Boonton Township, New Jersey
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| Boonton Township, New Jersey | |
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| Coordinates: 40°55′46″N 74°25′48″W / 40.92944°N 74.43°W | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | New Jersey |
| County | Morris |
| Incorporated | April 11, 1867 |
| Government [1] | |
| - Type | Township (New Jersey) |
| - Mayor | Douglas A. Spender |
| Area | |
| - Total | 8.6 sq mi (22.2 km2) |
| - Land | 8.4 sq mi (21.8 km2) |
| - Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
| Elevation [2] | 512 ft (156 m) |
| Population (2007)[3] | |
| - Total | 4,400 |
| - Density | 508.9/sq mi (196.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07005 |
| Area code(s) | 973 |
| FIPS code | 34-06640[4][5] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882205[6] |
| Website | http://www.boontontownship.com |
Boonton Township is a Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 4,287.
Boonton Township was incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 11, 1867, from portions of Pequannock Township. The borough of Mountain Lakes was formed from portions of the township on March 3, 1924.[7]
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[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 8.6 square miles (22.2 km²), of which, 8.4 square miles (21.8 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (1.86%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1930 | 623 |
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| 1940 | 817 | 31.1% | |
| 1950 | 1,155 | 41.4% | |
| 1960 | 1,998 | 73.0% | |
| 1970 | 3,070 | 53.7% | |
| 1980 | 3,273 | 6.6% | |
| 1990 | 3,566 | 9.0% | |
| 2000 | 4,287 | 20.2% | |
| Est. 2007 | 4,400 | [3] | 2.6% |
| Population 1930 - 1990.[8] | |||
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 4,287 people, 1,476 households, and 1,157 families residing in the township. The population density was 508.9 people per square mile (196.6/km²). There were 1,510 housing units at an average density of 179.2/sq mi (69.2/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 93.00% White, 1.19% African American, 0.05% Native American, 4.08% Asian, 0.63% from other races, and 1.05% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.15% of the population.
There were 1,476 households out of which 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.1% were married couples living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.18.
In the township the population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 98.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $91,753, and the median income for a family was $102,944. Males had a median income of $77,133 versus $46,302 for females. The per capita income for the township was $45,014. About 0.9% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.5% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Government
[edit] Local government
Boonton Township is governed under the Township form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of five-member Township Committee consisting of five members elected at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are selected by the Township Committee from among its members.[1][9]
Members of the Boonton Township Committee are Chairman Douglas A. Spender, Vice-Chairman William J. Ford, Carl Blum, Thomas Donadio and Robert Rizzo.[10]
[edit] Federal, state and county representation
Boonton Township is in the Eleventh Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 25th Legislative District.[11]
New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District, covering western portions of Essex County, all of Morris County, and sections of Passaic County, Somerset County and Sussex County, is represented by Rodney Frelinghuysen (R, Harding Township). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).
For the 2008-2009 Legislative Session, the 25th District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Anthony Bucco (R, Boonton) and in the Assembly by Michael Patrick Carroll (R, Morris Plains) and Richard A. Merkt (R, Brookside).[12] The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).[13]
Morris County is governed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders, who are elected to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two or three seats up for election each year.[14] As of 2008[update], Morris County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Margaret Nordstrom,[15] Deputy Freeholder Director Gene F. Feyl,[16] Douglas R. Cabana,[17] William J. Chegwidden,[18] John J. Murphy, James W. Murray[19] and Jack J. Schrier.[20][21]
[edit] Education
The Boonton Township School District serves students in public school for kindergarten through eighth grade. Rockaway Valley School had an enrollment of 520 students as of the 2005-06 school year.[22]
For grades 9-12, public school students attend Mountain Lakes High School, in Mountain Lakes, as part of a sending/receiving relationship agreement in place with the Mountain Lakes Schools.[23][24]
[edit] History
Boonton Township's recorded history began about 1710 when William Penn, the Quaker land speculator, located in the northern valley his Lot No. 48, which contained by actual survey 1,430 prime field and woodland acres. James Bollen, whose bordering "plantation" stretching south toward the Tourne was described as "situate on the fork of Rockaway with an Indian plantation in it," mapped his 1,507 acres (6 km²) in 1715. In 1765 David Ogden purchased from Burnet and Skinner the Great Boonton Tract of. When the Township of Boonton was created in 1867 by "An Act to Divide the Township of Pequannoc in the County of Morris" most of Penn's Lot No. 48 and parts of the Bollen and Great Boonton Tracts fell within Boonton's boundary. Boonton Township's official birthday is April 11, 1867.
The first settler of proper record was Frederick DeMouth of French Huguenot extraction. By 1758, his Rockaway Valley plantation within the Penn Lot comprised 672 acres (2.7 km²), and it was on this land that the large Stickle, Bott and Kincaid farms were to prosper in the far distant future. Frederick Miller of German Palatine birth bought extensive land (later day Dixon acres) within the Bollen piece at 13 shillings per acre. These founding families were closely followed by the Hoplers, Van Winkles, Cooks, Scotts, Peers, Stickles and Kanouses.
Roads were early in the making. McCaffrey Lane, the oldest recorded thoroughfare in the area, was built in 1767 by Samuel Ogden of the Great Boonton Tract. In 1822 North Main Street was "cut" along the proposed Morris Canal route. In 1824, the Morris Canal and Banking Company was chartered with John Scott of Powerville, an important commissioner. Lock Numbers 9, 10 and 11 were constructed in newly named Powerville. The Powerville Hotel, still standing, was built near Lock Number 11 to accommodate both canal and transient trade. It later gained fame as a pre-American Civil War Underground Railroad station.[25]
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2005 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, April 2005, p. 116.
- ^ USGS GNIS: Township of Boonton, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed June 13, 2008.
- ^ a b Census data for Boonton township, United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 23, 2008.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed July 14, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 191.
- ^ New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network. Accessed March 1, 2007.
- ^ About the Township, Boonton Township. Accessed September 7, 2006.
- ^ Township Committee, Boonton Township. Accessed July 25, 2008.
- ^ 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters, p. 57. Accessed August 30, 2006.
- ^ Legislative Roster: 2008-2009 Session, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed June 6, 2008.
- ^ "About the Governor". New Jersey. http://www.nj.gov/governor/about/. Retrieved on 6 June 2008.
- ^ What is a Freeholder?, Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed February 6, 2008.
- ^ Margaret Nordstrom
- ^ Gene F. Feyl
- ^ Douglas R. Cabana
- ^ William J. Chegwidden
- ^ James W. Murray
- ^ Jack J. Schrier
- ^ Meet the Freeholders, Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed February 6, 2008.
- ^ Data for the Boonton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 25, 2008.
- ^ Mountain Lakes High School 2006 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 28, 2007. "Mountain Lakes High School is a 9th through 12th grade school which serves the communities of Mountain Lakes and Boonton Township (beginning in 9th grade)."
- ^ Boonton Township School District 2007 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 25, 2008. "The district maintains a send-receive relationship with the neighboring Mountain Lakes School District, whereby our students attend Mountain Lakes High School."
- ^ Ricker, Jean. "About Boonton Township", Boonton Township. Accessed July 25, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Boonton Township website
- Rockaway Valley School
- Boonton Township School District's 2006-07 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Boonton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- Regional area newspaper
- Misc. Photos Of Boonton Township on Flickr
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