'''Cranbury Township''' is a [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]], [[New Jersey]], [[United States]]. As of the [[United States 2000 Census]], the township population was 3,227.
[[Image:Cranbury per wiki copy.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A map of Cranbury]]
[[Cranbury CDP, New Jersey|Cranbury CDP]] is a [[census-designated place]] and [[unincorporated area (New Jersey)|unincorporated area]] located within Cranbury Township. The population was 2,008 at the 2000 census. Despite the similarity in the name of the Township and the CDP, the two are not one and the same, as is the case for most paired Township / CDP combinations (i.e., a CDP with the same as the Township).
==Geography==
[[Image:Cranbury-twp-nj.png|right|thumb|250px|Cranbury Township highlighted in Middlesex County]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of 34.8 [[km²]] (13.4 [[square mile|mi²]]). 34.7 km² (13.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.30%) is water.
==Demographics==
As of the [[census]][[Geographic references#2|2]] of 2000, there were 3,227 people, 1,091 households, and 877 families residing in the township. The [[population density]] was 92.9/km² (240.6/mi²). There were 1,121 housing units at an average density of 32.3/km² (83.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 88.78% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.26% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 7.41% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.22% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.33% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.70% of the population.
There were 1,091 households out of which 46.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.6% were non-families. 16.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.31.
In the township the population was spread out with 30.4% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $111,680, and the median income for a family was $128,410. Males had a median income of $94,683 versus $44,167 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $50,698. About 0.7% of families and 1.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 0.9% of those age 65 or over.
==Transportation==
Cranbury hosts [[U.S. Route 130|US 130]] and about 4 mile section of [[Interstate 95]]/[[New Jersey Turnpike]]. While Cranbury doesn't have a Turnpike interchange (handled by 8 in [[East Windsor Township, New Jersey|East Windsor]] or 8A in [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Twp]]), it does handle a service area, the ''Molly Pitcher Service Area'' at mile marker 71.87 on the southbound side.
==Government==
===Local government===
The Township Committee is the governing body established by State law for the [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] form of government. The membership of the Cranbury Township Committee was expanded from three to five in January 1990. The terms of the members are for three years staggered so that at least one member is up for election every year. The membership annually chooses one of the members as Mayor. The Mayor presides at the meetings and votes as a member of the Committee. All formal legislative and executive powers are exercised by the Committee as a whole.
The Township Committee has allocated coordination of administrative and departmental functions among its members. Every Township board and department has at least one member of Committee as a liaison.
The Township form of government does not specify a chief administrative officer. Cranbury Township Committee established the position of Township Administrator by ordinance in 1990.
Members of the Cranbury Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Thomas F. Panconi Jr., Richard Stannard, Pari Stave, David Stout and Wayne K. Wittman[[http://www.cranburytownship.org/twp_committee.html Cranbury Township Committee], accessed [[April 11]], [[2006]]].
===Federal, state and county representation===
Cranbury Township is in the Twelfth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 14th Legislative District[[http://www.lwvnj.org/pubs/CG06.pdf League of Women Voters: 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government], p. 56, accessed [[August 30]], [[2006]]].
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==Education==
[[Image:Princeton High School Front.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Princeton High School (New Jersey)|Princeton High School]]]]
{{main|Cranbury School}}
Children in grades Kindergarten through eighth grade attend the [[Cranbury School]], which [[2006|as of 2006]] has an enrollment of 592 students. For grades 9 to 12, Cranbury students attend [[Princeton High School (New Jersey)|Princeton High School]], as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Princeton Regional Schools]] which also gives Cranbury one non-voting seat on the Princeton Regional Schools Board of Education.
==Notable residents==
Notable current and former residents of Cranbury include:
*[[Tod A.]], stage name of singer, songwriter and bass guitarist Tod Ashley
*[[Todd Beamer]], passenger aboard [[United Airlines Flight 93]], who uttered the words, heard by a phone operator, to fellow passengers with whom he was planning an assault on the terrorists in the cockpit -- "[[Let's roll]]"
==References==
==External links==
*[http://www.cranburytownship.org Cranbury Township Official Website]
*[http://www.cranburyschool.org/ Cranbury Township School]
*{{NJReportCard|23|0970|0|Cranbury School}}
*[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403540 National Center for Education Statistics data for Cranbury School]
*[http://phs.prs.k12.nj.us/ Princeton High School]
*[http://www.cranburyhistory.org Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society]
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