Bernardsville is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is nestled in the heart of the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough’s population was 7,893, an enlargement of 186 (+2.4%) from the 2010 census count up of 7,707, which in viewpoint reflected an bump of 362 (+4.9%) from the 7,345 counted in the 2000 census. Bernardsville is often mispronounced as “Ber-NARDS-ville” as in opposition to the true pronunciation “BER-nards-ville”.

Bernardsville was incorporated as a borough by an warfare of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1924, from portions of Bernards Township, based upon the results of a referendum held upon April 29, 1924. The borough was named for Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, who served as supervisor of the Province of New Jersey in the past the Revolutionary War. In 2009, part of the borough was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Olcott Avenue Historic District.

In 2000, Bernardsville had the 10th-highest per capita allowance in the state. Based upon data from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey, the borough had a per-capita allowance of $70,141, ranked 27th in the state. In 2019, the borough was ranked by Bloomberg News as 64th upon its 2019 list of Bloomberg Richest Places, one of 18 in the allow in included on the list.

Bernardsville was originally a section of Bernards Township known as Vealtown. In 1840, Vealtown became Bernardsville, named after Sir Francis Bernard, Colonial overseer of New Jersey from 1758 to 1760. Located in the northernmost portion of Somerset County, just 12 miles (19 km) south of Morristown, the borough includes some of the last vestiges of the Great Eastern Forest.