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Chatham, New Jersey may refer to two neighboring municipalities in Morris County, New Jersey – Chatham Borough and Chatham Township, or to both of them together. The two are actually separate municipalities, but do share a library, a joint school district, and a post office (postal zipcode 07928). The combined municipalities' population, as of the United States 2000 Census, was 18,546. Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 25 mi (40 km) west of New York City. ...
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Chatham is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. ...
Chatham is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. ...
The United States Census of year 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...
History
Having been part of the New Netherland territory, dating from 1614, New Jersey became a British colony at the fall of New Amsterdam in 1664. The land that would become the two Chathams was part of the Province of East Jersey; the Indian rights to Chatham were purchased in 1680 from members of the Minsi and Lenni Lenape tribes.[citation needed] They spoke an Algonquin language. They hunted and fished in the area and farmed on the lands of their settlements. The area was well connected with established paths among their settlements, to and from bountiful resources, and to neighboring settlements. Safe passageways through the valleys, marshes, swamps, and mountains of this portion of the Watchung Mountains connected the area which would become Chatham with other settlements in the area. Except for highways built since the 1970s and a shunpike built to avoid tolls on the roads connecting the colonial settlements of Chatham and Bottle Hill, the roads of the area follow those time proven, long trodden trails made by the Indians. Main Street rises from a shallow crossing of the Passaic River and, after traveling through what became the settlements of Chatham and Bottle Hill (which became Madison), the road follows a westward path that leads to the top of the plateau on which Morristown was founded. By 1710, a settlement had begun just west of the river crossing which would be renamed Chatham in the early 1770s. Map based on Adriaen Blocks 1614 expedition to New Netherland, featuring the first use of the name. ...
New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam) was the name of the 17th century town which grew outside of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in the New Netherland territory (1614–1674) which was situated between 38 and 42 degrees latitude as a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic since 1624. ...
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The Watchung Mountains are a pair of two long low ridge lateral morraines formed by glaciers in the most recent ice age, between 400 ft. ...
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The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey The Passaic River is a tributary of Newark Bay, approximately 80 mi (129 km long), in northern New Jersey in the United States. ...
Madison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. ...
Nickname: Military Capital of the Revolution Location of Morristown in Morris County (L); Location of Morris County in New Jersey (R) Coordinates: Country United States State New Jersey County Morris Founded 1715 Incorporated 1865 Mayor Donald Cresitello (D; term ends December 31, 2009. ...
In 1773, the colonial settlement near the shallow crossing of the Passaic River was renamed Chatham in honor of Sir William Pitt, an English prime minister and the first Earl of Chatham who was most favorable toward the colonists in issues with the British government. Participation in the revolutionary war was significant by the citizens of Chatham. Nearby Morristown was the military center of the revolution, where the winter headquarters were established twice, and revolutionary troops were active in the entire county area regularly. William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC (15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who achieved his greatest fame as Secretary of State during the Seven Years War (aka French and Indian War) and who was later Prime Minister of Great Britain. ...
The Earl of Chatham was a peerage given to William Pitt the Elder in 1766, after which he became Lord Privy Seal. ...
Nickname: Military Capital of the Revolution Location of Morristown in Morris County (L); Location of Morris County in New Jersey (R) Coordinates: Country United States State New Jersey County Morris Founded 1715 Incorporated 1865 Mayor Donald Cresitello (D; term ends December 31, 2009. ...
The New Jersey Journal became the second newspaper published in the state. It was edited and printed by Shepard Kollock, who established his press in Chatham during 1779. This paper became a catalyst in the revolution. News of events came directly to the editor from Washington's headquarters in nearby Morristown, boosting the morale of the troops and their families, and he conducted lively debates about the efforts for independence with those who opposed and supported the cause he championed. Kollock later relocated the paper twice, until 1785, when he established his last publication location in Elizabeth under the same name. That paper is still published, as the Elizabeth Daily Journal, making it the fourth oldest newspaper published continuously in the United States. Shepard Kollock was an editor and printer who was active in colonial New Jersey during the period of the American Revolutionary War. ...
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Kollock published several books in Chatham also: The United States Almanack, for the Year of our Lord 1780 in 1779; The New-England Primer Improved, for the more easy attaining the true Reading of English, To which is added, the Assembly of Divines, and Mr. Cotton's Catechism in 1782; and Ebenezer Elmer, Surgeon of the Regiment, An e[u]logy on the late Francis Barber, Esq: Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the Second New-Jersey Regiment in 1783.[1]
Public schools The borough of Chatham and Chatham Township held elections in November 1986 to consider joining their separate school districts. This proposal was supported by the voters of both municipalities and since then, they now share a regionalized school district, the School District of the Chathams. The School District of the Chathams is a regional school district serving students from Chatham Borough and Chatham Township in grades K through 12. ...
Elementary Schools - Milton Avenue School. Grades K - 3. Principal – Marion McCarthy
- Southern Boulevard School. Grades K - 3. Principal – Ralph J. Pesapane
- Washington Avenue School. Grades K - 3. Principal – Mary P. Quigley
- Lafayette School Grades 4 & 5. Principal – James Kelly
Middle School - Chatham Middle School Grades 6 - 8. Principal – Kenneth J. Wark.
High School Chatham High School is an American four-year comprehensive public high school located at 255 Lafayette Avenue in Chatham Township, in Morris County, New Jersey. ...
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created to honor schools. ...
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building[1]) , ED headquarters in Washington, DC A construction project to repair and update the building facade at the Department of Education Headquarters building in 2002 resulted in the installation of structures at all of the entrances to protect employees and visitors from...
New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of interset to residents of New Jersey. ...
Library A single library, renamed the Library of the Chathams now serves both municipalities. Initially, a library was founded in the borough in 1907. After going through a number of buildings, the library's current site on Main Street was chosen after the Fairview Hotel burned down completely. The land was bought in the early 1920s by Charles L. Lum. The building was dedicated and opened to the public in 1924. A referendum was placed on the November 1974 ballot for Jointure, the measure passed. The library is administered by six trustees, who are appointed jointly by the councils of both municipalities and their mayors (or their representatives), as well as a representative from the joint school district .[4]
The library joined the Morris Automated Information Network (MAIN), an electronic database linking together all the public libraries in Morris County, in 1985. Recently, an expansion costing nearly $4,000,000 was completed (with the governments of the borough and township contributing a combined $2,000,000). The project was completed and dedicated on January 11, 2004.[4] January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Notes November 30 is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (136th in leap years). ...
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New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of interset to residents of New Jersey. ...
Sources - John P. Snyder: The story of New Jersey's civil boundaries, 1606-1968, Trenton, Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969. p. 191-2
- The New Jersey municipal data book ed. by Ruth R. Hornor. Palo Alto, Calif. : Information Publications, 2005. Entries on Chatham Borough and Chatham Township.
- United States Census, 2000
2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...
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