Editing Mendham Borough, New Jersey (section)

===Name===
The Mendhams may be named for [[Mendham, Suffolk]], England,<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=20 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 5, 2015. Spelled as "Myndham".</ref><ref>[[Henry Gannett|Gannett, Henry]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA205 ''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States''], p. 205. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1905. Accessed September 5, 2015. Note error in the name of the county.</ref> or the name may derive from the Native American word ''mendom'' (meaning "raspberry") or for an Earl of Mendham.<ref name=NYT2014>Kelley, Tina. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/realestate/an-outpost-of-new-england.html "An Outpost of New England"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 2, 2014. Accessed January 25, 2025. "The origin of the town's name — preserved on the sign of the Black Horse as 'I'll Mend 'Em' — has been the subject of animated debate. Did it come from the Indian word 'mendom,' for raspberry or huckleberry? Was it chosen to honor the British Earl of Mendham?... While many residents drive to adjoining communities to headquarters of companies like Merck and Verizon, some take the Midtown Direct train to New York from Morristown, which is about 15 minutes away, depending on traffic."</ref><ref>Beck, Henry Charlton. [https://books.google.com/books?id=a2ahXkwF2O8C&pg=PA128 ''Tales and Towns of Northern New Jersey''], pp. 128-149. [[Rutgers University Press]], 1983. {{ISBN|9780813510194}}. Accessed September 5, 2015.</ref>