Editing Kenilworth, New Jersey (section)

==History==
[[File:Upsala College Hv8Dbild.png|thumb|left|Upsala College]]
In the late 1890s, the New Orange Industrial Association purchased land in [[Cranford, New Jersey|Cranford]] and [[Union Township, Union County, New Jersey|Union]] that was subdivided into building lots. The firm brought in several large industries and lured [[Upsala College]] from [[Brooklyn]] with an offer of cash and free land for its campus.<ref>Boright, Walter E. [http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2010/09/remembering_when_kenilworth_wa.html "Remembering when Kenilworth was a college town, Upsala College days revisited"], ''Cranford Chronicle'', September 21, 2010. Accessed May 17, 2013. "Its first president was Rev. Lars Herman Beck. In 1898 it was lured to Kenilworth, then known as New Orange, by investors of the New Orange Industrial Association who offered the college 14 acres of free land on a hill at the top of No. 21st St. and a few thousand dollars."</ref>

Because New Orange was often confused with one of [[The Oranges]] in [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]], the name "Kenilworth" was chosen when the borough was incorporated in 1907.<ref>[https://www.kenilworthnj.com/info.htm#history History], Borough of Kenilworth. Accessed June 19, 2022.</ref> The name Kenilworth came from a literary society (The Kenilworth Club) which the businessmen belonged to. The Kenilworth Club was named in honor of the novel ''[[Kenilworth (novel)|Kenilworth]]'' written in 1821 by Sir [[Walter Scott]]. The novel refers to England's [[Kenilworth Castle]] located in [[Kenilworth, England]].<ref>[https://www.kenilworthnj.com/funfacts.htm Historian's Corner], Borough of Kenilworth. Accessed June 19, 2022.</ref><ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=17 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 2, 2015.</ref>