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Wharton is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 6,522,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 224 (+3.6%) from the 6,298 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 893 (+16.5%) from the 5,405 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 23, 2012.〕 What is now Wharton was originally incorporated as the borough of Port Oram by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on June 26, 1895, from portions of Randolph Township and Rockaway Township, subject to the results of a referendum passed on the previous day. The name was changed to Wharton as of April 16, 1902, based on a referendum held that day and subject to legislation passed on March 27, 1902.〔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 May 16, 2012.〕〔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Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period'' ), p. 210. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed September 21, 2015.〕 The borough was named for Joseph Wharton of the Wharton Steel Company.〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 29, 2015.〕〔(History of Wharton Borough; Morris County, New Jersey ), NY-NJ-CT Botany Online. Accessed October 29, 2015. "1902 – named changed to Wharton to honor Joseph Wharton."〕 ==History== In 1831, the Morris Canal was completed from Newark to Phillipsburg, New Jersey across the Delaware River from the terminus of the Lehigh Canal. On the way, it passed through Boonton, Dover and Port Oram all connected with iron. On this route it tapped the Morris County ore fields and became a carrier for both ore and pig iron. Its main purpose, however, was as an extension of the Lehigh Canal to furnish a route for anthracite coal from the Pennsylvania mines to seaboard. Any local traffic was a gain to supplement the through anthracite freight and iron ore and its products soon became important sources of revenue. Sites on the canal were selected for docks and industry, including iron works.〔(Borough Information ), Borough of Wharton. Accessed May 16, 2012.〕 On June 28, 1895, voters from the settlements of Port Oram, Irondale, Luxemburg, Maryville and Mount Pleasant voted 143 to 51 to incorporate as the borough of Port Oram, the largest of the communities in the area covering west of Dover, New Jersey. A mayor, six councilmen, an assessor and a collector were elected to govern this new borough which had started life as an ore shipping port on the Morris Canal. These elected officials—mine superintendents, store owners, a railroad superintendent and a school teacher—represented the leaders of these settlements where iron ore was mined, smelted and shipped.〔 The borough was renamed in 1902 in honor of Joseph Wharton, who was born in 1826 in Philadelphia to an old family of Quakers. Wharton first studied at a local Quaker school after which he worked on a farm rather than attend college because his parents wanted him to mature,〔"Joseph Wharton: Quaker Industrial Pioneer", W. Ross Yates, 1987, Lehigh University Press, pp 31-35.〕 and during the winter studied chemistry at the laboratory of Martin Hans Boyè in Philadelphia. He started producing zinc and nickel, and gradually bought a controlling interest in Bethlehem Iron Works. As his business interests expanded he purchased substantial shares of several railroads involved in the coal and iron trade, also purchasing iron mines and furnaces near Port Oram. After selling his interest in Bethlehem Iron Works in 1901 and his nickel works to CVRD Inco in 1902, he continued to actively acquire and manage a large and diverse business empire that included iron smelting in Wharton until just before his death in January, 1909. Wharton also endowed the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The town was named after him at after a referendum in 1902.〔 In 1984, the long-time local bar The Heslin House and Hartley’s Store were destroyed in a gas leak explosion, in which flames as high as destroyed several area buildings.〔Armental, Maria. ("New state rules burn firefighters: Deployment limits could slow response times, officials say" ), ''Daily Record (Morristown)'', January 24, 2004. Accessed May 16, 2012. "Wharton suffered one of the county's largest fires in 1984, when a gas explosion shot flames 100 feet in the air, destroyed several downtown buildings and damaged more than a dozen others."〕 Wharton was used as a filming location for Cyndi Lauper's music video "Time After Time" in 1984.〔Staff. ("BANNER YEAR FOR N.J. FILM INDUSTRY PRODUCTION COMPANIES SPENT $15.4 MILLION IN '84" ), ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', January 3, 1985. Accessed May 16, 2012. "Lauper's hit 'Time After Time' was shot in Morristown, Ledgewood and Wharton."〕 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「Wharton, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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