Boonton Township, New Jersey
| Boonton Township, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of Boonton | |
 Boonton Township highlighted in Morris County. Inset map: Morris County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Boonton Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°55′53″N 74°25′30″W / 40.931264°N 74.424928°WCoordinates: 40°55′53″N 74°25′30″W / 40.931264°N 74.424928°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Morris |
| Incorporated | April 11, 1867 |
| Named for | Thomas Boone |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Paul Allieri (R, term ends December 31, 2016) |
| • Administrator | Barbara Shepard |
| • Clerk | Barbara Shepard |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.632 sq mi (22.357 km2) |
| • Land | 8.242 sq mi (21.347 km2) |
| • Water | 0.390 sq mi (1.010 km2) 4.52% |
| Area rank | 225th of 566 in state 18th of 39 in county |
| Elevation | 518 ft (158 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 4,263 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 4,363 |
| • Rank | 402nd of 566 in state 32nd of 39 in county |
| • Density | 517.2/sq mi (199.7/km2) |
| • Density rank | 443rd of 566 in state 35th of 39 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07005 |
| Area code(s) | 973 |
| FIPS code | 3402706640 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882205 |
| Website | www |
Boonton Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 4,263, reflecting a decline of 24 (-0.6%) from the 4,287 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 721 (+20.2%) from the 3,566 counted in the 1990 Census.
Boonton Township was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 11, 1867, from portions of Pequannock Township. The borough of Mountain Lakes was formed from portions of the township on March 3, 1924. The settlement was originally called "Boone-Towne" in 1761 in honor of the Colonial Governor Thomas Boone.
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Boonton Township as the 4th best place to live in the state in its rankings of the "New Jersey's Top Towns 2011-2012.
Boonton Township's recorded history began about 1710 when William Penn, the Quaker land speculator, located in the northern valley his Lot No. 48, which contained 1,430 acres (580 ha) of fields and woodlands. James Bollen, whose bordering "plantation" stretching south toward the Tourne was described as "situate on the fork of Rockaway with an Indian plantation in it," mapped his 1,507 acres (6 km²) in 1715. In 1765 David Ogden purchased from Burnet and Skinner the Great Boonton Tract. When the Township of Boonton was created as of April 11, 1867 by "An Act to Divide the Township of Pequannoc in the County of Morris" most of Penn's Lot No. 48 and parts of the Bollen and Great Boonton Tracts fell within Boonton's boundary.
The first settler of proper record was Frederick DeMouth of French Huguenot extraction. By 1758, his Rockaway Valley plantation within the Penn Lot covered 672 acres (2.72 km2), and it was on this land that the large Stickle, Bott and Kincaid farms were to prosper in the far distant future. Frederick Miller of German Palatine birth bought extensive land (later day Dixon acres) within the Bollen piece at 13 shillings per acre. These founding families were closely followed by the Hoplers, Van Winkles, Cooks, Scotts, Peers, Stickles and Kanouses.
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