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Hanover Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 13,712,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 814 (+6.3%) from the 12,898 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,360 (+11.8%) from the 11,538 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 December 18, 2012.〕 The township comprises the unincorporated communities of Whippany and Cedar Knolls.〔 Located just north of the historic town of Morristown and adjacent to the regional Morristown Municipal Airport, Hanover Township offers many public attractions including the Whippany Railway Museum,〔(History ), Whippany Railway Museum. Accessed September 10, 2013.〕 the Frelinghuysen Arboretum〔(Frelinghuysen Arboretum ), Morris County Parks Commission. Accessed September 10, 2013.〕 and the Morris County Library. Patriots' Path, a wilderness walkway and bike trail that stretches for , also passes through the township along the Whippany River.〔(Patriots' Path ), Morris County Parks Commission. Accessed September 10, 2013.〕 == History == Hanover Township is the site of the first settlement in northwest New Jersey. New Englanders established a settlement along the Whippany River in 1685 near the current location of the old Whippany Cemetery on Route 10.〔Staff. ("Hanover named best suburb in New Jersey Magazine taps township for honor" ), ''New Jersey Hills'', March 7, 2001. Accessed September 30, 2014. "The first settlement in what is now Morris, Sussex, and Warren counties occurred along the Whippanong River in Whippany in 1685."〕 Once the Province of West Jersey purchased the land from the local Lenape Native Americans, the original County of Morris was created and comprised all of what is now Morris, Sussex and Warren Counties. The counties were partitioned into townships. Morris' original township was 'Whippenny' which itself comprised all of what is now Morris County. The name Hanover was taken from the House of Hanover in Germany.〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 31, 2015.〕 This namesake was given to the Township of Hanover on December 7, 1720, as a sign of respect to George I of Great Britain who was of the House of Hanover and who ruled over the American colonies in the eighteenth century. Since the creation of Hanover Township in 1720 and its incorporation on March 25, 1740, its size has been considerably decreased as the population of the area has increased. Originally encompassing all of Morris County and parts of Sussex and Warren County, Hanover Township became too unwieldy for a single local government to maintain. The Township was subdivided into smaller municipalities that could provide more responsive local control despite placing greater demands on the local tax base to support new facilities for each. Portions of the township were taken to form Mendham Township on March 29, 1749. Hanover Township was established by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Additional portions of the township were taken to form Chatham Township (February 12, 1806), Rockaway Township (April 8, 1844), Boonton Town (March 16, 1866), Mountain Lakes (April 29, 1924), Morris Plains (April 15, 1926), East Hanover Township and Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (which both split off on May 9, 1928).〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 193. Accessed October 26, 2012.〕〔Staff. ("NEW MONTCLAIR BOARD ORGANIZES NEXT WEEK; C.G. Phillips Only Candidate to Get First Choice Majority--Three Re-elected at Long Branch." ), ''The New York Times'', May 10, 1928. Accessed September 12, 2015. "The electorate of the present Hanover Township near here turned out in force today and by a vote of 1,938 to 987 registered its approval of the proposal to split the township into three new townships. The present township will be divided into the townships of Parsippany-Troy Hills, East Hanover and Old Township."〕 During the Revolutionary War, George Washington and his troops often camped in, and marched through, Hanover Township. The name Whippany is adapted from the Native American word ''Whippanong'' which means "where the willow trees grow".〔Fariello, L., ''A Place Called Whippany'' (2nd ed.) L.A. Sunchild Publishing (2003).〕 The old settlements of Monroe and Malapardis were consumed by development and what remains are two communities - Whippany and Cedar Knolls - which are roughly separated by Interstate 287. The Malapardis area of Cedar Knolls is primarily located around Malapardis Road. A section of Malapardis, even though it is in Hanover Township's borders, has a Morris Plains mailing zip code. Another section of Cedar Knolls is called Trailwood which has a section of its land in a Morris Plains ZIP code, the area closest to American Way. The Monroe area of Whippany is located around Whippany Road and Cedar Knolls Road, marked by a building in the intersection named Monroe Hall. Until the post-World War II suburbanization of New Jersey, Hanover Township was a sparsely populated industrial town known for its iron works and paper mills. This industry was driven by the ever-present power of the Whippany River. Over the second-half of the twentieth century, the Township became thoroughly suburban. Lucent Technologies had a large facility in Whippany. The first demonstration of long distance television transmission in the United States took place in 1927, with a transmission that went via wire from Washington, D.C., to New York, and from Whippany to New York using radio.〔(AT&T milestones in TV History ), AT&T Corporation. Accessed May 27, 2007.〕 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「Hanover Township, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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