Editing Hardwick Township, New Jersey (section)

==History==
Hardwick Township was created around 1713 through a royal patent.<ref>Snell, James P. (1881) ''History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers.'' (Centennial ed., Harmony, NJ: Harmony Press, 1981) p. 619</ref> The township was created by [[Royal charter]] on January 22, 1750, from [[Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey|Greenwich Township]] when the area was part of [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]]. It became part of the newly created [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]] on June 8, 1753. Parts of Hardwick Township were taken on November 11, 1782, to form [[Independence Township, New Jersey|Independence Township]]. Hardwick Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on February 21, 1798. On November 20, 1824, most of Hardwick Township was transferred to form part of Warren County, with the remainder staying in Sussex County as parts of [[Green Township, New Jersey|Green Township]] and [[Stillwater Township, New Jersey|Stillwater Township]], which were both created as of December 27, 1824. [[Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey|Frelinghuysen Township]] was created March 7, 1848, from portions of the township.<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. 246. Accessed May 28, 2024.</ref> The township was named for [[Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke]].<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>

Hardwick Township's unusual geographic footprint is due to its absorption of [[Pahaquarry Township, New Jersey|Pahaquarry Township]], which was dissolved on July 2, 1997. Pahaquarry Township had been created on March 14, 1825, and received its name from the word "Pahaquarra", which was a derivation of the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] word ''Pahaqualong'' used by the [[Lenape]] meaning "termination of two mountains" (describing the mountain or mountainous area that was the area's southern border) or "the place between the mountains beside the waters".<ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UgslAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA200 ''Bulletin Volumes 194-203''], p. 200. [[United States Geological Survey]], [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1902. Accessed June 5, 2013. "Pahaquarry; township in Warren County, New Jersey. An Indian word meaning 'termination of two mountains.'"</ref><ref>Bewley, Joel. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150216114112/http://articles.philly.com/2006-10-23/news/25417119_1_tocks-island-merger-dam "Lost to merger, a town vanished Tiny Pahaquarry Township gave up in 1997."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', October 23, 2006. Accessed December 11, 2012. "Pahaquarry, a Lenni-Lenape word that means 'the place between the mountains beside the waters,' rested between the Delaware River and the Kittatinny Ridge."</ref>