Editing Glen Gardner, New Jersey (section)

==History==
Originally settled by the [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], European settlement began around the time of the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref name=History>[http://www.glengardner.org/about-the-borough-of-glen-gardner/ About], Borough of Glen Gardner. Accessed November 18, 2019. "The Borough of Glen Gardner gets its name from 'Glen' the area in which the town is situated, between two mountains with a stream (Spruce Run) running through the center and 'Gardner' the name of the family of five inventive and business-minded brothers who put the town on the map. The first inhabitants were the Lenni Lenape Indians with the first European settlers arriving just before the American Revolution."</ref>

The area that is now Glen Gardner had been known as Eveland's Tavern for tavernkeeper John Eveland. Later, the area was variously called Spruce Run Mills and Sodom. The name of both the community and post office were officially changed to Glen Gardner in 1871 to mark the [[glen]] of the [[Spruce Run (Raritan River tributary)|Spruce Run]] and in honor of the Gardner brothers who owned a chair and frame factory in the area.<ref name=History/><ref name=HunterdonPage/><ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=14 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 31, 2015.</ref><ref>Herman, Jennifer [https://books.google.com/books?id=Tc4uZ2HBG2oC&pg=PA280 ''New Jersey Encyclopedia''], p. 280. State History Publications, 2008. {{ISBN|9781878592446}}. Accessed August 31, 2015.</ref>

As part of the 1931 settlement reached between the two municipalities to resolve a border dispute dating back to the borough of Glen Gardner's formation in 1919, [[Hampton, New Jersey|Hampton]] paid Glen Gardner $4,000 (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|4000|1931|fmt=c|r=-3}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}) for {{convert|20|acres}} of land that officially became part of the borough of Hampton.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120105130/hampton-annexes-portion-of-glen-gardner/ "Pact Reached In Hunterdon Co. Dispute"], ''[[Courier News]]'', April 8, 1931. Accessed March 3, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "A compromise having been effected between the boroughs of Hampton and Glen Gardner, Hunterdon county, over the annexation of a portion of the latter by Hampton, no opposition to the proposition was presented at a hearing on Senate Bill 344, introduced by Senator Horace G. Prall, before the Boroughs and Townships Committee here Monday. Anthony M. Houck, Jr., counsel for Hampton borough, explained the terms of the compromise reached by the neighboring boroughs, whereby Hampton will take about 20 acres of Glen Gardner territory instead of 46 acres claimed. The purpose of the annexation is to straighten out a long disputed boundary line question which has existed since Glen Gardner incorporated as a borough about 13 years ago.... The actual land value placed on the annexed portion by Borough Treasurer Waters was $200 an acre or approximately $4,000."</ref>