Editing Fair Haven, New Jersey (section)

==History==
Fair Haven's first permanent settlement dates to a structure built in 1816 at the [[Navesink River]] near today's Fair Haven Road. By the mid-19th century, steamboats stopped at "Chandler's Dock" on a route between [[Red Bank, New Jersey|Red Bank]] and [[New York City]], bringing visitors to the area and local oysters to the city.<ref name=History/> [[Fisk Chapel]] was rebuilt in 1882 to accommodate the borough's African American population.<ref name=NYT2006>Finley, Bill. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/26njHAVEN.html "Fisk Chapel"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 26, 2006. Accessed May 26, 2015. "Fair Haven's second black church, renamed the Fisk Chapel when it was rebuilt in 1882, was paid for by General Fisk and is still open today."</ref>

The steamship "Albertina" is depicted on the Borough seal. It was built in 1882 by [[Lawrence & Foulks]].

Fair Haven has an annual Fireman's Fair during the last weekend of summer including [[Labor Day]] weekend which attracts a couple of thousand people, including noted musicians [[Bruce Springsteen]] and [[Bon Jovi]]. The Fair Haven Fireman's Fair also has a Fireman's night and invites all firefighters from any other firehouse to come and join in the festivities.<ref>Capuzzo, Jill P. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/realestate/15living.html "Living In: Fair Haven, N.J."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 13, 2010. Accessed March 26, 2012. "Another much-anticipated annual event, the Fair Haven volunteer fire company's Firemen's Fair, is scheduled for the end of the month. It draws tens of thousands of people to this 1.7-square-mile town on the Navesink River just a couple of miles in from the ocean."</ref> The Fireman's Fair used to raffle off a car each year, but most attendees already had their own cars and the decision was made in the 1990s to switch to a 50/50 raffle whose prize can be in the tens of thousands of dollars.<ref>[http://www.fhfd.org/firemansfair.html 2011 Firemen's Fair Friday, Aug. 26 to Sept. 3rd (closed on Sunday's)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811163322/http://www.fhfd.org/firemansfair.html |date=2007-08-11 }}, Borough of Fair Haven. Accessed March 26, 2012. "But, like all other changes, automobiles became less attractive to families who increasingly owned multiple vehicles, including top-of-the line SUVs. So, the Fair Company discontinued the automobile raffle in the late 1990s and replaced the event with a 'Super 50-50'" event in which the winner walks away with 10s of thousands of dollars -- free to spend on a car or anything else of interest."</ref> The fair is on the Fire Company grounds.