Flemington, New Jersey
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| Foundation : | April 26, 1910 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | New Jersey |
| County : | Hunterdon County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 31 ′ N , 74 ° 51 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 4,267 (as of 2006) |
| Population density : | 1,523.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.8 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.8 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 55 m |
| Postal code : | 08822 |
| Area code : | +1 908 |
| FIPS : | 34-23700 |
| GNIS ID : | 0876384 |
| Website : | www.historicflemington.com |
Flemington is a small town of the borough type in the US state of New Jersey and the seat of the administration of Hunterdon County . The city with 4200 inhabitants (Census 2000) on 2.8 km² is about 90 km west of New York City and about 80 km north of Philadelphia . In 1935 the sensational trial of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's son took place here. Today the place is known for its historical buildings and a center of the retail trade due to the settlement of many factory outlets .
history
The whole region of what is now New Jersey was originally settled by the Lenni Lenape Indians. In 1712 William Penn and his partner Daniel Coxe bought the area to settle German and English emigrants. However, it was not until 1738 before the first settler built a log cabin in what is now the city area. In 1746 Samuel Fleming came and in 1756 built an inn, the building of which still exists today and after which the developing place was named Fleming's Town.
Flemington became the seat of county government in 1785 and retained that status when the court and administration building burned down in 1826 and the neighboring town of Lambertville attempted to move the administration.
In the 19th century, the city prospered, the economic base of which was still agriculture and which had specialized in poultry and dairy farming. Wealthy citizens built lavish Greek-style houses with porticoed columns and gables. From 1856 to 2003, the County Fair , an agricultural and trade show for the county, was held in Flemington.
65% of the urban area are under ensemble protection and are registered in the national monument protection register because of the historical buildings. More than sixty factory outlets have opened in Flemington since the 1990s, attracting high quality customers from northern New Jersey and neighboring parts of Pennsylvania .
Demographics
As of the 2000 census, there are 4,202 people, 1,804 households and 997 families in the city. The population density is 1,515.5 inhabitants per km². 87.71% of the population are White, 3.19% African American , 0.31% Native American , 3.12% Asian , 0.17% Pacific Islander , 3.14% Other Ethnicity, and 2.36% Mixed Race . 10.98% are Latinos of any race.
Of the 892 households, 26.8% have children under the age of 18, 38.7% of them are married couples living together, 11.7% are single mothers, 44.7% are not families, 37.7% are single households and in 12.1% people are older than 65. The average household size is 2.26, the average family size 3.00.
22.2% of the population are under 18 years old, 8.6% between 18 and 24, 36.9% between 25 and 44, 20.2% between 45 and 64, 12.1% older than 65. The average age is 35 years. The ratio of women to men is 100: 94.3, for people older than 18 the ratio is 100: 92.7.
The median income for a household in the city is $ 39,886 and the median income for a family is $ 51,582 . Males have a median income of $ 38,594 versus $ 31,250 for females. The per capita income for the city is $ 23,769. 6.9% of the population and 5.0% of families live below the poverty line, of which 7.5% are children or adolescents younger than 18 years and 3.0% of people are older than 65 years.
Lindbergh trial
In 1935, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was tried in Flemington for kidnapping Charles Lindbergh's son and extorting $ 70,000 in 1932. Because of possible bias of the jury at Lindbergh's place of residence, the proceedings had been moved to the neighboring district of Hunterdon and thus to Flemington. The negotiations lasted from January 2nd to February 13th and attracted international media interest to the small town. Hauptmann was found guilty only on circumstantial evidence , sentenced to death and, after a failed retrial, executed in April 1936.
sons and daughters of the town
- Mary Decker (born 1958), track and field athlete
- Danny Federici (1950–2008), musician
- Dick Foran (1910–1979), actor and singer
- William E. Purcell (1856-1928), politician
- Brian White (born 1996), football player
