Editing Upper Township, New Jersey (section)

== History ==
Upper Township was formed as a precinct on April 2, 1723, and was incorporated as one of [[Township Act of 1798|New Jersey's initial 104 townships]] by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township have been taken to form [[Dennis Township, New Jersey|Dennis Township]] (March 1, 1827) and [[Ocean City, New Jersey|Ocean City borough]] (March 3, 1884),<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. 116. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref> and territorial changes were made involving [[Sea Isle City, New Jersey|Sea Isle City]] in March and April 1905.<ref>Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren. [https://books.google.com/books?id=nOkkAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA306 ''Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896-1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period''], p. 306. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed October 18, 2015.</ref> The township's name came from its location when Cape May was split into three townships in 1723 at the same time that [[Lower Township, New Jersey|Lower Township]] and [[Middle Township, New Jersey|Middle Township]] were created.<ref>Stevens, Lewis Townsend. [https://books.google.com/books?id=e5UvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA92 ''The History of Cape May County, New Jersey: From the Aboriginal Times to the Present Day''], p. 92. L.T. Stevens, 1897. Accessed September 3, 2015. "The county of Cape May was divided into three townships, Upper, Middle and Lower, April 2, 1723, of which the official record says:"</ref>

During 2008, Upper Township was considering consolidation with neighboring [[Corbin City, New Jersey|Corbin City]]. Corbin City already shares extensively with Upper Township for municipal service, but the question of consolidating municipalities across county borders presented an obstacle to a full merger.<ref>Staff. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/article_a82167cd-b360-5c08-aef4-bca9e56c90cc.html?FORM=ZZNR3 "12 Months Later / Corbin City, Upper Township await word on merger study"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', July 20, 2009. Accessed October 17, 2012. "In July 2008, Mayor Carol Foster went to Trenton to apply for a grant to study the possibility of eliminating her municipality.Corbin City and Upper Township officials had proposed a merger plan four months earlier, as state legislators slashed municipal aid and offered incentives for towns to conduct shared-services studies.... Corbin City, which is part of Atlantic County, already shares its library, schools, fire company, emergency medical services and municipal court with Upper Township, which is in Cape May County."</ref>