63-512: Aberdeen Township may refer to the following townships in the United States: Aberdeen Township, New Jersey Aberdeen Township, Brown County, South Dakota [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
126-594: A celebration at Lloyd Road Park and a parade along Lloyd Road. Two volunteer First Aid Squads response to the community's emergency medical needs; the Aberdeen Township First Aid and Rescue Squad, organized in 1954, and the South Aberdeen Emergency Medical Service, organized in 1970. A full-time Police Department was established in 1935. The Henry Hudson Trail is a 9-mile (14 km) paved trail built on
189-589: A countywide basis are Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon (R, 2025; Ocean Township ), Sheriff Shaun Golden (R, 2025; Howell Township ) and Surrogate Rosemarie D. Peters (R, 2026; Middletown Township ). As of March 2011, there were a total of 11,162 registered voters in Aberdeen Township, of which 3,145 (28.2%) were registered as Democrats , 1,988 (17.8%) were registered as Republicans and 6,021 (53.9%) were registered as Unaffiliated . There were 8 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens . In
252-497: A former Central Railroad of New Jersey right-of-way and extending from Aberdeen Township east to Atlantic Highlands . According to the United States Census Bureau , the township had a total area of 7.77 square miles (20.13 km ), including 5.45 square miles (14.10 km ) of land and 2.33 square miles (6.03 km ) of water (29.95%). The township is broken into two non-contiguous sections, with
315-402: A landscape dominated by spruce and pine forests. These forests gradually gave way to the modern deciduous forest in the region by mid- Holocene time. Lagoons and bays in the area around Sandy Hook hosted oysters, hard and soft shell clams, lobsters, blue crabs, and a variety of other invertebrates common in bays in the region today. South of western Long Island, tidal flats and wetlands occupied
378-697: A maritime border with Staten Island in New York City . The 2010 United States census counted 18,210 people, 6,876 households, and 4,923 families in the township. The population density was 3,343.0 per square mile (1,290.7/km ). There were 7,102 housing units at an average density of 1,303.8 per square mile (503.4/km ). The racial makeup was 76.63% (13,954) White , 11.87% (2,161) Black or African American , 0.23% (41) Native American , 6.43% (1,171) Asian , 0.04% (8) Pacific Islander , 2.77% (504) from other races , and 2.04% (371) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.43% (1,900) of
441-815: A small wedge-shaped exclave on the township's southwest corner separated from the rest of the township by a portion of Matawan on the opposite side of Route 79 . Cliffwood Beach (2010 Census population of 3,194 ) and Strathmore (2010 population of 7,258 ) are unincorporated communities and census-designated places (CDPs) located within Aberdeen Township. Other unincorporated communities within Aberdeen Township include Cliffwood and Henningers Mills . The township borders Hazlet Township , Holmdel Township , Keansburg , Keyport , Marlboro Township and Matawan in Monmouth County; and Old Bridge Township in Middlesex County . The borough has
504-677: A staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization meeting held in the beginning of January, the board selects one of its members to serve as director and another as deputy director. As of 2024 , Monmouth County's Commissioners are Director Thomas A. Arnone ( R , Neptune City , 2025), Susan M. Kiley (R, Hazlet Township , 2024), Erik Anderson (R, Shrewsbury , 2026), Nick DiRocco (R, Wall Township , 2025), and Deputy Director Ross F. Licitra (R, Marlboro Township , 2026). Constitutional officers elected on
567-479: A village site of 100 acres (0.40 km ) was granted by the Proprietors to 24 Scottish settlers of the area. These men and six others also purchased a landing site on Matawan Creek. The village site eventually came to be called Mount Pleasant, and the landing, as it became an important shipping point for the produce of Middletown Township , became Middletown Point. A third, very scattered settlement developed in
630-611: Is a bay located at the southern portion of Lower New York Bay between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey and is part of the New York Bight . The bay is bounded on the northwest by New York's Staten Island , on the west by Perth Amboy, New Jersey , on the south by the Raritan Bayshore communities in the New Jersey counties of Middlesex and Monmouth , and on the east by Sandy Hook Bay . The bay
693-688: Is a township situated on the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . The township is located within the Raritan Valley region and is a part of the New York Metropolitan Area , bordering both Old Bridge Township, New Jersey , in adjacent Middlesex County, New Jersey , as well as Staten Island in New York City . As of the 2020 United States census , the township's population
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#1732772895657756-617: Is comprised of the Mayor and the Township Council. In this Council-Manager form, all policy making power is concentrated in the council. The Mayor is a member of the council and presides over its meetings. The Manager, appointed by and reporting to the council, is the chief executive and oversees the day-to-day operation of the borough. A seven-member Township Council is elected at large for staggered, four-year terms of office in partisan elections held every in odd-numbered years as part of
819-552: Is located in the 6th Congressional district and is part of New Jersey's 13th state legislative district. For the 118th United States Congress , New Jersey's 6th congressional district is represented by Frank Pallone ( D , Long Branch ). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker ( Newark , term ends 2027) and George Helmy ( Mountain Lakes , term ends 2024). For
882-794: Is named after the Raritans , a branch of the Lenape tribe who lived in the vicinity of the bay and its river for thousands of years, prior to the arrival of Dutch and English colonists in the 17th century. Archeological evidence suggests that humans were already in the region at the close of the Pleistocene . The early "Big Game Hunters" vanished, but the coastal regions were resettled by peoples accustomed to village-style living ("tidewater communities") that subsisted on hunting and gathering marine shellfish, and eventually, on agriculture. In pre-Columbian times "woodlands cultures" probably centered in
945-548: The 2000 United States census there were 17,454 people, 6,421 households, and 4,770 families residing in the township. The population density was 3,152.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,217.1/km ). There were 6,558 housing units at an average density of 1,184.4 per square mile (457.3/km ). The racial makeup of the township was 78.82% White , 12.02% African American , 0.14% Native American , 5.51% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 1.75% from other races , and 1.75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.02% of
1008-405: The 2012 presidential election , Democrat Barack Obama received 56.7% of the vote (4,109 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 42.1% (3,054 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (85 votes), among the 7,298 ballots cast by the township's 11,602 registered voters (50 ballots were spoiled ), for a turnout of 62.9%. In the 2008 presidential election , Democrat Barack Obama received 53.5% of
1071-522: The 2020 presidential election , Democrat Joe Biden received 53.7% of the vote (5,989 votes), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 45% (5,021 votes), and other candidates receiving 1.3% (150 votes), among 11,160 votes cast by the township's 14,130 voters for a turnout 80%. In the 2016 presidential election , Democrat Hillary Clinton received 49.5% of the vote (4,328 votes), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 47.2% (4,126 votes), and other candidates receiving 3.3% (284 votes), among 8,738 votes cast. In
1134-670: The 2024-2025 session , the 13th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Declan O'Scanlon ( R , Little Silver ) and in the General Assembly by Vicky Flynn (R, Holmdel Township ) and Gerard Scharfenberger (R, Middletown Township ). Monmouth County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners composed of five members who are elected at-large to serve three-year terms of office on
1197-480: The Council-Manager form of government (Plan 3), implemented in its current form based on a direct petition as of January 1, 1990; the citizens of Aberdeen Township voted in November 1964 to change from the traditional Township Committee form of government, which had been in force since 1857. The township is one of 42 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The governing body
1260-845: The 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of seven schools, had an enrollment of 3,827 students and 324.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are Cambridge Park Developmental Learning Center (12 students; Preschool), Cliffwood Elementary School (320; K–3), Ravine Drive Elementary School (326; K–3), Strathmore Elementary School (397; K–3), Lloyd Road Elementary School (614; 4–5), Matawan Aberdeen Middle School (888; 6–8) and Matawan Regional High School (1,112; 9–12). The MARSD Central Offices are located at 1 Crest Way, in Aberdeen. Seats on
1323-415: The 4,814 ballots cast by the township's 11,686 registered voters (52 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 41.2%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election , Republican Chris Christie received 55.7% of the vote (3,140 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 36.3% (2,048 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 5.7% (322 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (63 votes), among the 5,642 ballots cast by
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#17327728956571386-468: The 7,944 ballots cast by the township's 11,084 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 71.7. In the 2020 Senate election , Democrat Cory Booker received 53.3% (5,880 votes), ahead of Republican Rik Mehta with 44.8% (4,938 votes), and other candidates received 2% (217 votes), among 11,035 votes cast. In the 2020 House of Representatives election , Democrat Frank Pallone received 56% (6,437 votes), ahead of Republican Christian Onuoha with 44% of
1449-692: The Middletown Point post office was renamed "Matawan", to reflect the name of the Township. This section is the present downtown area of Matawan Borough. In 1882, the spelling of the Township was officially changed to "Matawan". A small railroad station was erected along the New York and Long Branch Railroad tracks at a point called Hutchler's Crossing in 1875. Soon known as the Cliffwood Station, it operated on Cliffwood Avenue until
1512-750: The November general election; four seats are up together, followed two years later by the mayoral seat and the two other council seats. The mayor is directly elected, while the council selects a deputy mayor from among its members. As of 2024 , the Mayor of Aberdeen Township is Democrat Fred Tagliarini, whose term of office ends December 31, 2025. Members of the Aberdeen Township Council are Deputy Mayor Margaret Montone (D, 2025), Greg J. Cannon (D, 2027), Arthur S. Hirsch (D, 2027), Concetta B. Kelley (D, 2027), Joseph J. Martucci Sr. (D, 2025) and Robert L. Swindle (D, 2027). Aberdeen Township
1575-575: The Ohio Valley became the dominant cultural influence in the region. Large shell middens were found around Raritan Bay and on Staten Island, a testament of the utilization of the bay for food by Algonquin Indian tribes (Lenapes) who occupied the area when early Colonialists arrived. Early settlers used these shell piles for road construction and field fertilizer. Tottenville was once well known for its roads paved with oyster shells. The Raritan River
1638-401: The average family size was 3.14. In the township the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 35.0% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males. The median income for a household in
1701-507: The bay. For most of the 20th century, the shores of Arthur Kill have been home to the largest petroleum importing, refining, and storage facilities on Earth; as a consequence the estuary has been host to major and minor oil spills. In addition, Arthur Kill drains the area encompassing the second largest landfill on Earth ( Fresh Kills Landfill ). This landfill, and others along the Raritan River, provide an ample supply of leachate to
1764-496: The bay. The peak of the fishing industry occurred in the late 1880s to 1910s. Fishing and farming slowly gave way to industries including ship building, ceramics, chemicals and paint manufacturing, electrolytic copper refining, and petroleum refining. In the Keasbey, New Jersey area, large pits were dug to extract the clays for ceramics and bricks, and huge chemical dumps, fly ash piles, and landfills were created to accommodate
1827-497: The coast since colonial times. The bay supported a lucrative fishing and shellfish industry during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially oysters , which helped to support a stable population around the bay and aided, in part, to feed the flood of immigration. Stable communities continued to grow and change with new industries supporting a larger population base. Advances in methods of fishing and shellfish collecting resulted in overextraction of these resources from
1890-677: The district's nine-member board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with six assigned to Aberdeen Township. The township is home to the Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood , which is listed as a higher education institution by the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education. As of May 2010 , the township had a total of 65.76 miles (105.83 km) of roadways, of which 55.74 miles (89.70 km) were maintained by
1953-439: The eighteenth century west of Matawan Creek, and was called Matawan or Matavan. In 1693, what was to become Aberdeen Township became part of Middletown Township which, at the time, consisted of what is now Aberdeen, Holmdel Township , Hazlet Township , Middletown (including Sandy Hook ), Matawan Borough , Keyport , Union Beach , Keansburg , Atlantic Highlands , Highlands and a sliver of Colts Neck Township . A portion of
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2016-511: The fish catch and prompted government recommendations against its routine consumption. The bay is crossed by a dredged channel allowing commercial ships to enter the Arthur Kill. Raritan Bay's fish include striped bass , fluke , winter flounder , bluefish , porgy , black sea bass , smoothhound shark , northern puffer , northern king fish , oyster toadfish , tautog and weakfish . The crustacean species represented include
2079-459: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aberdeen_Township&oldid=937539317 " Categories : Place name disambiguation pages Township name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Aberdeen Township, New Jersey Aberdeen Township
2142-865: The lowstand in sea level caused by the Wisconsin glacier, the Raritan River carved back into its headlands and captured the major drainages from the Newark Basin . As the Wisconsin glaciers melted, the Flandrian Transgression eventually flooded the deeper valleys of the Hudson , Raritan, and Arthur Kill. During warming at the end of the Pleistocene and Early Holocene , the area encompassing Raritan Bay changed from tundra to
2205-401: The margins of a tidal estuary (now submerged by marine waters). Inner Raritan Bay began to fill about 2,500 years ago with large oyster beds forming along the estuarine tributaries. Sea level continued to rise about one foot per century. This rise in sea level has resulted in the landward migration of the shoreline (aided by storm-induced coastal erosion ) as much as two miles in some portions of
2268-556: The municipality, 5.35 miles (8.61 km) by Monmouth County, 2.69 miles (4.33 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 1.98 miles (3.19 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority . The Garden State Parkway is the largest highway in Aberdeen, with exit 118 in the township. Route 34 passes through in the southern area of the township, while Route 35 runs through
2331-458: The name of the Township to create a community identity separate from that of Matawan Borough. The residents voted to call their community Aberdeen Township. Officials believed the new name would draw attention to the Township, as it is listed first alphabetically among New Jersey's municipalities. Today, Aberdeen is a suburban township of 5.4 square miles (14 km ) containing a mix of residential, light industry and shopping centers. Sections of
2394-548: The name of the portion of Monmouth County referred to by Scottish settlers as "New Aberdeen." New Aberdeen included the Northern portions of Monmouth County in the 1680s settled by Quakers and Presbyterians who fled Scotland to avoid religious persecution. In 1684, Surveyor General Thomas Rudyard received a grant of 1,038 acres (4.20 km ) on Raritan Bay and Matawan Creek , the present location of Cliffwood and Cliffwood Beach . Owing to Rudyard's high office, this
2457-486: The norm. River Gardens developed in the late 1940s. Strathmore was built starting in the early 1960s by Levitt & Sons , marketed as a higher-end version of the Levittown communities that the firm was known for. The 2,000 new homes in the development led to a jump in the township's population of 10,000 over the decade, a jump of more than 140%. On November 8, 1977, the residents of Matawan Township voted to change
2520-810: The northern area. NJ Transit provides bus transportation between the township and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan via the 133 , which also stops in Old Bridge and Matawan, and the 135 , which also stops in Freehold , Marlboro, and Matawan. Additionally, the 817 route, which operates between Middletown and Perth Amboy , also stops in Keansburg , Hazlet , Union Beach , Keyport , Old Bridge , and South Amboy . Raritan Bay Raritan Bay
2583-432: The population were under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 29.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 92.0 males. The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income
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2646-410: The population. There were 6,421 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.2% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and
2709-418: The population. Of the 6,876 households, 32.5% had children under the age of 18; 56.0% were married couples living together; 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 28.4% were non-families. Of all households, 22.5% were made up of individuals and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.13. 23.1% of
2772-456: The station closed in 1932. In 1885, the Cliffwood post office was established and the name of the old Matavan settlement passed into obsolescence. Matawan was formed as a borough on June 28, 1895, from portions of Matawan Township, based on the results of a referendum held that day. Matawan expanded with portions of Matawan Township in 1931 and 1933. In response to demand, a post office
2835-641: The township include Cliffwood, Cliffwood Beach, Freneau, Oakshades, River Gardens, Strathmore, Santa Fe Junction and Woodfield. Three postal ZIP Codes serve the township: 07721, 07735, and 07747. The Township is served by two volunteer fire companies, the Aberdeen Township Hose and Chemical Co. No. 1, organized in 1918, and the Cliffwood Volunteer Fire Co., organized in 1927. The Aberdeen Township Hose and Chemical Co. No. 1 marked its 100th anniversary on June 10, 2018, with
2898-552: The township that extended as far northwest as Cheesequake Creek , was ceded to Middlesex County in 1710. Middletown was considered too large and unwieldy, and legislation was passed in February 1848 that took the western half of Middletown Township to create a new municipality, Raritan Township (now Hazlet Township). Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Beers passed the State General Assembly and Senate ,
2961-462: The township was $ 68,125, and the median income for a family was $ 76,648. Males had a median income of $ 51,649 versus $ 35,707 for females. The per capita income for the township was $ 28,984. About 3.8% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over. The township operates within the Faulkner Act under
3024-517: The township's 11,371 registered voters, yielding a 49.6% turnout. Aberdeen Township is part of the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District , together with the neighboring community of Matawan . The district is a comprehensive system with seven schools, including one preschool, three elementary schools for grades K–3, one 4–5 school, one middle school for grades 6–8 and a high school for grades 9–12. As of
3087-632: The traditional downtowns, residential neighborhoods, maritime history, and natural environment of the Raritan Bay coastline. The plan has since been integrated into the county's 2016 Master Plan. Aberdeen has worked with neighboring Matawan to build transit-oriented development around the Aberdeen-Matawan train station. Those who settled in this area developed into the Lenni Lenape Native Americans . About
3150-443: The vote (4,635 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 44.0% (3,817 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (88 votes), among the 8,667 ballots cast by the township's 11,751 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.8%. In the 2004 presidential election , Democrat John Kerry received 51.7% of the vote (4,105 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 45.9% (3,644 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (67 votes), among
3213-455: The vote, among 11,018 votes cast. In the 2017 gubernatorial election , Democrat Phil Murphy received 50.5% (2,583 votes), ahead of Republican Kim Guadagno with 47.2% (2,418 votes), and other candidates receiving 2.3% (119 votes). In the 2013 gubernatorial election , Republican Chris Christie received 64.8% of the vote (3,085 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 33.7% (1,603 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (74 votes), among
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#17327728956573276-503: The waste from the growing industrial empire. The building of shore management structures (dikes, groins, seawalls), the spraying of DDT (and other pesticides ) to control the mosquito problem, the carving of ditches to drain wetlands, the filling of shore lowlands, the channelization of creeks, highway and sewer construction, neighborhood development, and a myriad point and non-point sources of household, automobile, industrial chemicals, and ocean dumping all contributed to growing toxicity of
3339-440: The waterways. Chemical wastes cause stress and disruption of the life cycles of plankton, shellfish and other invertebrates, and the fish, birds, and other wildlife that they support. The result was an ecological disaster. The bay approached sterile conditions at the peak of pollution and algal bloom-induced anoxia. Environmental actions from the 1970s to present have helped slowly bring back sea life, but current conditions pale to
3402-515: The wealth of marine resources of the past; certain species of fish and birds continue to decline, and the introduction of tenacious exotic species from around the world contribute to their decline. As a sign of optimism though, oysters are beginning to naturally reappear in the Hudson River after having vanished completely about the time of World War II . Regional industrial overdevelopment and other pollution factors have raised PCB levels in
3465-613: The year 1000, an agricultural society developed, and small villages dotted what was to become New Jersey. The Lenape began a westward retreat in the face of European settlement and disease beginning in the late seventeenth century, beginning in Monmouth County by the mid-eighteenth century. Although the Lenape presently live in Ontario and Oklahoma , their legacy survives in such names as Mohingson, Luppatatong and Matawan Creeks and Raritan Bay. The earliest known attempt at European settlement
3528-424: Was $ 89,365 (with a margin of error of +/− $ 4,048) and the median family income was $ 101,174 (+/− $ 5,850). Males had a median income of $ 65,488 (+/− $ 5,575) versus $ 52,615 (+/− $ 3,635) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $ 39,830 (+/− $ 3,017). About 2.6% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over. As of
3591-496: Was 19,329, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 1,119 (+6.1%) from the 2010 census count of 18,210, which had in turn reflected an increase of 756 (+4.3%) from the 17,454 recorded at the 2000 census . Aberdeen Township was part of the Bayshore Regional Strategic Plan , an effort by nine municipalities in northern Monmouth County to reinvigorate the area's economy by emphasizing
3654-472: Was established at Mount Pleasant in 1889. As that name was in use elsewhere, a new name was needed. "Freneau" was chosen, in honor of Philip Morin Freneau , the "Poet of Revolution," and a former Mount Pleasant resident who is buried in the area. This post office has since been closed. Cliffwood Beach, formed in the 1920s, was originally a resort community until after World War II when year-round homes were
3717-599: Was in 1650 when the south side of Raritan Bay was purchased from the Lenni Lenape by the New Netherland Colony. The earliest English land grant in New Aberdeen was in 1677 when Sir George Carteret granted 36 acres (150,000 m ) to Jonathan Holmes. This is in present-day Oakshades on Mohingson Creek . Matawan Township changed its name in 1977 to Aberdeen Township, which harkened back to
3780-735: Was perhaps the major drainage channel along the ice front throughout the Wisconsin glaciation (Stages 1, 2, 3 and 4). Prior to that time the region drained southward across the saddle between the Atlantic Highlands and the Newark Basin into the Delaware River Valley. This saddle area is a very broad flood plain that preserves river terrace gravels ( Pensauken Formation ) from the Sangemon Interglacial State (Stage 5), as well as older Pleistocene fluvial deposits ( Bridgetown Formation ). During
3843-612: Was published "Matavan" had been used, which may derive from a Lenape word meaning "where two rivers come together". It may also originate from the Southern Unami Matawonge , "bad riverbank" or "bad hill", a possible reference to bluffs along Raritan Bay which were subject to erosion and collapse prior to the construction of a seawall in the 1970s. Another possible source is Matawan , Northern Unami for "bad fog", which may have referred to fog generated on Raritan Bay. In 1865, due to postal confusion with Middletown,
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#17327728956573906-535: Was quite controversial, and in 1685, the Board of Proprietors issued an order regarding the laying out of land. Section 7 addressed questionable activity such as Rudyard's, and he sold his land to his son-in-law, Samuel Winder. The 1680s saw an influx of Scottish immigrants fleeing religious persecution in response to a 1683 book by George Scott extolling the virtues of Scottish settlement in East Jersey . In 1701,
3969-402: Was signed by Governor of New Jersey William A. Newell , and on February 23, 1857, Matavan Township was incorporated from portions of what was then Raritan Township. This included the village of Middletown Point, Mt. Pleasant, and Matavan. The Township was named for the creek as well as the village of Matavan. The spelling of "Matawan" or "Matavan" had been interchangeable, however, when the act
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