Editing Lyndhurst, New Jersey (section)

==History==
On February 22, 1840, [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]] was formed by an Act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]]. The newly created county was created from territories that had been [[Bergen Township, New Jersey (pre-1862)|Bergen Township]] since 1691, as well as and from the southern portion of [[Lodi Township, New Jersey|Lodi Township]]. The portion of Lodi Township taken at this time formed the new [[Harrison Township, Hudson County, New Jersey|Harrison Township]] in Hudson County. The border between the newly created Harrison Township in Hudson County and the portion of Lodi Township remaining in Bergen County was the New Barbadoes Turnpike, which is now called [[Paterson Plank Road]]. Some of the residents of the northern portion of Harrison Township requested to be returned to Bergen County. On February 19, 1852, this area—which had been part of Lodi Township—was returned to Bergen County to become the newly formed Union Township.

On September 21, 1881, [[Rutherford, New Jersey|Rutherford]] became the first borough to be formed under the terms of the [[New Jersey Legislature]]'s Borough Act of 1878, based on a referendum of voters that passed the previous day. Rutherford Borough was fully separated from the township form of government in 1890 and acquired an additional portion of Union Township in that year. On April 17, 1889, [[Boiling Springs Township, New Jersey|Boiling Springs Township]] was created from the northern portion of Union Township. This township was dissolved with the creation of the coterminous [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|Borough of East Rutherford]] as of March 28, 1894. The borough of [[North Arlington, New Jersey|North Arlington]] was created as of March 11, 1896, as the result of a referendum that took place two days earlier. Finally, on March 27, 1917, the residents of the remaining portions of Union Township passed a referendum to change the name to Lyndhurst Township, which became effective as of May 15, 1917.<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. 80 re Lyndhurst, p. 87 re Union Township. Accessed May 29, 2024.</ref> The township is named for [[John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst|Lord Lyndhurst]].<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=19 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 3, 2015.</ref>

Kingsland is a former post village within the township.<ref name=IONJ>{{cite book|title=Industries of New Jersey|publisher=Historical Publishing Company|year=1882|pages=95|ol = 24332547M}}</ref> The Kingsland family possessed a large tract of land in the area known as Kingsland Manor. In 1872, the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] established a railway through the township, and erected a depot in the area named "Kingsland" in honor of the family. A railroad shop was built, and houses erected for the railroad employees. Church services were held in the train depot.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zDEUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP1|title=History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men|last=Clayton|first=W. Woodford|publisher=Everts & Peck|year=1882|pages=299, 304}}</ref>

===Kingsland explosion===
{{Main|Kingsland Explosion}}
On January 11, 1917, a fire started in Building 30 of the Canadian Car and Foundry Company, in what is now Lyndhurst, in a plant that was producing munitions for sale to the United Kingdom and the [[Russian Empire]] during World War I. After a spill of flammable liquid started a fire in a building where shells were cleaned, about 500,000, three-inch (76&nbsp;mm) explosive shells were discharged in about four hours, destroying the entire facility.<ref>[http://www.lyndhursthistoricalsociety.org/KingslandExplosion.html The Kingsland Explosion], Lyndhurst Historical Society. Accessed September 6, 2011.</ref> It was said to have been a spectacle more magnificent than the explosion at [[Black Tom explosion|Black Tom]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]].

Tessie McNamara, who operated the company switchboard, was credited with saving 1,400 lives, contacting each of the buildings and shouting the warning, "Get out or go up!" Thanks to her dedication, no one was killed in the fire.<ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121107223625/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/710467882.html?dids=710467882:710467882&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+14,+1917&author=&pub=Boston+Daily+Globe&desc=TESSIE+NOW+THE+HELLO+HEROINE&pqatl=google "Tessie Now the Telephone Heroine: Saved Thousands of Lives at Kingsland Explosion Phone Girl in Munitions Plant Plugged Warnings Under Fire"], ''[[Boston Globe]]'', January 14, 1917. Accessed September 6, 2011.</ref> The Lyndhurst Historical Society has created a vest pocket park dedicated to the memory of McNamara.<ref>[http://www.lyndhursthistoricalsociety.org/90thAnniversary.html 90th Anniversary of the Kingsland Explosion], Lyndhurst Historical Society. Accessed October 13, 2013.</ref> The park is located on Clay Avenue, between Valley Brook Avenue and Wall Street West. The brick stack{{clarify|date=December 2018}} can be seen from this park.