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}} Mountain Lakes is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, and a suburb of New York City. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 4,160,〔〔〔 reflecting a decline of 96 (-2.3%) from the 4,256 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 409 (+10.6%) from the 3,847 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 20, 2012.〕 Mountain Lakes was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 3, 1924, from portions of Boonton Township and Hanover Township, subject to the results of a referendum passed on April 29, 1924.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 195. Accessed June 17, 2012.〕 The borough was named for a pair of lakes in the area.〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 8, 2015.〕 ''New Jersey Monthly'' magazine ranked Mountain Lakes as the 26th best place to live in New Jersey in its rankings of the "New Jersey's Top Towns 2011-2012" in New Jersey.〔Staff. ("The Top 20 Towns in New Jersey" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 15, 2011. Accessed January 7, 2013.〕 According to Neighborhood Scout, Mountain Lakes is one of New Jersey's most highly educated municipalities, with 85.94% of adults attaining a four-year undergraduate or graduate degree, quadruple the national average of 21.84%, while the percentage of white-collar workers was 98.77%.〔(Mountain Lakes, NJ ), Neighborhood Scout. Accessed October 24, 2013.〕 ==History== Grimes Homestead, is an 18th-century historic home that served as a way station on the Underground Railroad.〔("Aboard the Underground Railroad: Grimes Homestead ), National Park Service. Accessed December 20, 2012.〕 Mountain Lakes was originally a planned community, founded in 1910 by Herbert Hapgood. It became an independent town in 1924.〔(Our History ), Borough of Mountain Lakes. Accessed June 2, 2015.〕 The United States Navy's Underwater Sound Reference Laboratories was located in Mountain Lakes during World War II.〔(U.S. Naval Activities World War II by State: New Jersey ), ibiblio.org. Accessed January 11, 2014.〕 Mountain Lakes had a discriminatory "gentleman's agreement" from its inception up through the 1960s, preventing African-Americans, Jews, Latinos, Catholics, and other "undesirable groupings"〔Hollander, Dave. (''52 Weeks: Interviews With Champions!'' ), p. 339. Globe Pequot Press, 2006. ISBN 9781599210087. Accessed November 13, 2015.〕 from living there.〔Cahillane, Kevin. ("HOUSING; Over the Rainbow, a Melting Pot" ), ''The New York Times'', June 6, 2004. Accessed June 2, 2015.〕〔(Historic Preservation Committee On-Line Questionnaire:Abbie McMillen ), Borough of Mountain Lakes. Accessed August 3, 2015.〕〔Helmreich, William B. (''The Enduring Community: The Jews of Newark and MetroWest'' ), p. 294. Transaction Publishers, 1999. ISBN 9781560003922. Accessed August 3, 2015.〕 While this has changed in recent years, the town still has a less diverse population than the rest of New Jersey, or Morris County.〔 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「Mountain Lakes, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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