Millburn is a suburban township in southwestern Essex County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey, and part of the New York metropolitan area.

[24] Earlier known variously as Milltown, Millville, Rum Brook, and Vauxhall, the name "Millburn" was adopted before the township was established.

The township's name derives from the burn (Scottish for a stream) that powered mills in the area.

[25][26] The township is home to the South Mountain Reservation, The Mall at Short Hills, and the Paper Mill Playhouse, an established regional theater.

[28] Millburn had the highest annual property tax bills in New Jersey in 2018 of $24,308, compared to a statewide average of $8,767.

[32] Based on data from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey, the township had a per-capita income of $84,663, ranked 10th in the state.

With George Washington's military camped outside at Morristown and the British assaulting through the Hobart Gap, Millburn was brought into the Revolutionary War.

In 1835 the Morris and Essex Railroad was completed, connecting Millburn to enormous urban communities in the east and coal areas in the northwest.

[1][2] Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Brantwood, Canoe Brook, Short Hills, Washington Rock, White Oak Ridge and Wyoming.

[38] Situated approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of Midtown Manhattan, Millburn is bordered by the Essex County municipalities of Livingston and West Orange to the north and northeast; Maplewood to the east; the Morris County municipalities of Chatham Borough and Florham Park to the west and southwest; and the Union County municipalities of Summit to the south, and Springfield and Union townships to the southeast.

Millburn has one of the largest Jewish communities in Essex County, along with neighboring Livingston and South Orange.

[60] Philip Roth's popular novel Goodbye, Columbus about a newly affluent Jewish family in the 1950s, was set in the Short Hills section of Millburn, and a key scene takes place at the Millburn High School track.

[61] The township has attracted professionals moving out of Manhattan, thanks to direct train service to Penn Station.

[6][68] At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor.

[74] Daniel Baer's service had marked the first time in the history of the town that a Democrat held the title of Mayor.

[77][78][79] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 11th congressional district is represented by Mikie Sherrill (D, Montclair).

[81] For the 2024-2025 session, the 27th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by John F. McKeon (D, West Orange) and in the General Assembly by Rosy Bagolie (D, Livingston) and Alixon Collazos-Gill (D, Montclair).

As of 2025[update], the County Executive is Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. (D, Roseland), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026.

[84] Essex County's Commissioners are: Robert Mercado (D, District 1 – Newark's North and East Wards, parts of Central and West Wards; Newark, 2026),[85] A'Dorian Murray-Thomas (D, District 2 – Irvington, Maplewood and parts of Newark's South and West Wards; Newark, 2026),[86] Vice President Tyshammie L. Cooper (D, District 3 - Newark: West and Central Wards; East Orange, Orange and South Orange; East Orange, 2026),[87] Leonard M. Luciano (D, District 4 – Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, Livingston, Millburn, North Caldwell, Roseland, Verona, West Caldwell and West Orange; West Caldwell, 2026),[88] President Carlos M. Pomares (D, District 5 – Belleville, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Montclair and Nutley; Bloomfield, 2026),[89] Brendan W. Gill (D, at large; Montclair, 2026),[90] Romaine Graham (D, at large; Irvington, 2026),[91] Wayne Richardson (D, at large; Newark, 2026),[92] Patricia Sebold (D, at-large; Livingston, 2026).

[116] New Eyes for the Needy is a non-profit organization started in 1932 as New Eyes (incorporated 1948) and based in Short Hills, which provides people in the United States with eyeglasses and sends recycled eyeglasses to needy people overseas.

[117] The Millburn-Short Hills Volunteer First Aid Squad, founded in 1958, provides Emergency Medical Services to the township.

They are an all-volunteer agency that does not charge for its services, relying solely on private donations to cover the costs of operating.

[120] The Millburn Township Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.

All schools ranked above Millburn are selective enrollment per their respective websites and are listed as magnet programs on Wikipedia.

[62] Far Brook School is a private, nonsectarian coeducational day school located in the Short Hills section of Millburn, serving students in nursery through eighth grade, with a 2018–2019 total enrollment of 224 students.

[156] The Millburn station is located at the intersection of Essex Street and Lackawanna Place near the Millburn Free Public Library,[157] and the Short Hills station is located near The Crescent Street between Hobart Avenue and Chatham Road.