Editing Millburn, New Jersey (section)

==History==
[[File:"Spring" by Hugh Bolton Jones, depicting the Rahway River.jpg|300px|thumb|"Spring" by [[Hugh Bolton Jones]]. Painted by the artist in the mid 1880s on the [[Rahway River]].]]
Millburn was an agricultural settlement before it became a Victorian residential community. It was part of the Newark settlements in New Jersey in the 19th century made from Charles II from James, his brother, in the 17th century. Springfield Township was founded in 1783 which included Millburn.<ref name=History/>

Millburn played a vital role during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. With [[Continental Army|George Washington's military]] camped outside at [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]] and the British assaulting through the [[Hobart Gap]], Millburn was brought into the Revolutionary War. Washington purportedly saw his soldiers on a vital point in the [[South Mountain Reservation]], then known as Washington Rock. The [[Battle of Springfield (1780)|Battle of Springfield]] in 1780 was the last push of the British into [[New Jersey]] and the first fight since Bunker Hill. A token of the war exists in the Parsil family graveyard on White Oak Ridge Road, where Nicholas Parsil was buried after being killed in a clash with the British.

After the Revolution, the Rahway River was dammed in five spots to frame plant lakes. Samuel Campbell created the first [[paper mill]] in 1790 and produced banknotes. The majority of the early factories were paper plants, among them the Diamond Mill, that is now the site of the [[Paper Mill Playhouse]]. In 1835 the [[Morris and Essex Railroad]] was completed, connecting Millburn to enormous urban communities in the east and coal areas in the northwest.<ref name=History/>

Two [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated]] suburbs were created within its borders. Wyoming was made up of {{convert|100|acres}} of land and purchased by the Wyoming Land and Improvement Company and the latter was founded by Stewart Hartshorn (the namesake of [[Millburn Township Public Schools|Hartshorn Elementary School]]) who purchased {{convert|1550|acres}} of land to create [[Short Hills, New Jersey]].<ref name=History/>

In June 2007, Millburn celebrated its 150th birthday in its downtown, in one of the biggest celebrations in Millburn history.<ref>Kelley, Pat. [http://www.nj.com/news/independentpress/millburn/index.ssf?/base/news-0/118114676256700.xml&coll=18 "Thousands expected for parade, party: Highlight of township's 150th anniversary is this Saturday"], ''Independent Press'', June 6, 2007. Accessed June 25, 2007. "Millburn is the place to be on Saturday, June 9. Officials and residents alike are gearing up for one of the biggest events in the township's history as they prepare to celebrate Millburn's 150th anniversary with a huge parade and a day full of fun events."</ref>