Transportation

The only major road that traverses Harmony is CR 519

County Route 519 (New Jersey)

County Route 519 is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Daniel Bray Highway in Delaware Township to the New York state line in Wantage Township...

 which leads to U.S. Route 22

U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey

U.S. Route 22 is a U.S. highway stretching from Cincinnati, Ohio in the west to Newark, New Jersey in the east. In New Jersey, the route runs for from the Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge over the Delaware River in Phillipsburg, Warren County to Interstate 78 , US 1/9, and Route 21 at the Newark...

 to the south and U.S. Route 46

U.S. Route 46

U.S. Route 46 is an east–west U.S. Highway, running for , completely within the state of New Jersey. The west end is at an interchange with Interstate 80 and Route 94 in Columbia, Warren County on the Delaware River...

 to the north.

The closest limited access road is Interstate 78

Interstate 78 in New Jersey

Interstate 78 is an east–west route stretching from Union Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania to New York City. In New Jersey, I-78 is called the Phillipsburg–Newark Expressway and the Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike...

 which is in neighboring Greenwich and Franklin.

Local government

Harmony Township is governed under the Township

Township (New Jersey)

A township, in the context of New Jersey local government, refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government. As a political entity, a township is a full-fledged municipality, on par with any town, city, borough, or village, collecting property taxes and providing...

 form of government with a three-member Township Committee. The Township Committee is elected directly by the voters in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one seat coming up for election each year. At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor.

, the Harmony Township Committee consists of Mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 Brian Tipton (R

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, term ends December 31, 2012), Deputy Mayor

Deputy Mayor

Deputy mayor is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official in many local governments. Many elected deputy mayors are members of the city council who are given the title and serve as acting mayor in the mayor's absence...

 Diane Yamrock (R, 2011) and Richard Cornely (R, 2013).

Federal, state and county representation

Harmony Township is in the 5th Congressional district.

Harmony Township is in the

Education

The Harmony Township School District

Harmony Township School District

The Harmony Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through eighth grade from Harmony Township, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States....

 serves students in public school for kindergarten through eighth grade, with an enrollment of 318 students as of the 2008-09 school year. In 2006, a Harmony student won the state spelling bee becoming the first Harmony to student ever to accomplish that task and advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee

Scripps National Spelling Bee

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a highly competitive annual spelling bee in the United States, with participants from other countries as well. It is run on a not-for-profit basis by The E. W...

.

Public school students in grades nine through twelve from Harmony, Hope

Hope Township, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,891 people, 697 households, and 538 families residing in the township. The population density was 102.2 people per square mile . There were 747 housing units at an average density of 40.4 per square mile...

 and White

White Township, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 4,245 people, 1,668 households, and 1,179 families residing in the township. The population density was 155.1 people per square mile . There were 1,770 housing units at an average density of 64.7 per square mile...

 Townships attend Belvidere High School as part of sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. This is often done to achieve costs savings in smaller districts or continues after districts have grown as part of a historical relationship...

s with the Belvidere School District

Belvidere School District

The Belvidere School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Belvidere in Warren County, New Jersey, United States....

.

External links

• Harmony Township website
• Warren County page for Harmony Township
• Harmony Township School
• Data for the Harmony Township School, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
  The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
  
  
• Belvidere High School