Editing Delanco Township, New Jersey (section)

==History==
What is now Delanco Township was originally incorporated as '''Beverly Township'''  by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on March 1, 1859, within [[Willingboro Township, New Jersey|Willingboro Township]]. Delanco was a geographical place name by 1868,<ref>Obituary of Rev. Isaac Winner from the New Jersey Mirror newspaper, dated 15 July 1868, page 3, column 1</ref> and probably earlier. At its creation, Beverly Township included [[Beverly, New Jersey|Beverly city]], which separated as an independent municipality {{circa|1877}}. Portions of the township were taken to create [[Edgewater Park, New Jersey|Edgewater Park]] on February 26, 1924. The township's name was changed to Delanco Township as of December 20, 1926, based on the results of a referendum held on November 2, 1926.<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. 95. Accessed June 18, 2012.</ref>

In April 1861, the Sixth Massachusetts Militia passed through Delanco, on their way to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] to defend the federal capital. According to the report of Colonel [[Edward F. Jones]] during their travel, James Brady was "taken insane" and left in Delanco Township with J. C. Buck. When the regiment arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, it was attacked during the [[Baltimore riot of 1861]].<ref>United States War Department. ''The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies''. Series 1. Edited by John Sheldon Moody, et al. Vol. 2. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1880, p. 7.</ref>