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| subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Sussex | government_footnotes = 〔 | government_type = Township | governing_body = Township Committee | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = George E. Scott (term ends December 31, 2015)〔(2015 New Jersey Mayors Directory ), New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, as of October 20, 2015. Accessed November 15, 2015.〕 | leader_title1 = Clerk | leader_name1 = Lynda Knott (acting)〔 | established_title = Incorporated | established_date = December 27, 1824 | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = 〔(2010 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 73.515 | area_land_km2 = 70.087 | area_water_km2 = 3.428 | area_total_sq_mi = 28.385 | area_land_sq_mi = 27.061 | area_water_sq_mi = 1.324 | area_water_percent = 4.66 | area_rank = 95th of 566 in state 8th of 24 in county〔 | | population_as_of = 2010 Census | population_footnotes = 〔(DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Stillwater township, Sussex County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 25, 2013.〕〔〔(Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Stillwater township ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed February 25, 2013.〕 | population_total = 4099 | population_rank = 408th of 566 in state 12th of 24 in county〔(GCT-PH1 Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 25, 2013.〕 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = 151.5 | population_density_rank = 523rd of 566 in state 20th of 24 in county〔 | population_est = 3975 | pop_est_as_of = 2014 | pop_est_footnotes = 〔 | | timezone = Eastern (EST) | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = Eastern (EDT) | utc_offset_DST = -4 | elevation_footnotes = 〔, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 14, 2013.〕 | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = 718 | coordinates_type = region:US_type:city | coordinates_region = US-NJ | coordinates_display = inline,title | coordinates_footnotes = 〔〔(US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 | latd = 41.074125 | longd = -74.868878 | | postal_code_type = ZIP code | postal_code = 07875〔(Look Up a ZIP Code for Stillwater, NJ ), United States Postal Service. Accessed February 25, 2013.〕〔(Zip Codes ), State of New Jersey. Accessed November 5, 2013.〕 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 973〔(Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Stillwater, NJ ), Area-Codes.com. Accessed November 6, 2013.〕 | blank_name = FIPS code〔〔(American FactFinder ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕〔(A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey ), Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 18, 2012.〕〔 〕 | blank_info = | blank1_name = GNIS ID〔〔 | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }} Stillwater Township is a township located in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. Located in the Kittatinny Valley, Stillwater is a rural farming community with a long history of dairy farming. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 4,099.〔 Stillwater was settled in the eighteenth century by Palatine German immigrants who entered through the port of Philadelphia. In 1741, Casper Shafer, John George Wintermute (Windemuth), and their father-in-law Johan Peter Bernhardt settled along the Paulins Kill.〔Schaeffer, Casper and Johnson, William M. ''Memoirs and reminiscences: together with sketches of the early history of Sussex County, New Jersey''. (Hackensack, N.J. : Privately printed, 1907), passim.〕 For the next 50 years, the village of Stillwater was essentially German, centered on a union church shared by Lutheran and German Reformed (Calvinist) congregations.〔Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen. The Early Germans of New Jersey: Their History, Churches, and Genealogies. (Dover, New Jersey, Dover Printing Company, 1895), 631 ff.〕 The German population assimilated by the early nineteenth century, but evidence of their settlement remains in the architecture of the grist mills, lime kilns, and stone houses located throughout the valley.〔 Stillwater was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on December 27, 1824, from portions of Hardwick Township〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 232. Accessed October 25, 2012.〕〔Snell, James P. (complied). ''History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers.'' (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881), 383.〕 when Sussex County was divided in half by the legislature a few weeks earlier to create Warren County.〔Snell, James P. (complied). ''History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New jersey, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers.'' (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881), 474.〕〔The legislature's act of November 20, 1824 creating Warren County effectively divided Hardwick Township in half, see: State of New Jersey. ''Acts of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey.'' (1824), 146-147, subsequent acts would create Stillwater and Green Townships from parts of Hardwick, at 126.〕 Portions of the township were taken to form Fredon Township on February 24, 1904.〔〔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. 270. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed October 9, 2015.〕 In 2008, ''New Jersey Monthly'' magazine ranked Stillwater Township as its 40th best place to live in its annual rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.〔("Best Places To Live - The Complete Top Towns List 1-100" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', February 21, 2008. Accessed February 24, 2008.〕 ==History== The township was created on December 27, 1824, by an act passed by the New Jersey Legislature.〔〔Snell, James P. (1881) ''History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers''. (Centennial ed., Harmony, NJ: Harmony Press, 1981), pg. 383〕 A prominent structure in the area's history is the Shafer Grist Mill. Originally built by Casper Shafer in 1741, it was moved approximately a half mile to its present location in 1764. It was rebuilt in 1844 and powered by water from the Paulins Kill. Casper's son, Nathan Armstrong Shafer lived in Whitehall Manor, which he built near what is now the center of the village. The gristmill operated commercially until 1955, making it one of the oldest, continuously operating, water-powered gristmills in the State of New Jersey. Aline Murray Kilmer, the widow of poet Joyce Kilmer, lived the last decade of her life at Whitehall, passing away there on October 1, 1941.〔Talbot, Francis X. "A Tribute to Aline Kilmer" in ''America.'' (October 18, 1941), 46.〕〔Staff. ("KILMER CHILDREN GET $25,602 EACH; Soldier-Poet's Heirs Share in Estate Left by Their Grandfather in Jersey" ), ''The New York Times'', January 31, 1937. Accessed January 20, 2013. "At Stillwater, N. J., today Mrs. Aline Kilmer, widow of the poet, said that her son, Kenton, in addition to his duties with the FHA, has been writing verse."〕 In the early 1900s, Swartswood Lake became a major resort. Weekenders took the train into nearby Blairstown through the 1940s to stay at such places as the North Shore Inn, The Casino, and The Dove Island Inn (now a private home). Later, summer cabins became popular with Brooklyn weekenders. The Stillwater creamery was built in 1910. Borden, Inc. later took control of the creamery.〔(Stillwater Township Sussex County, New Jersey ), NY-NJ-CT Botany Online. Accessed October 9, 2015.〕 In the 1920s, the Paulinskill River was dammed to create Paulinskill Lake and many summer residences sprang up. These summer cottages have grown into what is now a year-round community.〔(About the PLA ), Paulinskill Lake Association. Accessed October 9, 2015. "Currently, Paulinskill Lake is a year-round residential community of over 500 homes managed by the Paulinskill Lake Homeowners Association."〕 The Presbyterian Church is the most prominent feature in Stillwater village. Opposite the church is the former Stillwater Academy, an old schoolhouse that is now home to the Stillwater Historical Museum.〔(Stillwater Historical Museum ), Historical Society of Stillwater Township. Accessed November 6, 2013. "From very early on this school in the Village of Stillwater was known as the 'The Academy'. Records from 1849 show there were 79 students. "〕 Stillwater was, and still is, primarily agricultural. The area is dotted with lime kilns, which used to burn lime to enrich the soil, but are now obsolete, becoming lost to history and the overgrowth of vegetation. An intact kiln still exists on Millbrook Road, a little more than two miles (3 km) from Stillwater village. Roughly one-third of Stillwater Township's area was ceded to create Fredon Township in 1904.〔 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「Stillwater Township, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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