Municipality | Formed From | Date | Place / Area Names (AKA) |
BOONTON Town | Pequannock Twp Hanover Twp Boonton Twp | 1887 1887 1906 | Boonetown |
BOONTON Twp | Pequannock Twp Hanover Twp Rockaway Twp | 1867 1892 1906 | Powerville Sheep Hill |
BUTLER Boro | Pequannock Twp | 1901 | Butler Bloomingdale West Bloomingdale |
CHATHAM Boro | Incorporated as a Village Chatham Twp Incorporated as a Boro. Chatham Village Chatham Twp. Madison Boro. Florham Park Boro. | 1892 1892 1897 1897 1897 1897 1910 | |
CHATHAM Twp | Morris Twp Hanover Twp Madison Boro | 1806 1806 1899 | Floral Hill Hickory Tree Long Hill Stanley |
CHESTER Boro | Chester Twp | 1930 | Chester Hacklebarney |
CHESTER Twp | Roxbury Twp Randolph Twp Washington Twp Washington Twp | 1799 1806 1840 1853 | Milltown Pleasant Hill |
DENVILLE Twp | Rockaway Twp | 1913 | Arrowhead Lake Cedar Lake Cooks Pond Den Brook Denville Franklin Lake Estling Union Hill |
DOVER Town | Randolph Twp Randolph Twp Rockaway Twp Randolph Twp | 1869 1898 1921 1938 | Bowlbyville East Dover North Dover |
EAST HANOVER Twp | Hanover Twp | 1928 | Hanover Hanover-Cook Bridge Hanover Neck Rockaway Neck Swinefield Bridge |
FLORHAM PARK Boro | Chatham Twp Hanover Twp | 1889 1913 | Afton Broomtown (because of the broom industry) Columbia Bridge Columbia Florham Park Lower Chatham Bridge Hoppingtown |
HANOVER Twp | Morris County | 1740 | Birch Hills Cedar Knolls Lee Meadows Malapardis Parsippany (incorporated as a Twp. abt. 1928) Whippany |
HARDING Twp | Passaic Twp | 1922 | Glen Alpin Green Village Jockey Hollow Logansville New Vernon Osborn Mill Pleasantville Van Dorens Mill |
JEFFERSON Twp | Pequannock Twp Roxbury Twp | 1804 1804 | Berkshire Valley Cozy Lake Espanog (Lake Hopatcong P.O.) Hurdtown Mase Mountain Milton Newfoundland New Russia Nolans Point Petersburg Prospect Point Racoon Island Tierneys Corner Weldon Woodport Woodstock |
KINNELON Boro | Pequannock Twp | 1922 | Brook Valley Charlotteburg Fayson Lakes Jacksonville Kinnelon Smoke Rise Meadtown Charlottenburg Charlottesburg [both variations of Charlotteburg] |
LINCOLN PARK Boro | Pequannock Twp | 1922 | Lincoln Park Two Bridges Beavertown |
LONG HILL Township (formerly Passaic Twp) | Morris Twp | 1866 | Davis Bridge Gillette Homstead Park Meyersville Millington Pleasant Plains Stirling White Bridge |
MADISON Boro | Chatham Twp Chatham Twp Chatham Twp Chatham Twp Chatham Twp Chatham Twp Chatham Twp Chatham Twp Chatham Twp Florham Park Boro | 1889 1891, Apr 1891, Nov 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1915 | Bottle Hill East Madison Rose City (for the large rose growing industry) |
MENDHAM Boro | Mendham Twp | 1906 | Mendham |
MENDHAM Twp | Morris Twp Roxbury Twp Hanover Twp | 1749 1749 1749 | Brookside Pleasant Valley Ralston Washington Corner |
MINE HILL Twp | Randolph Twp | 1923 | |
MONTVILLE Twp | Pequannock Twp Boonton Town | 1867 1923 | Horseneck Bridge Lower Montville Montville Pine Brook Pine Brook Bridge Taylortown Towaco |
MORRIS Twp | Morris County | 1740 | Convent Station Gillespie Hill Greystone Park Monroe Morris County Almshouse Washington Valley |
MORRIS PLAINS Boro | Hanover Twp | 1926 | Morris Plains |
MORRISTOWN Town | Morris Twp Morris Twp Morris Twp Morris Twp | 1865 1895 1914 1917 | West Hanover |
MOUNT ARLINGTON Boro | Roxbury Twp Roxbury Twp Roxbury Twp Roxbury Twp | 1890 1891 1893 1894 | Mount Arlington |
MOUNTAIN LAKES Boro | Hanover Twp Boonton Twp | 1924 1924 | Mountain Lakes |
MOUNT OLIVE Twp | Roxbury Twp | 1871 | Bartley Budd Lake Drakestown Flanders Long Valley (aka German Valley) Mount Olive Saxton Falls Waterloo |
NETCONG Boro | Roxbury Twp Mt. Olive Twp | 1894 1894 | Netcong |
PARSIPPANY TROY HILLS Twp | Hanover Twp | 1928 | Cobbs Corner Condit Corner Fox Hill Greystone Park (State Asylum) Lake Hiawatha Lake Parsippany Littleton Mount Tabor (aka Tabor, NJ) Parsippany Powder Mill Rainbow Lakes Troy Troy Hills |
PEQUANNOCK Twp | Morris County Butler Boro | 1740 1906 | Beavertown Butler Newfoundland Pequannock Pine Brook Pompton Pompton Plains |
RANDOLPH Twp | Mendham Twp Pequannock | 1805 1831 | Cedar Grove Colemans Hollow Ironia Mill Brook Mount Fern Mount Freedom Shongum |
RIVERDALE Boro | Pequannock Twp | 1923 | East Bloomingdale Pompton |
ROCKAWAY Boro | Rockaway Twp Rockaway Twp Rockaway Twp Rockaway Twp Rockaway Twp Denville Twp Denville Twp | 1894 1908 1919 1926 1930 1919 1929 | Rockaway |
ROCKAWAY Twp | Pequannock Twp Hanover Twp | 1844 1844 | Beach Glen Green Pond Hibernia Hilltown Lyonsville Marcella Meriden Middletown Spicertown White Meadow Lake Additional names submitted: Mount Hope Teabo Richard Mine Mount Pleasant Hickory Hill Greenville (earlier name of Marcella) Lake Telemark Denmark Middle Forge Biddlewood Birchwood Irongate Fleetwood Bowlbyville (portions of this section in Dover, Rockaway & Wharton) |
ROXBURY Twp | Hanover Twp Morris Twp Pequannock Twp Washington Twp Washington Twp | 1740 1740 1758 1858 1859 | Brookland (also Brooklyn) Carey Kenvil (once known as McCaineville) Landing Ledgewood (once known as Drakesville) Name changed to Ledgewood on December 16, 1891 Lower Berkshire Valley Mount Hope Port Morris Port Morris Landing Rustic (an area name) Shippenport Succasunna (once known as Suckasunny and Suckasunny Plains) Name changed to Succasunna on June 1, 1888 |
VICTORY GARDENS Boro. | Dover Randolph | 1944 1944 | [ceded from Randolph 1954] |
WASHINGTON Twp | Roxbury Twp Chester Twp | 1798 1840 | Beateystown Crestmoore Four Bridges Middle Valley Naughright Parker Pleasant Grove Schooleys Mountain Stephensburg |
WHARTON Boro (formerly Port Oram) | Incorporated as Boro of Port Oram Randolph Twp Rockaway Twp Name changed to Wharton | 1895 1895 1895 1902 | Port Oram Spicertown Wharton |