Funeral Homes in Old Bridge, NJ

Facts about the city

• Some of the notable people born here have been: Adam Chazen (actor), and Vitamin C (singer and actor).

Old Bridge Township is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a total population of 65,375, reflecting an increase of 4,919 (+8.1%) from the 60,456 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,981 (+7.0%) from the 56,475 counted in the 1990 Census. As of the 2010 Census, the township was the state's 18th largest municipality, after being the state's 21st most-populous municipality in 2000. Old Bridge is a bedroom suburb of New York City located across the Raritan Bay from Staten Island, and it is about 25 miles (40 km) from Manhattan, and about 30 miles (48 km) south of Newark.What is now Old Bridge Township was originally incorporated as Madison Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 2, 1869, from portions of South Amboy Township (now City of South Amboy). In a referendum held on November 5, 1975, voters approved changing the township's name to Old Bridge Township by a margin of 7,150 votes to 4,888. The township's name was changed to avoid confusion with the borough of Madison in Morris County. Use of the name Old Bridge for a location "on the Camden and Amboy Railroad, about eight miles (13 km) beyond South Amboy" or "about seven miles (11 km) from South Amboy" goes back, however, to at least 1853. Initially, the township was made up of farms and the population grew slowly. In 1880, the population was 1,662 and in 1950 it had reached 7,365. Over the next decade, a building boom started and farms gave way to developments, and the population grew to 22,772 by 1960. The 1980 census cited 51,406 people. The township saw major changes with the extension of Route 18 to the shore.The township was named as a contender for the title of one of the best places to live in the United States by Money magazine in both 2005 and 2007.

Old Bridge Obituaries

It was written by New Haven Register on July 9th, 2020 that Bertha Dragunoff (Weiner) passed away in Old Bridge, New Jersey.  Ms. Dragunoff was 99 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Bertha's life.

It was written by Asbury Park Press on April 23rd, 2019 that Joseph T Jr Applegate passed away in Old Bridge, New Jersey.  Applegate was 89 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Joseph T Jr's life.

It was revealed by Tampa Tribune on August 26th, 2012 that Mildred E MacMillan passed on in Sebring, Florida.  MacMillan was 92 years old and was born in Old Bridge, NJ.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Mildred E's life.

It was disclosed on April 6th, 2012 that John J Brown passed away in Old Bridge, New Jersey.  Brown was 70 years old and was born in Great Bend, KS.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor John J's life.

It was revealed by San Diego Union-Tribune on December 20th, 2011 that Paul Reinhardt Vogel passed on in San Diego Co, California.  Vogel was 90 years old and was born in Old Bridge, NJ.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Paul Reinhardt's life.

History

They, like many people today, migrated to the shore along the Raritan each summer from their hunting grounds in the north. The first settlers were John Warne, son of one of the original proprietors of East Jersey, and John and Susannah Brown, who obtained a 1,000 acre (4 km²) land grant from King George II of Great Britain in 1737. In 1975, the name was changed by referendum to the Township of Old Bridge, to differentiate the township from the Borough of Madison, New Jersey in Morris County, New Jersey County. At that time, it covered an area that now consists of the Townships of Monroe Township, New Jersey and Old Bridge and the Boroughs of Sayreville, New Jersey and South Amboy, New Jersey Amboy. When the English gained control from the Netherlands in 1664, the state was divided into two provinces, East Jersey and West Jersey.

The official website for the city of Old Bridge is https://www.oldbridge.com/.