Editing Allendale, New Jersey (section)

==History==
In 1888, Henry J. Appert, a Swiss immigrant, drained a bog for the cultivation of onions and celery. The business—Allendale Produce Gardens, or the "celery farm" to locals—supplied wholesale markets and Campbell Soup Company. Allendale was formed on November 8, 1894, from portions of [[Franklin Township, Bergen County, New Jersey|Franklin Township]] (remainder now [[Wyckoff, New Jersey|Wyckoff]]), [[Hohokus Township, New Jersey|Hohokus Township]] (remainder now [[Mahwah, New Jersey|Mahwah]]) and [[Orvil Township, New Jersey|Orvil Township]] (remainder now [[Waldwick, New Jersey|Waldwick]]).<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 75. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref><ref>''History of Bergen County'' Vol. 1, p. 335.</ref>

The borough was formed during the "[[Boroughitis]]" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone.<ref>Harvey, Cornelius Burnham. [https://books.google.com/books?id=EdoMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11 ''Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey''], p. 11, New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900. Accessed September 3, 2013. "For a period of sixteen years following the passage of this act few boroughs were organized in the State, only three of them being in Bergen County.... As it was twenty-six boroughs were created in the county from January 23, 1894, to December 18, of the same year."</ref> The borough was named for Joseph Warner Allen, a surveyor for the [[Erie Railroad]].<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=6 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 26, 2015.</ref>

[[Babe Ruth]] would frequently vacation at the Allendale Hotel, which remains in use as a rooming house.<ref>Cheslow, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/04/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-allendale-a-tower-symbolizes-its-aspirations.html "If You're Thinking of Living In/Allendale; A Tower Symbolizes Its Aspirations"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 4, 1995. Accessed May 16, 2012. "One of those hotels, the Allendale House, still exists as a rooming house. 'Babe Ruth used to come to vacation at the Allendale Hotel,' recalled Stiles Thomas, 71, who has lived his entire life in Allendale. 'He was always chasing women in town, including my mother.'"</ref><ref>Keeble, Adam. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160424053656/http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/cornerstone-of-the-town-celebrates-75th-anniversary-1.933276?page=all "'Cornerstone of the town' celebrates 75th anniversary"], ''Town Journal'', October 28, 2010, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 24, 2016. Accessed September 4, 2017.</ref>