Stockton Elementry School, Built in 1872
Stockton, New Jersey - 300 Years of History

POPULATION: 538 (2010 census)
AREA: 0.6 square miles

Mayor Stephen Giocondo
Deputy Mayor Michael Hagerty (Council President)
Borough Council
Neal Esposito
Nic Messina
Kathryn Steffanelli
Timothy Nemeth
Aaron Lipsen

Borough Council Meetings
2nd Monday of Each Month at 7:00 pm in the Borough Hall

Clerk Michele Hovan
Deputy Clerk Donna Griffiths
Administrator Michele Hovan
Attorney John O. Bennett
Dilworth Paxson LLP
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Road, Building 1, Suite 136, Red Bank, NJ 08801
(832) 378-6900
CFO/Treasurer Judie McGrorey

Animal Control Officer Tim Davis
PO Box 132, Rosemont, NJ 08856
(609)651-3877

Auditor Suplee, Clooney & Co.
308 E. Broad Street
Westfield 07090-0122
908 789-9300

Board of Health Secretary Donna Griffiths

Building Subcode Official Phil Izzo
c/o Delaware Township, 609-651-3240

Construction Official Phil Izzo
c/o Delaware Township, 609-397-3240

Electrical Subcode Official Pete Buchanan, c/o Delaware Township, 609-397-3240

Engineer Dennis O’Neal, Ferriero Engineering
PO Box 577, Hopewell, NJ 08525
466-0002

Environmental Commission
Chairman Tom Barringer

Fire Chief Paul Steffanelli

Fire Department
Stockton Fire Company, PO Box 47, Stockton, NJ
609-397-2144

Fire Marshal
NJ Division of Fire Safety, PO Box 809, Trenton, NJ 08625, 609-633-6132

Subcode Fire Official Phil Izzo
c/o Delaware Township, 609-651-3240 x201

Municipal Court Stockton Municipal Court, PO Box 4, Ringoes, NJ 08551
908-782-6855
Judge Edward R. Martin
Court Administrator Cindy Hooven

OEM Coordinator Gregory Cook

Planning Board
Chairman Thomas Manning
Secretary Julia Grecco
Attorney Trishka Waterbury-Cecil

Plumbing Subcode Official Robert Trivett, c/o Delaware Township, 609-651-3240

Police Department New Jersey State Police, Kingwood Barracks, Flemington, NJ 08822
908 996-2864

Recycling Coordinator Rick Smith

Registrar of Vital Statistics Michele Hovan

Rescue Squad
Stockton Rescue Squad
PO Box 47
Stockton, NJ 08559
609-397-2144

Tax Assessor Michelle Trivigno

Tax Collector Donna Griffiths

Utilities Authority Donna Griffiths

Welfare Director Hunterdon County Division of Social Services, 6 Gauntt Place, Flemington, NJ 08822

Zoning Officer Robert Miller

Stockton, located along the Delaware River north of Lambertville, was first known as Reading Ferry and subsequently Howell's Ferry. With the arrival of the railroad, the name was changed to Centre Bridge Station which corresponded to the post office and hamlet on the Pennsylvania side of the river. With the establishment of its own post office in 1851, the village was renamed Stockton. The Borough was incorporated in 1898, having been separated from Delaware Township.

The tiny town remains today as it was in the eighteenth century. for all its small size and charm, the town is presided over by an old inn. The Stockton Inn (formally known as Colligan's Stockton Inn), established in 1710, is the inn that was immortalized by Richard Rodgers in the song "There's a small hotel with a wishing well", sung in the Broadway play "On Your Toes". The inn was first built as a private residence and it is believed to have been converted in 1832.

The Delaware River Mill Society was formed to preserve and promote the buildings and site known as the Prallsville Mills. John Prall, Jr., became the owner of the site in 1794 and with his settlement the area became known as Prallsville.

Also in Stockton you will find the oldest, established in 1872, three room school house in New Jersey that is still in operation today. The school has been educating students in Stockton in grades kindergarten through the sixth grade for the past 165 plus years. Stockton School is well known for its small classes that give individual attention to each student and is compared frequently with local private schools.