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==History== [[File:Millington NJ Station.JPG|thumb|[[Millington station]], one of three train stations in Long Hill Township.]] Long Hill Township was incorporated as ''Passaic Township'' on March 23, 1866. On September 1, 1922, part of what was then Passaic Township was taken to form [[Harding Township, New Jersey|Harding Township]].<ref>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606β1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 193 (re Harding) and 195 (re Long Hill). Accessed May 29, 2024.</ref><ref>[http://mclib.info/reference/local-history-genealogy/historical-timeline-of-morris-county-boundaries/ Historical Timeline of Morris County Boundaries], Morris County Library. Accessed December 24, 2016. "1866, March 23. Passaic Township is established from Morris Township. The name is changed to Long Hill Township in 1992; additionally, there are sections within Long Hill Township named Stirling and Millington. From PL 1866, p. 666."</ref> On November 3, 1992, by a 1,901 to 1,821 margin, the voters elected to change the name of the municipality to ''Long Hill Township'', a change largely driven by the desire to avoid confusion with the City of [[Passaic, New Jersey|Passaic]], some {{convert|22|mi|km}} away.<ref>Nieves, Evelyn. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/03/nyregion/how-green-was-my-passaic-now-long-hill.html "How Green Was My Passaic, Now Long Hill"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 3, 1992. pg. B1. Accessed September 8, 2013. "No one used to mind when the City of Passaic and the Township of Passaic, 22 miles away, were confused.... Now, Passaic Township, incorporated in 1866, is history. On Election Day, voters rechristened its 12 square miles Long Hill Township."</ref><ref>[http://longhillnj.gov/general-information.html General Information], Long Hill Township. Accessed September 3, 2015. 'Long Hill Township was incorporated as Passaic Township in 1866. In November 1992 the voters elected to change the name of the municipality to Long Hill."</ref> [[Garden State Fireworks]], a firm based in Millington that dates back to 1890, has produced the annual July 4 fireworks show in Washington, D.C., on the [[National Mall]].<ref>Kuperinsky, Amy. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/07/garden_state_fireworks_nj_millington.html "Go behind the scenes with N.J. fireworks family"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], July 2, 2015. Accessed September 3, 2015. "Manganelli, 58, hails from a fireworks dynasty, the family behind Garden State Fireworks, a Millington manufacturer of fireworks and purveyor of pyrotechnic displays that has called New Jersey home since 1890."</ref> [[The Raptor Trust]] is a wild bird rehabilitation center located in Millington.<ref>[http://theraptortrust.org/the-trust/history/ History], [[The Raptor Trust]]. Accessed September 3, 2015.</ref> [[Clover Hill Swimming Club]] a club surrounding a lake in Millington, was the subject of lawsuit in which the [[Supreme Court of New Jersey]] ruled in 1966 that the club could not discriminate against an African American applicant for membership on the basis of the club being private.<ref>[http://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/supreme-court/1966/47-n-j-25-0.html Clover Hill Swimming Club, Inc. v. Goldsboro], Justia. Accessed September 3, 2015.</ref>
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