Editing Bloomingdale, New Jersey (section)

==History==
Bloomingdale's [[Federal Hill (Bloomingdale, New Jersey)|Federal Hill]] was the site of the 1781 [[Pompton Mutiny]], a winter revolt of [[Continental Army]] troops that was crushed by General [[Robert Howe (Continental Army officer)|Robert Howe]] on direct orders of General [[George Washington]].<ref>LaPlaca, Bryan. [http://www.northjersey.com/community/history/back_in_the_day/123728939_June_2__1976_Washington_put_down_Bloomingdale_mutiny.html?page=all "Back in the Day - June 2, 1976: Washington put down Bloomingdale mutiny"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 13, 2011. Accessed July 10, 2012. "A mutiny that could have changed the course of the American Revolution occurred at the Pompton Encampment during the winter of 1780-1781 near Federal Hill in present-day Bloomingdale."</ref>

Growth in Bloomingdale was driven by the development in the late 1860s of a rubber mill and other factories in neighboring [[Butler, New Jersey|Butler]]. The [[New Jersey Midland Railroad]], later known as the [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway]], laid tracks adjacent to the settlement, with a Bloomingdale station located in what today is [[Riverdale, New Jersey|Riverdale]]. The northern section of Riverdale and most of Butler were known as East Bloomingdale and West Bloomingdale respectively during most of the 19th century. Despite crossing a county border, they also shared a school district and residents considered the whole area as "Bloomingdale" until about 1881 when a Post Office named Butler was designated. This began a period of rivalry which caused a schism between the residents of Butler and Bloomingdale resulting in separate schools, churches and even town bands.

Bloomingdale was incorporated as an independent borough on February 23, 1918, when [[Pompton Township, Passaic County, New Jersey (Historical)|Pompton Township]] was split up into three new municipalities along with [[Wanaque, New Jersey|Wanaque]] and [[Ringwood, New Jersey|Ringwood]].<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://www.state.nj.us/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. 209. Accessed July 10, 2012.</ref> Prior to that, the area was known as Bloomingdale throughout the 19th century and was initially a farming community starting about 1712 with the "Bloomingdale Forge" built shortly thereafter to take advantage of the iron in the hills. The business district along the [[Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike]] and the [[Pequannock River]] began about the middle of the 19th century.

Bloomingdale, like most municipalities in northeastern [[North Jersey]], is a [[suburb]] of [[New York City]]. Some of the things that still link Bloomingdale to its past are its two churches ([[Methodist]] and [[Baptist]]), the Samuel R. Donald School (originally built in 1886) and the [[Bloomingdale Cornet Band]] continuously active since 1884.

DeLazier Field, used by the Triboro Little League, was the home field for the Minor League Baseball team known as the [[Bloomingdale Troopers]] of the [[North Atlantic League]] from 1946 to 1948.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?city=Bloomingdale&state=NJ&country=US&empty=0 Bloomingdale, New Jersey Minor League City Encyclopedia], [[Baseball-Reference.com]]. Accessed January 26, 2015.</ref>

The History of Bloomingdale can be found in three separate books published by the borough in 1958, 1968 and 1993. Additionally, more history can be found in microfilmed local newspapers located at the Butler Museum,<ref>[http://www.butlermuseumnj.org Butler Museum]</ref> the Morristown Library,<ref>[http://www.jfpl.org Morristown Library]</ref> the Paterson Library<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.palsplus.org/patersonpl |title=Paterson Library |access-date=2005-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050529075706/http://www.palsplus.org/patersonpl/ |archive-date=2005-05-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the New Jersey State Archives.<ref>[http://www.njarchives.org New Jersey State Archives]</ref>