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Published: October 12th 2006
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Wayne
Wayne, New Jersey - United States of America May 06, 1991
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City official name :Wayne
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Facts :Wayne is a township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 54,069.
Map of Wayne Township in Passaic CountyWayne is one of America's top communities, according to Money magazine, which announced its 2006 "best places" list. The township made the magazine's top-100 list — ranked at No. 32 — among towns in the nation with populations greater than 50,000.
Wayne is home to Willowbrook Mall, Wayne Hills Mall and Wayne Towne Center.
In 1694, Arent Schuyler, a young surveyor, miner and land speculator, was sent into north western New Jersey to investigate rumors that the French were trying to incite the local Lenni-Lenape Native American population to rebel against the English. Schuyler found no evidence of a rebellion, but discovered a rich fertile valley where the Lenni-Lenape grew a variety of crops. Schuyler reported his findings to the English and then convinced Major Anthony Brockholst, Samuel Bayard, Samuel Berry, Hendrick
Wayne
Wayne, New Jersey - United States of America and David Mandeville, George Ryerson and John Mead to invest in the purchase of the land he referred to as the Pompton Valley. The seven chose Schuyler to be negotiator with the Lenape for the rights to the area. Samual Bayard, however, was chosen to negotiate with the East Jersey Company which maintained land rights over the area that is now Wayne. Approximately 5,000 acres were purchased on November 11, 1695. The area now known as Wayne Township then became part of New Barbadoes Township, Bergen County, New Jersey in Bergen County.
In 1710, this same area became part of Saddle River Township in Bergen County. By 1837, the residents of Wayne found themselves in Manchester Township in the newly named Passaic County. Finally, on April 12, 1847 the first Wayne Township organization meeting was held at the Henry Casey House on the Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike. The first mayor, called the Chairman of the Township Committee until 1962, was William S. Hogencamp. The citizens voted to name the town after American Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne.
Throughout the 18th and 19th Centuries, Wayne Township remained a peaceful farming community. The Morris Canal ran through the southwestern part of Wayne,
Wayne
Wayne, New Jersey - United States of America carrying produce to market and coal from Pennsylvania. The canal was replaced by the railroad at the end of the 19th Century. In the early 20th century, Wayne grew as a vacation retreat for wealthy New Yorkers. In the summer hordes of people from Manhattan and Brooklyn came to live in the summer bungalows and enjoy the beautiful rivers.
World War II marked the impetus for tremendous change in Wayne. Summer bungalows were converted to year round living residences to accommodate factory workers. Following the war, farmland was converted to residential living. The growth of Wayne resulted in a new form of government in the 1960's. A Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council-Administrator) form of government was instituted in 1962.
Modern highways have made Wayne Township a virtual crossroad in North Jersey. Route 23, U.S. Route 46 and Interstate 80 and the Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike have made Wayne easily accessed for business and homes. Several national firms have located here.
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