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Town Information - Hanover Township - Morris County
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*Town Name: |
Hanover Township |
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Unofficial, common or
colloquial names |
Cedar Knolls
Whippany
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All zip codes and their Post Office names within town
borders |
07927 - Cedar Knolls
07981 - Whippany
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Link to official municipal website |
http://www.hanovertownship.com/ |
I. Single Family Resale Requirements for Residential Properties:
Certificate of Continued Occupancy
Include certificate and fees, fire alarm requirements, carbon monoxide
alarm requirements
When available, telephone numbers, department names, costs, "lead
times", days/hours of operations of each department and scheduling
method.
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C/O Requirements for Rentals
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C/O Requirements for 2-4 Family Homes:
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Sign Regulations: Municipal regulations covering "For Sale" signs, open
house signs. List any private communities within the town borders (no
regulations, just the NAMES).
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Cell Phone Regulations
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Trash disposal, sewer and water information if NOT municipal. Sewer and
water, include names of service providers. For trash collection, do NOT
include provider.
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Fencing regulations and information regarding fence permits.
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Parking Information: Municipal Lots, Public Transit Lots, where to
get permits, etc...
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"Horse" regulations
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II. History: Characteristics: Limited to those things that will probably
not change.
Land Area: (square miles approximately)
Population: (approximately)
Hanover Township marks the spot of the first settlement in all of Northwest New Jersey. New Englanders established a settlement along the Whippany River in 1685 near the current location of the old Whippany Cemetery on Route 10.
Once the Province of West Jersey purchased the land from the local Lenape Native Americans, the original County of Morris was created and comprised all of what is now Morris, Sussex, and Warren Counties. It was itself divided into Townships. One of its Townships was 'Whippenny' which itself comprised all of what is now Morris County.
The name Hanover was taken from the House of Hanover in Germany. This namesake was given to the Township of Hanover on December 7, 1720 as a sign of respect to George I of Great Britain who was of the House of Hanover and who ruled over the American colonies in the eighteenth century. Since the creation of Hanover Township in 1720 and its incorporation on March 25, 1740, its size has been considerably decreased as the population of the area has increased. Originally encompassing all of Morris County and parts of Sussex and Warren County, Hanover Township became too unwieldy for a single local government to maintain. The Township was subdivided into smaller municipalities that could provide more responsive local control despite placing greater demands on the local tax base to support new facilities for each.
Portions of the township were taken to form Mendham Township on March 29, 1749. Hanover Township was established by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Additional portions of the township were taken to form Chatham Township (February 12, 1806), Rockaway Township (April 8, 1844), Boonton Town (March 16, 1866), Mountain Lakes (April 29, 1924), Morris Plains (April 15, 1926), East Hanover Township and Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (both on May 9, 1928.[8]
During the American Revolutionary War, George Washington and his troops often camped in, and marched through, Hanover Township.
The name Whippany is a bastardization of the Native American word 'Whippanong' which means "where the willow trees grow".[9]
The old villages of Monroe and Malapardis were consumed by development and what remains are two communities - Whippany and Cedar Knolls - which are roughly separated by Interstate 287.
Until the post-World War II suburbanization of New Jersey, Hanover Township was a sparsely-populated industrial town known for its iron works and paper mills. This industry was driven by the ever-present power of the Whippany River. But over the second-half of the twentieth century, the Township became thoroughly suburban and a very popular place to live and do business.
Lucent Technologies has a large facility in Whippany. The first demonstration of long distance television transmission in the United States took place in 1927, with a transmission that went via wire from Washington, D.C., to New York, and from Whippany to New York using radio.[10] |
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Links to schools - public and private:
http://www.hanovertwpschools.com/
Elementary Schools (K-5)
* Bee Meadow (420 students)
* Salem Drive (314)
* Mountview Road (336)
Middle School (6-8)
* Memorial Junior School (482)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover_Park_Regional_High_School_District
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whippany_Park_High_School
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Link to library:
http://www.whippanong.org/ |
Other information:
Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover_Township,_New_Jersey
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