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Boonton, New Jersey
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Boonton is a town in Morris County, New Jersey which was formed in 1867. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 8496. The city was originally called "Boone-Towne" in 1761 in honor of colonial governor Thomas Boone.
Boonton was originally formed on March 16, 1866, within portions of Hanover Township and Pequannock Township. The city was reincorporated and became independent on March 18, 1867.
Today's Boonton began approximately in 1829, as a result of the construction of the Morris Canal and the development of the New Jersey Iron Company. The original location of the city is now largely measured under the Reservoir Jersey City, completed in 1904. The waters of this reservoir was the first municipal water supplies are chlorinated United States in 1908.
Content
1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 History
3.1 Blacksmithing
3.2 Other industries
4 Government
4.1 Local government
4.2 Federal, state and county
5 Education
6 Transport
7 Attractions
8 Notable residents
9 References
10 External links
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Geography
Mirador in Grace Lord Park
Boonton is located 405419 742434 / 40.905148N 74.409466W / 40.905148, -74.409466 (40.905148, -74.409466).
According to U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.4 km2), of which, 2.3 square miles (6.1 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km2) of it (4.86%) is water. The river flows through the downtown section of Rockaway, and how short a spectacular gorge with stunning white water rapids as a high waterfall.
Park County Party is Tourne in Boonton.
Demography
Historical populations
Census
Pop
%
1930
6866
1940
6739
1.8%
1950
7163
6.3%
1960
7981
11.4%
1970
9261
16.0%
1980
8620
6.9%
1990
8343
The 3.2%
2000
8496
1.8%
Est 2007
8482
0.2%
Population 1930-1990.
According to the 2000 census, there were 8496 people, 3272 households and 2,159 families residing in the city. The population density was 1395.9 km 2 (3619.5 / km2). There were 3352 housing units at an average density of 550.7/km2 (1428.1 / km2). The composition race of the city was 83.00% White, 4.00% African American, 0.21% Native American, 7.8% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 2.20% from other races and 2.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.9% of the population.
There were 3272 households out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.0% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone 65 years old or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average size family was 3.11.
In the city the population was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 6.8% 18-24, 35.4% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over had 94.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $ 65,322, and the median income for a family was $ 75,147. Males had a median income of $ 60,518 against to $ 40,634 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 29,919. About 6.7% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.4% of those under age 18 and 6.6% over 65 years.
History
During the 18th century, the people of Boonetown (Booneton, Boonton) was established on the Rockaway River, a mile and a half downstream from the current site of the city. Already in 1747, Obadiah Baldwin operated a forge iron purification in that place, where power was in the water wide range, and commodities such as iron ore and wood charcoal were not too far. The foundry was expanded, and a people of workers and their families emerged. This town was called "Boone-Towne" in honor of the Colonial Governor, Thomas Boone, in 1761.
Smithy
Main article: Boonton Iron Works
The Boonton Iron Works were founded around 1770 by Samuel Ogden who, with other members of his family, bought a 6-acre (24,000 m2) along the Rockaway River tract. During the American Revolution War of the Iron Works was busy Booneton in providing many different iron products for military. After the war, operations in Boonton is continued Faesch John Jacob and his two children, and more Later, William Scott, who vainly tried to breathe new life into the business in decline. In 1824, Scott's interest in the rejuvenation of the old-fashioned forge disappeared when he learned that the Morris Canal was about to be built, and would be of little use to the Village of Booneton a mile or more away.
The proximity of the canal Booneton Falls made for the ideal site for a large factory. A group of businessmen in New York was incorporated in 1830 as New Jersey Iron Company, with a market capitalization of $ 283,000. Machinery and steel workers were imported from England, and the construction of the mills, a new city, called Booneton Falls, began appear on the steep hillside overlooking the River.
The main city street is unique, as it launched into a cliff overlooking the hole "Rockaway River. This was said to follow an old Native American path, which followed the original route of the deer.
The new Iron Company flourished for nearly fifty years. The new village of Booneton Falls - as the largest downstream Booneton - was essentially a one industry town. After the company closed its operations in 1876 the city was on the verge of collapse.
Despite several attempts - one by the eminent Joseph Wharton - were made to restore the iron works on a smaller scale, none suffered for a long period of time. Only traces of foundations and structures to remain in the "hole" between the street plan and the river, to remind of Boonton their own age of iron.
Other industries
One of the first of the new industries for the city was guaranteed a silk factory, which, as Pelgram and Meyer, and more later as Van Raalte, Inc., contributed materially to the prosperity of the city. Others who followed were a knife factory, a paper mill (in the old town by then called Old Boonton), a nail factory, tin and cast iron one, and a car factory. The Morris Canal, despite a rapid decline to enter, still used a number of men, the Lackawanna Railroad, which had completed its branch Boonton-Paterson in 1875, gave employment to a number of people and always Boonton to serve the traveler a number of Boonton residents working in New York. There were, of course, many individual-owned enterprises, such as blacksmith shops, machine shops, bakeries and miscellaneous stores, all of which began to prosper as a nation emerged from the depression of the 1870s.
In 1891, Loanda Hard Rubber Company was founded by Edwin A. Scribner, and started the manufacture of hard rubber molded products. Seven years later, Mr. Scribner died, and the management of the company fell to his son-in-law Richard W. Seabury. In 1906, it was Richard W. Seabury, who, putting on new materials, he learned of the experiments with synthetic resins made by Dr. Leo Baekeland, for whom the well-known material, Bakelite, later to be named. Originally conceived by Dr. Baekeland of a synthetic varnish, the new Seabury material was used for the manufacture of molding the world's first organic plastics in 1907. Boontonware, a molded plastic dishes, sold throughout the country. George Scribner, son of founder Edwin Scribner Loanda, opted to continue the activity of molded plastic and set Boonton Molding. The company started to produce the famous dishes Boontonware, molded plates, bowls, cups and manufactured in the 1950s and 1960s. The company also operates a retail store Boonton factory for many years. George Scribner was finally included in the Hall of Fame for pioneering plastic in the development of printing techniques and applications in Boonton Molding Co., 1920, and a prominent contributor to the development of the industry through his service as president and chairman of SPI during period 1943-1947. His older brother, Charles E. Scribner intended to join the family business, but was found to be color blind, then attended the University Princeton and later Harvard Law. He served as laweyer Margaret Sanger and later as first Chairman of the Board of Planned Parenthood. Their participation was instrumental in orchestrating Sanger trip to Japan through correspondence with General McArthur.
The molded plastic industry is to some extent responsible for bringing the radio and electronics industries in the Boonton area. In the 1920s, the burgeoning radio industry created a large demand for castings and, therefore, attracted the attention of Richard W. Seabury, organized by Radio Frequency Laboratories for the operation of the new field. Generated by that original company, more than half a dozen radio and electronics companies were formed later, and internationally recognized for the excellence of their products. A well known among radio engineers was the Boonton Radio Co., located in the vicinity of Rockaway, who made a high quality test instrument known as a Q meter, being used by fans today. Most companies are now divisions of large corporations have relocated elsewhere, which has undergone name changes in many cases. The Boonton Radio Co., for example, was bought by Hewlett-Packard. RFL Industries, Aircraft Radio Corporation, measurements Corporation (founded by Jerry Minter Burnett and two partners and later sold to the Edison Company after the Second World War), and Ballantine Laboratories are among those who contributed substantially to the prosperity of the area.
The largest industry in the town of Boonton in the 20th century had its beginnings in 1917, when EA Stevenson & Company established "Butter Works" at the site of the former Knox Hat factory, which began trying to coconut oils and the manufacture of margarine. Operating conditions later by EF Drew & Company, the plant in Boonton grew into one of the largest in the country for the treatment of edible oils. The plant closed in the 1990s and the site is now occupied by a WalMart.
The current population has resemblance to the small village of Booneton Falls, and even less for the people of Old Boonton, whose site has been covered by the reservoir of Jersey City since 1903.
Government
Local government
Boonton was incorporated as a city under a charter granted by the Legislature of New Jersey in March 1867. In the letter, the new city was governed by a Board of Trustees of seven men, but by an amendment to the Charter in 1872, the authority resided in the Mayor and Common Council
Boonton works with the form of government and the city is governed by a Mayor and the Board of Aldermen. The mayor is elected at large. The Board of Aldermen consists of eight members, with two councilors elected from each of the four rooms in a phased manner, with a seat of each of the four districts for election next year.
Boonton Mayor Cyril Wekilsky is, whose mandate expires on December 31, 2007. Members Board of Aldermen are:
District 1: Daniel Carey (2008) and Eoga Michael (2009)
District 2: Nevadomski Paul (2008) and Dr. Clifford Keezer (2009)
District 3: Terry Dunn (2008) and Robert Looker (2009)
District 4: Joseph Sirvent (2008) and Patricia Bujtas (2009)
Federal, state and county
Boonton is in the Eleventh Congressional District and is part of the 25th Legislative District of New Jersey.
New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District, covering western portions Essex County, all of Morris County, and sections of Passaic County, Somerset County and Sussex County, is represented by Rodney Frelinghuysen (R, Municipality of Harding). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken). For the 2010-2011 Legislative Session, the 25th District New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Anthony Bucco (R, Boonton) and in the Assembly by Carroll, Michael Patrick (R, Morris Plains) and Tony Bucco (R, Boonton). The governor of New Jersey Chris Christie (R, Mendham). The Vice-Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach). Morris County is governed by a Board of seven members of Chosen Freeholders, who are elected for three years on a staggered basis, with two or three seats in the elections every year. In update] 2008 [, Morris County Freeholders are Freeholder Director Margaret Nordstrom, Deputy Freeholder Director Gene F. Feyl, Douglas R. Cabin, William J. Chegwidden, John J. Murphy, James W. Murray and Jack J. Schrier.
Education
Boonton Public Schools serve students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (2005-06 enrollment statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics), School Street School (K-3, 314 students), John Hill School (4-6 237 students), Boonton Middle School (7 and 8, 126 students) and Boonton High School (9-12, 640 students).
High School District serves students from Boonton and also of Lincoln Park, who attend as part of a sending / receiving relationship with the Lincoln Park Public Schools, with Lincoln Park students accounting for most high school students. The two districts have tried to break the relationship over 50 years, citing cost savings that could achieved in neighborhoods and complaints of Lincoln Park, which only granted a seat on the Board of Boonton Public Schools' Education. In April 2006, the Commissioner Department of Education of New Jersey dismissed the petition.
Our Lady of Mount Caramel School is a Catholic school under the auspices of Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson.
Transport
Boonton train station provides service on New Jersey Transit Montclair-Boonton Line with service to Hoboken Terminal.
New Jersey Transit bus service is provided in the local path MCM1.
Interstate 287 and Route 202 cross the center the city.
Attractions
Footbridge in Grace Lord Park
Grace Lord Park
Greenwood Cemetery
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Boonton include:
Mario DeMarco (1924 - 1956), Canadian professional football player in the NFL. He died in the Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 disaster.
John Hill (1821 1884), represented fourth congressional district of New Jersey from 1867 to 1873, and 5th District of New Jersey Representative from 1881 to 1883.
Joshua S. Salmon (1846 1902), represented one quarter of New Jersey congressional district from 1902 to 1903.
Jeffrey L. LINESEG (born 1956) journalist and writer.
Jeremy Weiss (born 1974) photographer. [Citation needed]
William Schaffer (n. 1 981)
Mike Michalowicz (born 1971), author and entrepreneur
Jim Lewis, Muppets writer
Peter Onorati (born May 13, 1954), an American actor.
References
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographical Names Information System: The town of Boonton, names of Geographic Information System, accessed January 4, 2008.
Ab ^ Census data Boonton City, United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
^ Ab "American FactFinder". U.S. Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ A cure for the common codes: New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved on July 14, 2008.
^ "U.S. Board on Geographic Names." United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ "History of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968" John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey, 1969. p. 191.
^ "A Giant Step Public Health: Drinking water chlorination U.S. drinking "Water Quality and Health Council. Accessed October 28, 2008.
^ "America Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990." U.S. Office Census. 03/05/2005. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990, Workforce New Jersey Network public information. Retrieved on March 1, 2007.
^ History, Boonton Town. Retrieved on November 22, 2008.
^ Office Mayor, City of Boonton. Accessed May 25, 2007.
^ Councillors, Boonton Township. Retrieved on February 27, 2008.
2008 ^ Citizen Guide New Jersey government, New Jersey League of Women Voters, p. 57. Retrieved on September 30, 2009.
^ "Legislative List: 2010-2011 session." New Jersey Legislature. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/roster.asp. Retrieved on 02/08/2010.
^ "About the Governor." New Jersey. http://www.nj.gov/governor/about/. Retrieved on 21/01/2010.
^ "About Lieutenant Governor. New Jersey. http://www.nj.gov/governor/lt/. Retrieved on 21/01/2010.
^ What is a Freeholder?, Jersey Morris County, New York. Retrieved on 06 February 2008.
^ Margaret Nordstrom
^ Gene F. Feyl
^ Douglas R. Cabana
William J. ^ Chegwidden
^ James W. Murray
Jack J. ^ Schrier
^ Meet the Freeholders, Morris County, New Jersey. Retrieved on February 6, 2008.
^ Data for the Boonton Public Schools, National Center for Statistics of Education. Retrieved on February 27, 2008.
^ Commissioner of Education Decision, Department of Education of New Jersey. Retrieved on January 29, 2008.
^ Morris County Primary and Secondary Schools, Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. Retrieved on July 26, 2008.
^ Morris Bus / County rail links New Jersey Transit. Retrieved on June 21, 2007.
^ John Hill, Biographical Directory of the United States States Congress. Retrieved on September 3 2007.
^ Joshua S. Salmon, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on August 11, 2007.
^ LINESEG, Jeffrey L. "The Right Thing, my principles, or milk and cookies? "The New York Times, January 18, 2004. Retrieved on November 5, 2007." Growing up in Boonton, New Jersey, which is usually stopped at the supermarket on my way to the local bowling alley to pick up a pack of gingerbread Arco, my favorite snack time. "
Brian Bell (DOB 1980) Jim Kiick
External Links
Boonton City official website
Boonton Public Schools
200 809 Boonton Public Schools School Report Card New Jersey Department of Education
Data for the Boonton Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
Misc. Boonton photos Flickr
Regional newspaper
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