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Netcong is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 3,232,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 652 (+25.3%) from the 2,580 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 731 (-22.1%) from the 3,311 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 October 7, 2012.〕 Netcong lies on the shores of Lake Musconetcong. Netcong was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on October 23, 1894, from portions of both Mount Olive Township and Roxbury Township, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day.〔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 May 14, 2012.〕 ==History== Netcong received its name from the Musconetcong River, named by the Lenape Native Americans and meaning "grass creek", "swamp stream", "rapid stream" or "clear stream place".〔(Netcong, New Jersey community profile ), Epodunk. Accessed November 5, 2007.〕〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 9, 2015.〕〔Gannett, Henry. (''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States'' ), p. 218. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed September 9, 2015.〕 Along with the river, the proximity of the old Morris and Sussex Turnpike, which passed through the region shortly after 1801, and the coming of the Morris Canal, in 1831, made the site a favorable one for development. After becoming a Borough, the residents had to elect the first governing body. The first Mayor was Abraham J. Drake, elected November 14, 1894. A census of Netcong taken July 1895 showed a population of 877 people.〔 Netcong derived much of its business from the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, which had its last stop in Morris County in the heart of the Borough. The DL&W's Sussex Branch to Branchville also stopped at Netcong Station, with the Sussex Branch coming into the opposite side of the station from where New Jersey Transit's line is today. The big railroad roundhouse in Port Morris also supplied many jobs for the town residents.〔(Netcong: A Brief History ), Netcong Borough. Accessed August 3, 2006.〕 In 1968, AT&T announced that the company would be building a two-story building in the borough at the bottom of a hole underground. The facility, designed to connect a cable running between Boston and Miami, was designed to withstand a nuclear attack and continue 24-hour operations for as long as three weeks using supplies and generating capacity on the site.〔O'Kane, Lawrence. ("NEWS OF REALTY: A.T.&T. BUILDING; Underground Structure in Jersey to Be Bombproof" ), ''The New York Times'', March 30, 1967. Accessed September 9, 2015. "A new communications center designed to withstand nuclear blasts is being built in a 47-foot-deep hole in the ground in Netcong, N.J., for the Long Lines Department of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company."〕 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「Netcong, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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