-amended-2004/file#page=15 ''Comprehensive Master Plan''], Borough of Bernardsville, adopted September 28, 2000. Accessed July 11, 2023. "Bernardsville is geographically part of the Somerset Hills group of communities, as defined by their hills and steep slopes. These municipalities include Far Hills (named for these hills), Peapack-Gladstone (part), Bedminster (part), Bernards Township (part) in Somerset County and the Mendhams (part) in Morris County."</ref>