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Bridgewater Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 42,940.

Bridgewater Township was originally created by Royal Charter on April 4, 1749 from portions of the Northern precinct, and was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. During the nineteenth century, portions of the township were taken to form Warren Township (March 5, 1806), Branchburg Township (April 5, 1845), Somerville (March 25, 1863), Raritan (April 3, 1868) and Bound Brook (March 24, 1869).

Points of interest:
Places of worship in Bridgewater include churches for a number of Christian denominations, a Jewish synagogue, and temples for the Hindu and Sikh religions.
Bridgewater Commons, a large regional shopping mall.
Commerce Bank Ballpark, home of the Somerset Patriots.
Washington Camp Ground (also known as Middlebrook encampment), just north of Bound Brook, a preserved portion of the land on which the army of George Washington encamped during the winter of 1778-79. (The general himself stayed in an actual house in Somerville.)
Somerset County library headquarters
The United States Bicycling Hall of Fame, a private organization formed to preserve and promote the sport of cycling.
The area also offers many parks and other recreational facilities.

Bridgewater contains a number of communities and sections, many of which do not have officially defined boundaries. They include:
Bradley Gardens: Located in southwestern Bridgewater, bordered on the east by Raritan and on the north by Route 202. This is one of Bridgewater's older residential areas but also includes some newer developments as well as a commercial area along Old York Road.
Finderne: Located in southeastern Bridgewater between Bound Brook and Somerville. This is a diverse area with older neighborhoods, newer developments, multi-unit housing as well as commercial and industrial areas. The Middlebrook Crossing industrial park, the Promenade shopping center and Commerce Bank Ballpark (home of the Somerset Patriots) are located here. Finderne also has many restaurants ranging from Italian to Chinese.
Martinsville: Located in Northeastern Bridgewater near Warren Township.
Green Knoll: Located in central Bridgewater, this is a residential area with many major commercial developments and government facilities, including the Bridgewater Commons Mall at the intersection of U.S. Route 22 and U.S. Route 202-206, a large office park just west of the Commons across 202-206, the municipal building and police station, and Bridgewater-Raritan High School.
Northwestern Bridgewater: This area has no "official name" but is referred to by some as the "Country Club-Meadow Road area" or similar names, after the major north-south streets there.
Milltown Road developments: Known to some as the "Milltown-Vanderveer" area, this is an area of Bridgewater just northeast of Bradley Gardens bordering Raritan and Branchburg.
North Branch: Most of the historic community of North Branch is in Branchburg Township, but a portion lies to the east of the North Branch of the Raritan River, in Bridgewater Township.
Sunset Lake: Built around a manmade lake in the extreme northern part of Bridgewater, near the interchange of Interstate 287 and Interstate 78. Some of the residents there have the Basking Ridge ZIP code 07920.
Thomae Park: In the extreme eastern portion of Bridgewater, bordering Bound Brook and Middlesex. Residents there have a Bound Brook ZIP code. One of their main attractions is Thomae Park, which has a playground, basketball court, baseball field, and hiking trail.

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