About Centenary College of New Jersey

Centenary University is a private forward looking arts academic circles in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Founded as a preparatory literary by the Newark Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1867, Centenary evolved into a Junior College for women and later a coeducational four year University offering undergraduate and Master’s level graduate programs.

Situated in suburban Warren County, New Jersey, 52 miles west of New York City, 35 miles southeast of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and 26 miles northeast of Easton, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley, the school’s main campus is identifiable by the Old Main building, a National Historic Site.

Hackettstown is a town in Warren County, in the own up of New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town’s population was 9,724, reflecting a terminate of 679 (-6.5%) from the 10,403 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in twist increased by 2,283 (+28.1%) from the 8,120 counted in the 1990 Census. The town is located in the easternmost region of the Lehigh Valley.

Hackettstown was incorporated as a town by an conflict of the New Jersey Legislature upon March 9, 1853, from portions of Independence Township. Portions of territory were exchanged subsequent to Mansfield Township in 1857, 1860, 1872 and 1875.

Hackettstown houses the US headquarters of Mars Wrigley Confectionary, a situation segment of Mars, Incorporated, makers of Milky Way, Mars, M&M’s, Twix and Snickers.