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The Town 
Millburn is a township in Essex County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 19,765. Millburn Township was created as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 20, 1857, from portions of Springfield Township.
Millburn also includes the hamlet of Short Hills. Millburn comprises the historic Wyoming district, and South Mountain and Millburn Center areas. Short Hills contains the sections of Knollwood, Glenwood, Brookhaven, Country Club, Merrywood, Deerfield-Crossroads, Mountaintop, White Oak Ridge, and Old Short Hills Estates.
Millburn is known for its proximity to South Mountain Reservation and for The Mall at Short Hills.
The West Branch of the Rahway River runs through downtown
Millburn Points of interest 
Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary
The Mall a t Short Hills
Paper Mill Playhouse
Old Short Hills Park
Taylor Park
Gero Park
Also, part of South Mountain Reservation is within the town's boundary.
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Transportation
Millburn Township is served by two New Jersey Transit railroad stations along the Morristown Line: the Millburn station, located at the intersection of Essex Avenue and Lackawanna Place near the Millburn Free Public Library, and the Short Hills station, located near The Crescent Street between Hobart Avenue and Chatham Road. The latter station is also the site of the Millburn-Short Hills Historical Society museum.
In addition, New Jersey Transit operates multiple bus lines along Millburn and Essex Avenues, including the 70 route] that stops at the Millburn RR station on a route between Newark and Livingston. The MCM3 Morris County Metro local route also serves the community.
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Demographics 
As of the census of 2000, there were 19,765 people, 7,015 households, and 5,604 families residing in the township. The population density was 2,106.2 people per square mile (813.6/km˛). There were 7,158 housing units at an average density of 762.8/sq mi (294.6/km˛). The racial makeup of the township was 88.91% White, 8.40% Asian, 1.10% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.43% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.04% of the population.
There were 7,015 households out of which 44.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.6% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.1% were non-families. 17.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.19.
In the township the population was spread out with 30.2% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $130,848, and the median income for a family was $158,888. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $51,603 for females. The per capita income for the township was $76,796. About 1.2% of families and 1.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 1.0% of those age 65 or over.
Millburn has traditionally had one of the largest Jewish communities in Essex County, along with neighboring Livingston and South Orange]Philip Roth's popular novel Goodbye, Columbus about a newly affluent Jewish family, was set in the Short Hills section of Millburn, and a key scene takes place at the Millburn High School track.
The township has also become very popular with young professionals moving out of Manhattan, thanks to direct train service to Penn Station.
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Education
The Millburn Township Public Schools serve students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are five K-5 elementary schools — Deerfield Elementary School (522 students), Glenwood Elementary School (448), Hartshorn Elementary School (569), South Mountain Elementary School (353) and Wyoming Elementary School (328) —Millburn Middle School for sixth through eighth grade (1,070) and Millburn High School for grades 9-12 (1,283). 
During the 2007-08 school year, Millburn High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive. It was also named as one of the Top 100 High Schools in U.S. News and World Report's first ever ranking of U.S. high schools. It was also ranked as Number 148 in Newsweek Magazine's listing of "America's Best High Schools" in the August 5, 2005 issue. The ranking was solely based on the number of AP exams taken by the students at the school in the past year divided by the number of graduating seniors. 96.6% of the class of 2006 were planning to attend a four-year college, or other post-secondary education.
The influx of younger families into the community has led to significant growth in public school enrollment, with projected attendance forecast to double from 1990 to 2007.
Far Brook School is a private, nonsectarian coeducational day school located in the Short Hills section of Millburn, serving students in nursery through eighth grade, with a total enrollment of 197 students. The Pingry School's Lower School (K-6) campus is located in Short Hills. St. Rose of Lima School is a Catholic school with 260 students in PreK-3 to 8th grade, operating under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Newark.
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Notable residents 
Notable current and former residents of Millburn include:
Michael Goldstein (1957-), Prominent lawyer working out of Manhattan. Appeared on the OJ Simpson Trial as a legal analyst.
Lorenzo Borghese (1973-), star of the 9th season of The Bachelor. 
James C. Fletcher (1919-1991) served as the 4th and 7th Administrator of NASA, first from April 27, 1971, to May 1, 1977, and again from May 12, 1986, to April 8, 1989.
Anne Hathaway (1982-), actress.
Herbert G. Hopwood (1898-1966) four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as commander in chief of the United States Pacific Fleet from 1958 to 1960.
John C. McGinley (1959-), actor, best known for the NBC show, Scrubs. 
Robert E. Mulcahy III, athletic director at Rutgers University.
Belva Plain (1919-), author.
Rachel Zoe (1971-), fashion stylist.
Alan Zweibel (1950-), producer and writer on such productions as Saturday Night Live, PBS' Great Performances, and It's Garry Shandling's Show.
Links To Local Websites Of Interest 
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