Morris County, New Jersey

Street maps, historic prints and keepsakes for 17 Morris County towns.

The largest by population is Morristown (20,180).

About these towns

Boonton: During the 18th century, the settlement of Boonetown Falls (variously spelled as Booneton or the current Boonton) was established on the Rockaway River, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) downstream from the current site of the town.

Butler: The area now known as Butler was originally called "West Bloomingdale" and was sparsely populated. Water power brought manufacturing entities to the area.

Chatham: The newly established, post-Revolutionary War state of New Jersey went through several stages setting out how its local governments would be structured.

Chester: Chester's name is derived from the township, which was named for Chestershire in England.

Dover: Joseph Latham was deeded the land that includes present-day Dover in 1713, from portions of land that had been purchased from Native Americans by the Proprietors of West Jersey.

Florham Park: First occupied by the Lenape tribe of Native Americans, the area that is now Florham Park was first settled by European settlers of English and Dutch origin sometime between 1680 and 1700, and the community was long recognized as a prime farming area.

Kinnelon: Then still part of Pequannock Township and known as Charlotteburg (named after Charlotte, wife of King George III of Great Britain), early settlements in the Kinnelon area date back to the late 17th century when iron forges and furnaces were first established.

Madison: Native Americans occupied present-day Madison and most of New Jersey for several thousand years, following the retreat of the Wisconsin Glacier. Lenape settlements in present-day Madison were agriculturally based following matrilineal lines.

Mendham: Mendham, New Jersey may refer to:Mendham Township, New Jersey, a township in Morris County, New Jersey, US Mendham Borough, New Jersey, a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, US

Morristown: Present-day Morristown was initially inhabited by the Lenni Lenape Native Americans for up to 6,000 years prior to exploration of Europeans. The first European settlements in this portion of New Jersey were established by Sweden and the Netherlands in the early 17th century, when significant trade in furs existed between the natives and the Europeans at temporary posts.

Mount Arlington: While Mount Arlington is now mostly a suburban residential community, it was once a resort community. In the era before the world wars and the advent of air travel, it was a respite for the residents of nearby New York City and Newark.

Mountain Lakes: Mountain Lakes was originally a planned community, founded in 1910 by Herbert Hapgood. The entire face of the community changed from a wilderness of Dutch and English properties to a planned suburban community of large stucco houses now affectionately known as "Hapgoods." During this single decade, the natural and architectural character of Mountain Lakes was developed.

Netcong: Netcong received its name from the Musconetcong River, named by the Lenape Native Americans and meaning "grass creek", "swamp stream", "rapid stream" or "clear stream place".

Victory Gardens: The origins of the borough began in 1941, when the federal government acquired 91 acres (370,000 m2) in Randolph Township as the site of a 300-unit housing project for war industry employees.

Wharton: In 1831, the Morris Canal was completed from Newark to Phillipsburg, New Jersey across the Delaware River from the terminus of the Lehigh Canal.

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Founding years, populations and town notes come from each town's Wikipedia and Wikidata entries. All New Jersey towns.