Editing Hardyston Township, New Jersey (section)

==History==
Hardyston Township was set off from portions of [[Newton Township, Sussex County, New Jersey|Newton Township]] by [[Royal charter]] on February 25, 1762.<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. 230. Accessed May 28, 2024.</ref><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. 335)</ref> It was named after [[Josiah Hardy]], who was [[List of governors of New Jersey|royal governor of New Jersey]] from 1761 to 1763.<ref>Haines, Alanson A. ''Hardyston Memorial:  A History of The Township and the North Presbyterian Church, Hardyston, Sussex County, New Jersey''. (New Jersey Herald Print, Newton, N.J., 1888, p. 19)</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> The original British spelling of ''Hardiston'' was Americanized to ''Hardyston'' after the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.com/~njsussex/history.html History of Sussex County], Sussex County Gen Web. Accessed September 30, 2007. "Hardyston is the American spelling of the British Hardiston, which was changed after the American Revolutionary War."</ref>

Hardyston was incorporated on February 21, 1798, by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] as one of New Jersey's original group of 104 townships. Over the centuries, portions of the township were taken to form [[Vernon Township, New Jersey|Vernon Township]] (April 8, 1793), [[Sparta, New Jersey|Sparta]] (April 14, 1845), [[Franklin, New Jersey|Franklin]] (March 18, 1913) and [[Hamburg, New Jersey|Hamburg]] (March 19, 1920).<ref name=Story/>

Hardyston was serviced first by the [[New Jersey Midland Railway]], which built the station in [[Stockholm, New Jersey|Stockholm]]. However, there was a dispute over the name as that area was known as [[Snufftown, New Jersey|Snufftown]] because of the snuff factory along the [[Pequannock River]], which provide the [[water power]]. Through a series of events between the residents of Stockholm and the railroad, the area eventually changed the name from Snufftown to Stockholm. Later, it was the [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway]], who provided service into the early 1960s when a mud slide removed a large section of trackage in [[West Milford, New Jersey|West Milford Township]] and coupled with low productivity, the line was not repaired and service was disconnected. Today, the New York Susquehanna and Western Railway runs freight through Hardyston. The main highways are [[New Jersey Route 23|Route 23]] and [[New Jersey Route 94|Route 94]].

A large eastern portion of the township is owned by the City of [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]], for their [[Pequannock River]] Watershed, which provides water to the city from an area of {{convert|35000|acres}} that also includes portions of [[Jefferson Township, New Jersey|Jefferson Township]], [[Kinnelon, New Jersey|Kinnelon]], [[Rockaway Township, New Jersey|Rockaway Township]], [[Vernon Township, New Jersey|Vernon Township]] and [[West Milford, New Jersey|West Milford]].<ref>Primerano, Jane. [http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/newark-appealing-watershed-taxes-against-jefferson-1.1329222 "Newark appealing watershed taxes against Jefferson"], ''AIM Jefferson'', May 8, 2015. Accessed July 2, 2015. "Besides West Milford and Jefferson, Newark owns watershed land in Hardyston, Vernon, and Rockaway Townships and Kinnelon Borough, Leach said."</ref><ref>[http://www.leagle.com/decision/1980911NJTax90_180.xml/CITY%20OF%20NEWARK%20v.%20VERNON%20TP. ''City Of Newark v. Vernon Tp.''], Leagle from Tax Court of New Jersey, April 1, 1980. Accessed July 2, 2015. "Generally, the lands are part of the 35,000-acre Pequannock Watershed (approximately two times the size of Newark), which was purchased by Newark at the turn of the century to provide a water supply. The watershed, which contains five major bodies of water, is located in Vernon and Hardyston in Sussex County, Jefferson, Rockaway and Kinnelon in Morris County, and West Milford in Passaic County."</ref>

===Cemetery===
The township contains North Church Cemetery / North Hardyston Cemetery. Notable burials there include:
* [[Samuel Fowler (1779–1844)]], who served in the House of Representatives from 1833 to 1837.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000327 Samuel Fowler (1779–1844)], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 12, 2007.</ref>
* [[Samuel Fowler (1851–1919)]], represented [[New Jersey's 4th congressional district]] from 1893 to 1895.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000326 Samuel Fowler (1851–1919)], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 12, 2007.</ref>
* [[Daniel Haines]] (1801–1877) 14th [[Governor of New Jersey]], from 1843 to 1845, and from 1848 to 1851.<ref>[http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=722943f4c9549010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey Governor Daniel Haines], [[National Governors Association]]. Accessed August 12, 2007.</ref>
* [[John Linn (politician)|John Linn]] (1763–1821) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[New Jersey]] from 1817 to 1821.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000337 John Linn], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 12, 2007.</ref>