Editing Hainesport Township, New Jersey (section)

==History==
The [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] who settled on the banks of the [[Rancocas Creek]] in what is present-day Hainesport called the area Sandhickney.<ref name="Pedlow 1969 6">{{Cite book|title=Hainesport: Biography of a Small Town|last=Pedlow|first=Richard|publisher=Magee Publishing Co., Inc.|year=1969|pages=6}}</ref> The first European settlers were [[Quakers]] who arrived in 1677.<ref name="Pedlow 1969 6"/>

The town was known as Long Bridge around the time of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. The name came from the long, wooden bridge that spanned the Rancocas Creek.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Hainesport: Biography of a Small Town|last=Pedlow|first=Richard|publisher=Magee Publishing Co., Inc.|year=1969}}</ref>  In 1778, the township was the site of a skirmish in which American rebels fired upon [[Hessian (soldier)|Hessian]] soldiers after they were halted by the dismantling of this bridge.<ref name="History" /><ref>Harbach, Lousie. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150919153400/http://articles.philly.com/1995-11-28/news/25683240_1_indian-village-lenape-indians-schneider "A New Plaque Recalls An Old Indian Village"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', November 28, 1995. Accessed July 14, 2016. "There, local residents skirmished with 7,000 Hessians who had come marching up the old Philadelphia Road on their way to the Battle of Fort Monmouth on June 20, 1778. The local militia burned Long Bridge, which the Hessians promptly rebuilt, but not before killing three Hainesport citizens who opposed them."</ref>

The settlement became known as Haines' Port when Barclay Haines bought property in the area and established a pier near his home on the [[Rancocas Creek]]<ref name="History">[https://www.hainesporttownship.com/home/pages/history History], Township of Hainesport. Accessed October 28, 2017. "In 1847, Barclay Haines, a sixth generation Haines, bought 311 acres from John Creek. Barclay Haines was a prominent landowner from Lumberton who established and maintained a wharf or port in 1848 just below his new home on the south branch of the Rancocas. From his port, sidewheeler steamboats carried freight and passengers to and from Philadelphia. In 1848, the name of the little town became Haines' Port, and in 1850 was condensed to Hainesport."</ref><ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=15 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 31, 2015.</ref> in 1848. By 1850, the name was shortened to Hainesport. Hainesport Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on March 12, 1924, from portions of [[Lumberton, New Jersey|Lumberton]].<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. 97. Accessed June 19, 2012.</ref>