![]() ![]() In July 2020, the Union County Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into the Clark township police department and put the police chief and a captain on administrative leave after allegations of misconduct. ![]() In 2013, New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Clark 174th in its rankings of "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Clark as its 33rd best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. Portions of the township were taken to form Cranford Township (March 14, 1871) and Winfield Township (August 6, 1941). The township was named for Abraham Clark, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Clark was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1864, from portions of Rahway. In 1858, after the City of Rahway was incorporated, the area of present-day Clark was designated as the 5th Ward of Rahway. The Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge was the site of a skirmish preceding the Battle of Short Hills. The Robinson Plantation House and The Squire Hartshorne House, buildings from the late 17th century, are remnants of the era. The territory that would become Clark was originally a part of several early settlements. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 15,544, an increase of 788 (+5.3%) from the 2010 census count of 14,756, which in turn reflected an increase of 159 (+1.1%) from the 14,597 counted in the 2000 census. Clark is a township in southern Union County, in the U.S. ![]()
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