The historical town of Millburn N.J. is a place with connections. Despite splitting from the town of Springfield in 1857, Millburn is intrinsically attached to many other neighboring communities in the region. Although Millburn’s inclusion in the Midtown Direct service of the NJ Transit train line bypasses Hoboken, the service allows commuters a short convenient trip to Jersey City or Manhattan as well as to the towns of Summit, Chatham, Madison, and Maplewood.
In reality, Millburn comes as part of a package deal: the Short Hills (which is not its own town but a beautiful section of Millburn) lie to the north with many luxury homes and mansions; to the south, the Millburn section possesses many affordable houses. The township, which supports a bustling population of 19,765 and 7,158 housing units, has 143 vacant housing units awaiting future residents.
The Short Hills area imparts its name to the acclaimed shopping center, the Mall at Short Hills. Besides housing stores for the retail giants Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Macy’s, and Saks Fifth Avenue, the eponymous mall is known for many fine stores including the fashionable Anthropologie and the tasteful Williams and Sonoma.
The Millburn section offers a variety of reasonable houses in a refreshing range of styles: Victorian, Tudor, Cape Cod, colonials, and 1950s ranches. Additionally, Millburn's central business district blooms along Millburn Avenue and Main Street with many banks, boutiques, beauty salons, antique stores, and over 130 establishments that serve food including half a dozen ice cream parlors.
Both regions share town services as well as a well regarded school district. In 2008, New Jersey Monthly’s annual rankings of New Jersey high schools awarded the top spot to Millburn High School. With 22 advanced-placement courses in history, mathematics, the sciences, foreign languages, literature, English, and music available at Millburn high school, it is no surprise that 97% of graduating seniors will continue their education. In fact, 74% of the adult population in Millburn possesses a post-secondary school degree.
In short, Millburn is not only a place to make connections; it’s a great place in which to live.
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