{"content":[{"text":"A Place Called Whippany \n The history and contemporary times of Hanover Township, by: Leonardo A. Fariello \n Copyright 2006— Limited excerpts of this text may be copied or reproduced \n with acknowledgment as copy from A Place Called Whippany, by Leonardo Fariello. \n http://whippany.net/ contact: Len@whippany.net","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.043333,"width":0.73526,"height":0.08827199999999999}},{"text":"The Whippanong Library has been granted permission to reprint selected sections of A Place Called Whippany. \n ____________________________________________________________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.118275,"top":0.142052,"width":0.762734,"height":0.03036999999999998}},{"text":"Colonial History","bbox":{"left":0.324591,"top":0.198615,"width":0.35073399999999993,"height":0.048612000000000016}},{"text":"Local History \n The first recorded history of “Whippany” is found in a parchment document dated 1724. \n It is a deed referencing “a place called Whippano” which traces the land back to 1676. \n The year 1676 is now generally accepted as the date of the “discovery” of Whippany.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.272327,"width":0.754537,"height":0.10503800000000002}},{"text":"Before New Jersey was a state, it was a royal province divided as East Jersey and \n West Jersey. “Whippano” was considered part of West Jersey, although until a \n permanent division line was established and for some years that followed, it wavered \n between East Jersey and West Jersey. In 1682 it was located in East Jersey and in \n 1688 it was located in West Jersey. In 1719 the official boundary line was established \n and it was finally accepted as East Jersey.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.392715,"width":0.7397980000000001,"height":0.10793899999999995}},{"text":"Whippany was first settled in 1685. At that time it was commonly called “Whippeny,” \n although it was also known by a number of other similar pronunciations of its aboriginal \n name. An iron forge was built on the banks of the Whippanong River in 1715. A church \n was built in the village of Whippeny in 1718 and a “burying yard” was established along \n the Whippanong River. “Whippeny” was the first settlement in the vast unsettled \n wilderness of north central New Jersey and it was the first village within the boundaries \n of what is now Morris County. Likewise, the iron forge now known as the “Old Iron \n Works” was the first industry in what came to be Morris County, the church known as \n the “First Presbyterian Church” was the first church in Morris County, and the “burying \n yard” was the first colonial cemetery in north central New Jersey.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.517256,"width":0.754043,"height":0.17376999999999998}},{"text":"In 1681 the West Jersey proprietors established Burlington as the capital of West \n Jersey and in 1694 the proprietors established Burlington County. Within the boundaries \n of Burlington County the proprietors established a township by the name of \n “Whippenny,” otherwise referred to as “Whippanong,” which was situated between the \n Passaic, Pequannock, Pompton, and Musconetcong Rivers. Whippenny Township \n encompassed approximately 500 square miles of land and it defined the general \n boundaries of what eventually became Morris County. At that time Whippenny was one \n of the largest townships in the province of New Jersey.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.706376,"width":0.763686,"height":0.142826}},{"text":"In 1714 the provincial government of New Jersey divided Burlington County to create \n Hunterdon County. (Hunterdon County was named after General Robert Hunter, \n Governor of New Jersey when Hunterdon County was established.) At that time","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.863227,"width":0.7354120000000001,"height":0.05566700000000002}},{"text":"A Place Called Whippany—","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.943694,"width":0.203916,"height":0.016341999999999968}},{"text":"Colonial History of Whippany","bbox":{"left":0.39067,"top":0.943694,"width":0.219014,"height":0.016341999999999968}},{"text":"Page 1","bbox":{"left":0.831928,"top":0.943694,"width":0.05057699999999998,"height":0.016341999999999968}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}