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Freehold Township is a Township located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 31,537.

The Battle of Monmouth was fought in Monmouth Battlefield State Park, which is in Freehold Township and Manalapan. Freehold is also credited as the hometown of American Rock and Roll legend Bruce Springsteen.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 99.8 km˛ (38.5 mi˛). 99.6 km˛ (38.5 mi˛) of it is land and 0.2 km˛ (0.1 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 0.21% water.

East Freehold (2000 Census population of 4,936) and West Freehold (12,498) are census-designated places and unincorporated areas located within Freehold Township.

Government

Local government
The Township Committee governs Freehold Township. It is the oldest form of government in New Jersey and is considered to be the most responsive to the needs of its citizens. Freehold Township is governed by five Committee persons, each of whom is elected for a three-year staggered term. At the beginning of each year, the Committee members elect one of their members to serve as Mayor and one as Deputy Mayor for that year.

This five-member Committee is empowered to enact local ordinances, to levy municipal taxes and conduct the affairs of this community. In almost all cases, it can review and approve the actions of other Freehold Township boards, committees and agencies. The Township Committee conducts all of its business during monthly meetings open to the public.

The members of the Township Committee are David M. Salkin (Mayor), Dr. Eugene B. Golub (Deputy Mayor), Anthony J. Ammiano, Dorothy H. Avallone and Raymond A. Kershaw. All the current members of the township committee are members of the Republican Party.

Federal, state and county representation
Freehold Township is in the Twelfth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 12th Legislative District.

New Jersey's Twelfth Congressional District, covering all of Hunterdon County and portions of Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Morris County, and Somerset County, is represented by Rush D. Holt Jr. (D). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Robert Menendez (D, Union City).

The 12th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Ellen Karcher (D, Freehold Township) and in the Assembly by Jennifer Beck (R, Red Bank) and Michael J. Panter (D, Red Bank). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).

Monmouth County is governed by a five-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Monmouth County's Freeholders are: Thomas J. Powers (Freeholder Director), Amy Handlin (Deputy Director), William C. Barham, Robert D. Clifton and Theodore J. Narozanick .

Education
Students in Kindergarten through eighth grade are educated by the Freehold Township Elementary and Middle Schools as follows, with 2003-04 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics. Students in Kindergarten or grades 1-5 go to one of the five elementary schools: C. Richard Applegate School with 588 students, Joseph J. Catena School with 649 students, Marshall W. Errickson School with 677 students, Laura Donovan School with 815 students or West Freehold School with 235 students. Then, in grades 6-8, most students in Applegate and Catena go to Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School (with 757 students) and most students in Laura Donovan and West Freehold go to Clifton T. Barkalow Middle School (with 808 students). Errickson is split between Eisenhower and Barkalow.

Students in grades 9-12 attend either Freehold Township High School or Freehold High School (based on home address), as part of the Freehold Regional High School District. The Freehold Regional High School District also serves students from Colts Neck Township, Englishtown, Farmingdale, Freehold Borough, Howell Township, Manalapan Township and Marlboro.

Points of interest
-Holmdel Arboretum
-Michael J. Tighe Park
-Freehold Raceway
-Freehold Raceway Mall

This information is from www.Wikipedia.org

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