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Hackettstown is a town in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 9,724,〔〔〔 reflecting a decline of 679 (-6.5%) from the 10,403 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,283 (+28.1%) from the 8,120 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed July 6, 2012.〕 The town is located in the easternmost region of the Lehigh Valley. Hackettstown was incorporated as a town by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 9, 1853, from portions of Independence Township. Portions of territory were exchanged with Mansfield Township in 1857, 1860, 1872 and 1875.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 246. Accessed July 6, 2012.〕 Hackettstown houses the headquarters of Mars Chocolate USA, the American division of Mars, Incorporated, makers of Milky Way, Mars, M&M's, Twix and Snickers candy bars, as well as pet foods (such as the well-known ''Whiskas'' and ''Pedigree'' brands), human foods (including ''Uncle Ben's'') and non-confectionery snack foods (including ''Combos'').〔(Mars United States ), Mars, Incorporated. Accessed June 5, 2013. "Mars Chocolate has nine factories in North America and is headquartered in Hackettstown, New Jersey."〕 It is believed that Hackettstown was named after Samuel Hackett, an early settler and large landowner.〔via the ''Trenton Monitor''. ("Origin of Geographical Names in New jersey" ), ''Camden Democrat'', August 12, 1865. Accessed July 6, 2012. "Hackettstown - After Samuel Hackett, an early settler."〕〔Gannett, Henry. (''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States'' ), p. 146. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed March 17, 2015.〕 Hackett is said to have "contributed liberally to the liquid refreshments on the christening of a new hotel, in order to secure the name which, before this, had been Helms' Mills or Musconetcong".〔''Northwestern New Jersey–-A History of Somerset, Morris, Hunterdon, Warren, and Sussex Counties'', Vol. 2. (A. Van Doren Honeyman, ed. in chief, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1927) p. 689.〕〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 31, 2015.〕 Hackettstown was named #72 of the top 100 towns in the United States to Live and Work In by ''Money'' Magazine in 2005; it has not been included since.〔(''Best Places to Live 2005: No. 72 - Hackettstown, NJ'' ), ''Money (magazine)'', backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 6, 2008. Accessed March 17, 2015.〕 ==History== William Johnson (1817 - 1891) was a prime mover in getting the town incorporated in 1853. He and his brother George (1815 - 1889) were successful merchants in the town beginning in 1839 when they began operating the W.L. & G.W Johnson dry good store. The two men were very active in community affairs. George was a member of First Presbyterian Church, a director of the Hackettstown National Bank, and a member of the Hackettstown Water Board. Both men were involved in the establishment of the Union Cemetery.〔Historic Main Street, Hackettstown, NJ, Frank, Leonard and Raymond Lemasters, Harmony Press, Inc, Easton, PA, 2006, pp. 77-78〕 In 1886, Tillie Smith, an 18-year-old kitchen worker from a poverty-stricken family, was raped, murdered and left lying in an open field on the campus of the Centenary Collegiate Institute, where she worked.〔Brock, Donna. ("The Mystery of Tillie Smith" ), Hackettstown Historical Society. Accessed July 6, 2012.〕 A janitor at the school named James Titus was tried and convicted of the rape and murder, based on circumstantial evidence and public opinion shaped by yellow journalism. Titus was sentenced to hang, but he signed a confession and served 19 years of hard labor and lived from 1904 to 1952 in Hackettstown, among many of the same residents who championed his conviction.〔Sullivan, Denis. ''In Defence of Her Honor: The Tillie Smith Murder Case''. Flemington: D.H. Thoreau Books, 2000.〕 In 1925, a train wreck in the town killed 45 people and injured about 50 others en route to New York City from Chicago. The derailment occurred on Rockport road in the early morning at approximately 3:30AM. The event made national headlines and stands as the deadliest event in Warren County history.〔("BIG TOLL TAKEN IN A NEW JERSEY WRECK. LATEST REPORT SHOWS AT LEAST 27 WERE KILLED. THUNDERSTORM CLOGGED A SWITCH WITH SAND CAUSING A DERAILMENT." ), GenDisasters.com, June 16, 1925. Accessed March 17, 2015.〕〔Staff. ("DERAILED IN BIG STORM; Special Train Leaves Rails in Early Morning Near Hackettstown." ), ''The New York Times'', June 17, 1925. Accessed July 6, 2012. "HACKETTSTOWN, N.J., June 16. -- Thirty-nine persons are dead and 48 are in hospitals, as the result of the wreck of a special train early this morning on the Delaware, Lackawanna Western Railroad near here, and about sixty miles from New York."〕〔Staff. ("WRECK DEATH LIST NOW 45 IN JERSEY; One More Victim Dies and 13 Others Are in a Critical Condition. FUNERAL SPECIAL DEPARTS Bodies Due in Chicago Tomorrow -- Coroner's Inquest Is Set for Monday Night." ), ''The New York Times'', June 19, 1925. Accessed July 6, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hackettstown, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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