Editing Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey (section)

==History==
===Formation===
In 1912, the communities of Peapack and Gladstone found themselves in conflict with the rest of [[Bedminster, New Jersey|Bedminster]]. Residents of the two communities wanted electric lights, telephones and fire hydrants and resented being forced to pay for rural roads elsewhere in the township. Residents petitioned the state legislature for the creation of the borough and the Legislature voted to do so on April 23, 1912.<ref name=Story/><ref>Thomson, W. Barry. [https://somersethillshistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Newsletter-May2021-1.pdf#page=6 "New Municipal Proposals of 100 Years Ago"], ''Inside the Brick Academy'', June 2021. Accessed July 7, 2023. "Over the years a number of efforts have been made to alter municipal boundaries and create new municipalities in the Somerset Hills region, with the goal of making local governments more responsive to the changing needs of residents.... The first of such efforts in the 20th century resulted in the creation of Mendham Borough out of Mendham Township in 1906, and the separation of the Borough of Peapack-Gladstone from Bedminster Township in 1912."</ref><ref name=NYTThinking>Cheslow, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/07/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-peapack-gladstone-fox-hunting-high-priced-homes.html "If You're Thinking of Living In/Peapack and Gladstone; Fox-Hunting and High-Priced Homes"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 7, 1994. Accessed August 29, 2013. "One local history speculates that the name Peapack came from the Leni Lenape Indian word 'peapackton' -- 'the marriage of the waters.' The Raritan River and the Peapack Brook meet at the eastern border of the borough. Gladstone is named for the British Prime Minister William Gladstone ... [B]y 1912, the Villages of Peapack and Gladstone found themselves in conflict with the rest of Bedminster Township. The villages wanted electric lights, telephones and fire hydrants and resented being forced to pay for rural roads in the township. The villages petitioned the State Legislature for the creation of the borough and the Legislature voted to do so on April 23, 1912."</ref>

===Village names===
Peapack is believed to have been derived from "Peapackton,” a [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] term meaning "marriage of the waters", a reference to the confluence of the Peapack Brook and [[Raritan River]] in the area. [[Gladstone, New Jersey|Gladstone]] was named in honor of [[William Ewart Gladstone]], who served as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] several times between 1868 and 1894.<ref name=NYTThinking/><ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=25 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 16, 2015.</ref>

===Natirar===
[[Natirar]] is an estate spanning {{convert|404|acres}} in Peapack-Gladstone, Far Hills and Bedminster that was sold by [[Hassan II of Morocco]], to Somerset County and is now administered by the Somerset County Park Commission, including the {{convert|247|acres}} in Peapack-Gladstone.<ref>[http://www.somersetcountyparks.org/parksfacilities/natirar/Natirar.html Natirar], [[Somerset County, New Jersey]] Park Commission. Accessed May 8, 2012. "Natirar is a 404-acre property located in the scenic hills of Somerset County within the municipalities of Peapack/Gladstone, Far Hills and Bedminster."</ref>