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Pequannock Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 15,420,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 1,652 (+11.9%) from the 13,888 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,044 (+8.1%) from the 12,844 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 12, 2012.〕 The name "Pequannock", as used in the name of the Township and of the Pequannock River, is thought to have been derived from the Lenni Lenape Native American word "Paquettahhnuake", meaning "cleared land ready or being readied for cultivation".〔(Profile of Pequannock Township ), Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed November 9, 2006.〕〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 17, 2015.〕〔Gannett, Henry. (''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States'' ), p. 242. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed September 17, 2015.〕〔Huget, Jennifer. ("Lenape lived in Pequannock" ), ''The Record (Bergen County)'', July 21, 2009. Accessed September 17, 2015. "'Pequannock' is derived from a Leni-Lenape noun that means 'cleared land ready or being readied for cultivation.'〕〔Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. ("CELEBRATING THE 275TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PEQUANNOCK" ), ''Congressional Digest'', June 2, 2015, 114th Congress, 1st Session, Issue: Vol. 161, No. 87 — Daily Edition. Accessed September 17, 2015. "Deriving its name from the Lenni Lenape word 'Paquettahhuake,' meaning 'cleared land ready or being readied for cultivation,' Pequannock Township has embraced the notion of growth and prosperity."〕 Pompton has been cited by some sources to mean "a place where they catch soft fish".〔("Looking at Historic Pequannock Township" ), Pequannock Township. Accessed October 2, 2014.〕 ''New Jersey Monthly'' ranked Pequannock Township as the "Best Bang for the Buck" in New Jersey and 9th overall in its 2011 edition of "Best Places to Live" in New Jersey.〔("Top Towns: Bang for the Buck" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 15, 2011. Accessed August 12, 2013.〕 It was then ranked 14th overall in the 2013 edition of "Best Places to Live".〔("Top Towns-Alphabetical List" ), "New Jersey Monthly", September 3, 2013. Accessed May 26, 2014.〕 ==History== The name for the area goes back at least as far as March 1, 1720, when it was referred to as "Poquanick", a precinct in Hunterdon County. Formed as "Poquanock Township" on March 25, 1740, as one of the largest townships in the region, what is now a bedroom community composed of Pompton Plains in its northern portion and old Pequannock in its southern was once a vast region of rural farmland settled by the Dutch after its purchase by Arent Schuyler and associates in 1695 and 1696. The township was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships on February 21, 1798.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 196. Accessed July 12, 2012.〕 Over time, several municipalities were split off from the township: Jefferson Township on February 11, 1804; Rockaway Township on April 8, 1844; Boonton Township on April 11, 1867; Montville Township on April 11, 1867; Butler Borough on March 13, 1901; Kinnelon Borough on March 21, 1922; Lincoln Park Borough on April 25, 1922; and Riverdale Borough on April 17, 1923.〔〔Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren. (''Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896-1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period'' ), p. 217. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed September 17, 2015.〕 During the American Revolutionary War, both Comte de Rochambeau and George Washington's troops camped on what is now the site of the Pequannock Valley Middle School. While Washington stayed at the Schuyler-Colfax House in nearby Pompton, unproven oral history states that he attended church services in the First Reformed Church located in Pompton Plains, also known as the Pompton Meeting House, which had been constructed in 1771. The Mandeville Inn, located on the site of where the soldiers had camped during the war, was built in 1788 and was once owned by Garret Hobart, later Vice President of the United States. The stone with the engraved date is now located inside the Pequannock Valley Middle School when the Inn was demolished and replaced with the school in 1950.〔(Pequannock Township Master Plan 1994–1995 ), p. 13. Pequannock Township. Accessed January 13, 2012. "The Pequannock Valley Middle School was erected in 1950 on the site of the circa 1790 Mandeville Inn."〕 During the Civil War, Pequannock was a stop on the Underground Railroad. The Giles Mandeville House (also built in 1788), a field and quarry-stone structure located at 515 Newark-Pompton Turnpike, which is believed to have served as a waypoint for many runaway slaves, still stands today in use as the Manse of the adjacent First Reformed Church since 1953.〔Alexander, Andrea. ("Rising to old heights" ), ''The Record (Bergen County)'', July 25, 2009. Accessed January 13, 2012. "Giles Mandeville House (minister's house): built in 1788, it is considered an example of early Dutch housing.... The minister's house might have served as a stop along the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves seeking freedom."〕 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「Pequannock Township, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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