Whippany, New Jersey
Census-designated place
Whippany's Central Park
Whippany's Central Park
Whippany is located in Morris County, New Jersey
Whippany
Whippany
Location in Morris County
Whippany is located in New Jersey
Whippany
Whippany
Location in New Jersey
Whippany is located in the United States
Whippany
Whippany
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°49′28″N 74°25′02″W / 40.82444°N 74.41722°W / 40.82444; -74.41722
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMorris
TownshipHanover
Elevation
233 ft (71 m)
ZIP Code
07981
FIPS code34-80540[1]
GNIS feature ID0881770[2]

Whippany is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[3] located within Hanover Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[4] Whippany's name is derived from the Whippanong Native Americans, a tribe that once inhabited the area. Whippanong meant "place of the willows", named for the trees growing along the banks of the Whippany River.[5]

History

The Whippany River as seen from the Frelinghuysen Arboretum.

Whippany's Whippany River is an important part of the Munsee, colonial, and industrial history of the town.[6]

The river is protected by the Whippany River Watershed Action Committee.

Munsee Lenape

Circa 1000, Whippany, along with most of northern New Jersey, was inhabited by the Munsee Lenape. Circa 1500, all of New Jersey was part of the Lenapehoking.[7]

The Munsee harvested mussels from the Whippany River. Arrowheads found in Munsee encampments throughout the nearby Washington Valley suggest that they hunted wolf, elk, and wild turkey for game.[6]

Colonial settlement

The earliest European settlers to live along the Whippany River can be traced back to 1685. The Whippany River was an integral part of life in the area; it provided water power for the various mills which operated in the town.[8]

Modern history

The Seeing Eye, the first guide dog school for the blind in the United States, was located in Whippany between 1931 and 1966, before moving to its current campus in nearby Morris Township, adjacent to Fosterfields living historical farm.[9]

Education

Public schools in the area include Bee Meadow School, Mountview Road School, Salem Drive School, Memorial Junior School and Whippany Park High School.

Arrow Academy is a Christian school for grades PreK-8.

Notable organizations

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Whippany include:

References

  1. ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Whippany". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  3. ^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  4. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  5. ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In /Whippany, N.J.; Where Houses Are In High Demand", The New York Times, August 8, 1999. Accessed May 19, 2012.
  6. ^ a b Barbara, Hoskins; Foster, Caroline; Roberts, Dorothea; Foster, Gladys (1960). Washington Valley, an informal history. Edward Brothers. OCLC 28817174.
  7. ^ Alvin M. Josephy Jr, ed. (1961). The American Heritage Book of Indians. American Heritage. pp. 168–189. LCCN 61-14871.
  8. ^ Hepler, Steven P.; Krygoski, Robert F. (1998). Hanover Township: Whippany and Cedar Knolls. Mount Pleasant: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0752409764.
  9. ^ "The Seeing Eye - History". www.seeingeye.org. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  10. ^ "Barclays relocating jobs from Manhattan to Whippany New Jersey". April 24, 2018.
  11. ^ "James E. Ashworth". Times Herald-Record. 1910. ... came to United States as a young man. Manufactured horse blankets in Vermont. Came to this place (Westbrookville, New York) had a heavy loss due to fire. After the fire he went to Whippany, New Jersey. Later he returned to this place, engaged in the saw mill business and later rebuilt the mill and conducted a large blanket manufacturing business.
  12. ^ "Herley CTI". Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  13. ^ "Herley Industries, Inc. Acquires Communication Techniques, Inc. (CTI), a Subsidiary of Dover Technologies, Inc". Herley News. March 29, 2004. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  14. ^ Adlan Amagov, MMA Core. Accessed January 24, 2024. "Location: Whippany, New Jersey"
  15. ^ Benson, John. "Electric Frankenstein delivers a jolt", Youngstown Vindicator, June 17, 2010. Accessed May 19, 2012. ""We're a real meat-and- potatoes rock 'n' roll band that doesn't waste people's time," said guitarist Sal Canzonieri, calling from Whippany, N.J."
  16. ^ Kuperinsky, Amy. "Tony Awards 2019: N.J.'s Ali Stroker and Damon Daunno nominated for ‘Oklahoma!’ revival; see full list of nominees", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 30, 2019. Accessed June 30, 2019. "Daunno, 34, who hails from Whippany, is also a musician and composer and plays guitar in Oklahoma!"
  17. ^ Johnson, Janis. "Playing a Nerd is Too Easy", The Miami Herald, February 16, 1987. Accessed December 11, 2007. "But is the 23-year-old Whippany, N.J., native, character actor and stand-up comedian a nerd."
  18. ^ Berman, Marc. "The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) coming to Revel", NJ.com, April 16, 2012. Accessed July 18, 2012. "New Jersey is very well represented by UFC stars Dan Miller (Whippany), Nick Catone (Englewood), and Rich Attonito (Elizabeth)."
  19. ^ Meisel, Barry. "A Giant Gamble BC's Saxton Replaces Injured Pierce", New York Daily News, November 11, 1996. Accessed December 11, 2019. "People wanted to talk to Brian Saxton throughout the practice week, and not only because he's a Boston College football alumnus. The 24-year-old native of Whippany, N.J., who spent the entire season sitting behind Aaron Pierce on the depth chart at H-back was prepared to fill in a week earlier vs. Arizona, when Pierce suffered a sprained knee on the third play of the Giants' 16-8 win."
  20. ^ Sciolino, Elaine; and Van Natta Jr., Don. "Testing Of A President: The Confidant; Linda Tripp, Elusive Keeper Of Secrets, Mainly Her Own", The New York Times, March 15, 1998. Accessed April 28, 2017. "Linda Tripp was born Linda Carotenuto into a middle-class life in Whippany, N.J."

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