Editing Hanover Township, New Jersey (section)

== History ==
Hanover Township is the site of the first European settlement in northwest New Jersey. [[New England]]ers established a settlement along the Whippany River in 1685 near the current location of the old Whippany Cemetery on Route 10.<ref>Staff. [http://newjerseyhills.com/hanover-named-best-suburb-in-new-jersey-magazine-taps-township/article_315dde48-e813-5784-98b1-a3894691ea67.html?TNNoMobile "Hanover named best suburb in New Jersey Magazine taps township for honor"], ''New Jersey Hills'', March 7, 2001. Accessed September 30, 2014. "The first settlement in what is now Morris, Sussex, and Warren counties occurred along the Whippanong River in Whippany in 1685."</ref>

Once the Province of [[West Jersey]] purchased the land from the local [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans of the United States|Native Americans]], the original County of Morris was created and comprised all of what is now Morris, Sussex and Warren Counties. The counties were partitioned into townships. Morris' original township was 'Whippenny' which itself comprised all of what is now Morris County.

The name "Hanover" was taken from the [[House of Hanover]] in [[Germany]].<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> This namesake was given to the Township of Hanover on December 7, 1720, as a sign of respect to [[George I of Great Britain]] who was of the House of Hanover and who ruled over the American colonies in the eighteenth century. Its size has been considerably decreased as the population of the area has increased since the creation of Hanover Township in 1720 and its incorporation on March 25, 1740, with the formation of Morris County.<ref>[http://mclib.info/reference/local-history-genealogy/historical-timeline-of-morris-county-boundaries/ Historical Timeline of Morris County Boundaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225144924/http://mclib.info/reference/local-history-genealogy/historical-timeline-of-morris-county-boundaries/ |date=December 25, 2016 }}, Morris County Library. Accessed December 24, 2016. "1740, March 25. Morris County is established. Morris County includes Morris Township, Pequannock (also referred to as Poquanick or Peqannoc), Hanover Township, and 'Morris Town.'"</ref><ref>[http://www.hanovertownship.com/Government/TownshipProfile.aspx Profile], Township of Hanover. Accessed December 24, 2016. "Settled in 1676 and incorporated on March 25, 1740, Hanover's historic charm, showcased in the book, ''Along The Whippanong'', is rich and colorful. "</ref> Originally encompassing all of Morris County and parts of [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex]] and [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren County]], Hanover Township became too unwieldy for a single local government to maintain. The Township was subdivided into smaller municipalities that could provide more responsive local control despite placing greater demands on the local tax base to support new facilities for each.

Portions of the township were taken to form [[Mendham Township, New Jersey|Mendham Township]] on March 29, 1749. Hanover Township was established by the Township Act of 1798 of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on February 21, 1798. Additional portions of the township were taken to form [[Chatham Township, New Jersey|Chatham Township]] (February 12, 1806), [[Rockaway Township, New Jersey|Rockaway Township]] (April 8, 1844), [[Boonton, New Jersey|Boonton Town]] (March 16, 1866), [[Mountain Lakes, New Jersey|Mountain Lakes]] (April 29, 1924), [[Morris Plains, New Jersey|Morris Plains]] (April 15, 1926), [[East Hanover Township, New Jersey|East Hanover Township]] and [[Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, New Jersey|Parsippany-Troy Hills Township]] (which both split off on May 9, 1928).<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/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. 193. Accessed May 28, 2024.</ref><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1928/05/10/archives/new-montclair-board-organizes-next-week-cg-phillips-only-candidate.html "New Montclair Board Organizes Next Week; C.G. Phillips Only Candidate to Get First Choice Majority--Three Re-elected at Long Branch."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 10, 1928. Accessed April 13, 2020. "The electorate of the present Hanover Township near here turned out in force today and by a vote of 1,938 to 987 registered its approval of the proposal to split the township into three new townships. The present township will be divided into the townships of Parsippany-Troy Hills, East Hanover and Old Township."</ref>

During the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], [[George Washington]] and his troops often camped in, and marched through, Hanover Township.

The name Whippany is [[Loanword|adapted]] from the Native American word ''Whippanong'' which means “place of the arrow wood".<ref>Fariello, L., ''A Place Called Whippany'' (2nd ed.) L.A. Sunchild Publishing (2003).</ref>

The old settlements of Monroe and Malapardis were consumed by development and what remains are two communities—Whippany and Cedar Knolls—which are roughly separated by [[Interstate 287]].

The Malapardis area of Cedar Knolls is primarily located around Malapardis Road. A section of Malapardis, even though it is in Hanover Township's borders, has a Morris Plains mailing zip code. Another section of Cedar Knolls is called Trailwood which has a section of its land in a Morris Plains ZIP code, the area closest to American Way.

The Monroe area of Whippany is located around Whippany Road and Cedar Knolls Road, marked by a building in the intersection named Monroe Hall.

Until the post-[[World War II]] suburbanization of New Jersey, Hanover Township was a sparsely populated industrial town known for its iron works and paper mills. This industry was driven by the ever-present power of the [[Whippany River]]. Over the second half of the twentieth century, the Township became thoroughly suburban.

[[Lucent Technologies]] had a large facility in Whippany. The first demonstration of long distance television transmission in the United States took place in 1927, with a transmission that went via wire from [[Washington, D.C.]], to New York, and from Whippany to New York using radio.<ref>[http://www.att.com/history/television/milestones.html AT&T milestones in TV History], [[AT&T Corporation]]. Accessed May 27, 2007.</ref>

[[The Seeing Eye]], the first [[guide dog]] school for the blind in the United States, was located in Whippany between 1931 and 1966, before moving to its current campus in nearby [[Morris Township, New Jersey|Morris Township]].<ref>[https://www.seeingeye.org/about-us/history.html History], [[The Seeing Eye]]. Accessed November 16, 2021. "The Seeing Eye was incorporated in Nashville, Tenn., on Jan. 29, 1929. In 1931, the organization relocated to Whippany, N.J., because the climate in the northeast was more suitable for training dogs."</ref>