Bernards Township, New Jersey (U.S.)

Somerset County

Last modified: 2009-07-26 by rick wyatt
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image located by Valentin Poposki, 23 December 2008

• Description of the flag

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• Somerset County
• New Jersey
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Description of the Flag

Flag is quartered yellow and red, with narrow white stripes at top and bottom. A large white oak leaf on the upper hoist quarter, and a large yellow oak leaf on the lower hoist quarter. TOWNSHIP OF BERNARDS is written on upper fly quarter.

Bernards Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 24,575. What is now Bernards Township was originally formed by Royal Charter as Bernardston Township from remaining portions of Northern precinct. It was incorporated as Bernards Township as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken to form Warren Township (March 5, 1806), Far Hills (April 7, 1921) and Bernardsville (March 6, 1924)." - from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernards_Township,_New_Jersey.

The flag of the township can be seen on a photo on Flickr website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheenachi/161284358. Township similar logo can be seen on a township website: http://www.bernards.org
Valentin Poposki, 23 December 2008