Lebanon (pronounced "LEB-uh-nin")[17] is a borough in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

[20] Lebanon was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 26, 1926, from portions of Clinton Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 20, 1926.

In the early part of the 19th century, before the separation of Clinton Township from Lebanon Township on April 12, 1841, the community was known as Jacksonville and later as Lebanonville, Lebanonville Depot and finally Lebanon, a station on the Central Railroad of New Jersey.

[23] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.90 square miles (2.34 km2), almost all of which was land.

[24][25][26] The 2010 United States census counted 1,358 people, 602 households, and 366 families in the borough.

[31] As of the 2000 United States census[14] there were 1,065 people, 458 households, and 287 families residing in the borough.

[5] The borough form of government used by Lebanon is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie.

The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council.

[33][34][35] As of 2023[update], the mayor of Lebanon Borough is Republican James J. Pittinger, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.

The Lebanon Borough Council is comprised of Council President Richard J. Burton (R, 2024), Samuel Berger (R, 2024), Gregory F. Crawford (R, 2025), Robert J. Kirchofer (R, 2025), James Lance (R, 2023) and Mary Basile Logan (R, 2023).

[3][36][37][38][39][40][41] In August 2019, the borough council selected Melissa Saharic to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that became vacant following the resignation of Michael Piagentini, who left office the previous month after announcing that he was moving out of the borough.

[43] After Republican incumbent Barbara "Bonnie" Schmidt and Democratic challenger Marlene Baldinger ended up tied with 431 votes for the second of two council seats in the November 2016 general election, the two faced off in a January runoff, which Baldinger won by a 183-135 margin.

[46] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 7th congressional district is represented by Thomas Kean Jr. (R, Westfield).

[48] For the 2024-2025 session, the 16th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Andrew Zwicker (D, South Brunswick) and in the General Assembly by Mitchelle Drulis (D, East Amwell Township) and Roy Freiman (D, Hillsborough Township).

[55][56] Constitutional officers elected on a countywide basis are Clerk Mary H. Melfi (R; Flemington, 2026),[57][58] Sheriff Fredrick W. Brown (R; Alexandria Township, 2025)[59][60] and Surrogate Heidi Rohrbach (R; Lebanon Township, 2028).

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 26, 2009, for its significance in architecture and community development from c. 1813 to c. 1942.

[85] The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also includes students from Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township, who attend Voorhees High School in Lebanon Township.

[95][96] The Lebanon station[97] offers service on NJ Transit's Raritan Valley Line.

The northern track is no longer in use and the stop has limited weekday and no weekend service.