Chatham Township, New Jersey
| Chatham Township, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of Chatham | |
 Location in Morris County and the state of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Chatham Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°43′02″N 74°26′20″W / 40.717255°N 74.438789°WCoordinates: 40°43′02″N 74°26′20″W / 40.717255°N 74.438789°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Morris |
| Incorporated | February 12, 1806 |
| Named for | William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Curt Ritter (R, term ends December 31, 2016) |
| • Administrator | Thomas E. Ciccarone |
| • Clerk | Gregory J. LaConte |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.358 sq mi (24.236 km2) |
| • Land | 8.978 sq mi (23.253 km2) |
| • Water | 0.380 sq mi (0.983 km2) 4.06% |
| Area rank | 213th of 566 in state 17th of 39 in county |
| Elevation | 249 ft (76 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 10,452 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 10,585 |
| • Rank | 235th of 566 in state 19th of 39 in county |
| • Density | 1,164.2/sq mi (449.5/km2) |
| • Density rank | 360th of 566 in state 26th of 39 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07928 |
| Area code(s) | 973 |
| FIPS code | 3402712130 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882194 |
| Website | www |
Chatham Township is a township located in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 10,452, reflecting an increase of 366 (+3.6%) from the 10,086 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 725 (+7.7%) from the 9,361 counted in the 1990 Census.
Chatham Township was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 12, 1806, from portions of Hanover Township and Morris Township. At the time Chatham Township was created, it included the communities of Chatham, Green Village and Bottle Hill (Madison), together with the extensive rural areas surrounding these communities, with each community retaining its own distinct existence and identity. Before the close of that century however, the township would lose all except one of the settlements under its jurisdiction, as they seceded from the township and established their own municipal governments.
The community known as Bottle Hill was established in the early eighteenth century in Morris Township when the area was within the English Province of New Jersey. Bottle Hill changed its name to Madison in 1834 to honor President James Madison. On December 27, 1889, Madison was incorporated as an independent borough and its former village boundaries were expanded between 1891 - 1899 with annexed portions of rural lands that had formerly been within the township.
The settlement of Chatham had been established in 1710 as John Day's Bridge and, in 1773 when New Jersey was an English province, adopted the name of Chatham to honor William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, a British supporter of the colonial cause. This village also had been within Morris Township and it was an active community in the Revolutionary War. On August 19, 1892, Chatham seceded from the new township that had taken its name and adopted the village form of government established in the United States for the new state of New Jersey. Shortly thereafter, Chatham adopted the borough form of government on March 1, 1897.
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