Editing National Park, New Jersey (section)

===20th century===
National Park was formally established as a borough by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on April 15, 1902, from portions of [[West Deptford Township, New Jersey|West Deptford Township]].<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. 140. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref> The town's name likely originated as a reference to the county park at [[Red Bank Battlefield]].<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=22 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 9, 2015.</ref>