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Holmdel Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 16,773,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 992 (+6.3%) from the 15,781 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 4,249 (+36.8%) from the 11,532 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed June 15, 2012.〕 Holmdel Township was formed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1857, from portions of Raritan Township (now Hazlet).〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 180. Accessed February 23, 2012.〕 The origin of the township's name is unclear, with some sources indicating that is was named for the Holmes family, who were early settlers of the area, while others point to Dutch language words ''Holm'' and ''Del'', meaning "pleasant valley".〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 2, 2015.〕〔(History of Holmdel, New Jersey ), Holmdel Historical Society. Accessed September 2, 2015.〕 Holmdel is located west of the Jersey Shore. The township is notable, among other things, for its historical and present connection to Bell Labs. Important evidence for the Big Bang was discovered at a Bell Labs facility in Holmdel by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, both of whom won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work here.〔(Penzias and Wilson discover cosmic microwave radiation - 1965 ) PBS. Accessed July 13, 2011. "Bell Labs built a giant antenna in Holmdel, New Jersey, in 1960. It was part of a very early satellite transmission system called Echo.... Since Penzias, Wilson, and Dicke's work, all that has changed. The measurement of cosmic background radiation (as the Holmdel telescope's noise is now called), combined with Edwin Hubble's much earlier finding that the galaxies are rushing away, makes a strong case for the big bang. By the mid 1970s, astronomers called it 'the standard model.' Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1978."〕 Holmdel's picturesque beauty, proximity to New York City and main highways, award-winning public schools, large homes, rich history, PNC Bank Arts Center, and the presence of many high paying jobs within commuting distance led the township to be ranked the #1 "Six-Figure Town" by ''Money'' magazine and CNN for 2009.〔 ==History== The earliest work on radio astronomy was conducted by Bell Labs engineer Karl Guthe Jansky in 1931 in Holmdel.〔Staff. ("New radio waves traced to centre of the Milky Way; Mysterious static, reported by K.G. Jansky, held to differ from cosmic ray. Direction is unchanging. Recorded and tested for more than year to identify it as from Earth's galaxy. Its intensity is low. Only delicate receiver is able to register -- No evidence of interstellar signaling." ), ''The New York Times'', May 15, 1933. Accessed July 13, 2011. "Discovery of mysterious radio waves which appear to come from the centre of the Milky Way galaxy was announced yesterday by the Bell Telephone Laboratories. The discovery was made during research studies on static by Karl G. Jansky of the radio research department at Holmdel, N.J., and was described by him in a paper delivered before the International Scientific Radio Union in Washington."〕〔Staff. ("Karl G. Jansky, 44, authority in radio; Bell Laboratories engineer dies--discovered waves of extraterrestrial origin" ), ''The New York Times'', February 15, 1950. Accessed July 13, 2011. "His work was carried on principally at the Bell Laboratories installation at Holmdel, N. J."〕〔("Detective work leads to monument honoring the father of radio astronomy" ), Alcatel-Lucent press release dated June 3, 1998. Accessed July 13, 2011. "A lot of detective work by Tony Tyson and Robert Wilson will lead to a June 8 ceremony at Bell Labs Holmdel facility to honor Karl Jansky, the first person to hear radio waves from outer space. Jansky's discovery in 1931, which was not publicly discussed until a 1933 page-one article in the New York Times, spawned the field of radio astronomy."〕 In 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson of Bell Labs discovered evidence for cosmic microwave background radiation while performing research with the Holmdel Horn Antenna, earning them the Nobel Prize in Physics.〔(Astronomy and Astrophysics: Horn Antenna ), National Park Service. Accessed November 17, 2007.〕 The PNC Bank Arts Center is a 10,800-seat outdoor amphitheatre concert venue located in Holmdel. PNC Financial Services agreed to a deal in 1996 under which it would pay $9.2 million for the naming rights, as part an effort by the Parkway Authority to avoid toll increases, a deal that was extended for another five years in 2006.〔Staff. ("PNC to add its name to N.J. arts center; the bank will pay $9.2 million.; that will delay the need for a Garden State Parkway toll increase." ), ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', July 3, 1996. Accessed July 13, 2011. "Like Candlestick Park, the Brendan Byrne Arena and dozens of New Year's Day bowl games, the Garden State Arts Center is trading in its name for cash. The 10,800-seat arena on the Garden State Parkway will be renamed the PNC Bank Arts Center in exchange for $9.2 million, officials said yesterday."〕〔Staff. ("Local Briefs" ), ''Asbury Park Press'', May 4, 2006. Accessed July 13, 2011. "PNC Financial Services Group has retained the naming rights to PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel through 2011..."〕 The facility, which originally opened in 1968, was commissioned by the Garden State Parkway Authority at a cost of $6.75 million and built based on a design by architect Edward Durell Stone.〔Ericson, Raymond. ("New Names on the Map" ), ''The New York Times'', May 26, 1968. Accessed July 13, 2011. "Almost completed at the former site is the Garden State Arts Center, which must be unique as the creation of a highway authority. An amphitheater accommodating 5,000, it was designed by Edward Durell Stone, and it is 25 miles south of Newark on the Garden State Parkway."〕〔Staff. ("JERSEY ARTS CENTER WILL OPEN JUNE 15" ), ''The New York Times'', February 29, 1968. Accessed July 13, 2011. "The new $6.75-million Garden State Arts Center will open June 15 with a concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy and Van Cliburn as guest soloist."〕 Adjacent to it is the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which opened on May 7, 1995.〔("PULSE; Planning for Memorial Day" ), ''The New York Times'', May 22, 1995. Accessed November 17, 2007. "Vietnam veterans were honored on May 7, with the opening of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Holmdel."〕 In 1977, Bruce Springsteen wrote and recorded many of his songs from his album ''Darkness on the Edge of Town'' in an old farmhouse in Holmdel.〔Gardner, Elysa. ("Bruce Springsteen explores a time of 'Darkness'" ), ''USA Today'', October 2, 2010. Accessed March 15, 2011. "Darkness also was haunted and enriched by Springsteen's struggle to come to terms with his success and with a growing sense of social awareness. He wrote most of the songs while living on a farm in Holmdel, N.J., not far from the working-class neighborhood where he was raised."〕 VoIP provider Vonage Holdings, Inc., moved its world headquarters from Edison to Holmdel in November 2005, occupying the building that formerly housed Prudential Property Casualty & Insurance.〔Willis, David P. (Phone Talk" ), ''Asbury Park Press'', October 15, 2006. Accessed July 13, 2011. "It has been a memorable year for Vonage Holdings Corp the nation's largest Internet telephone company.... Vonage became one of the Jersey Shore's largest employers in late 2005 when it moved its headquarters from Edison to Holmdel. The renovated 350,000-square-foot building it occupies was once home to Prudential Financial Inc.'s property and casualty division."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Holmdel Township, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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