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==History== Allentown was incorporated as a borough by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on January 29, 1889, from portions of [[Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey|Upper Freehold Township]], based on the results of a referendum held that day.<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. 177. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref> The borough was named for settler Robert Burnet's son-in-law, Nathan Allen<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> or for [[William Allen (loyalist)|William Allen]], who served as Chief Justice of the Province of Pennsylvania.<ref>[[Henry Gannett|Gannett, Henry]]. [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n20 <!-- pg=21 --> ''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States''], p. 21. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1905. Accessed August 26, 2015.</ref>
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