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Montville is a
township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in Morris County, in the
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of
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. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 22,450, an increase of 922 (+4.3%) from the 2010 census count of 21,528, which in turn reflected an increase of 689 (+3.3%) from the 20,839 counted in the 2000 census. Montville was incorporated as a township by an act of the
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on April 11, 1867, from portions of Pequannock Township.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 194. Accessed May 30, 2024.
It includes the sections of Montville, Pine Brook and Towaco. NJ Transit rail service is available at the Towaco station along the Montclair-Boonton Line. In ''
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'' magazine's 2013 Best Places to Live rankings, Montville was ranked 13th in the nation, the second-highest among the three places in New Jersey included in the top 50 list. The township was ranked 17th in the magazine's 2011 ranking of the "Best Places to Live", the highest-ranked place in New Jersey, after having been ranked 13th in 2007. In 2009, ''
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'' magazine named Montville the 21st best place to live in the United States; the 2nd highest ranked community in New Jersey.


History


Native settlement

Over 10,000 years ago, the area was part of the
Lenapehoking Lenapehoking () is widely translated as ' homelands of the Lenape', which in the 16th and 17th centuries, ranged along the Eastern seaboard from western Connecticut to Delaware, and encompassed the territory adjacent to the Delaware and lower ...
. It was originally settled by the
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tribes of the
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dialect. The Lenape tribes maintained peace and no significant battles were recorded in the area. On October 12, the Morris County Parks Commission holds Lenape Day at the Great Swamp to celebrate the culture and history of Ramapough Lenape people.


Dutch settlement

Dutch farmers from
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(now part of
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) entered the area in 1710. As part of
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, the town was originally called "Uyle-Kill" (the Dutch spelling of "Owl-Kill"), a name given to the creek and valley, which ran through the area. By the 1740s, the settlement had grown in size and construction of the first road was begun. The early road, now known as U.S. Route 202, connected various farms with Montville's first gristmill, sawmill and tanneries. In 1756, the
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was founded in Old Boonton and moved to Montville in the early 1800s after land was purchased in Montville for a parsonage.


English settlement

In 1712,
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bought a tract of land that included parts of modern-day Pequannock and Montville that included Pine Brook. In 1760, the first schoolhouse in the Montville township was built out of logs in Pine Brook. It was located on "the road leading to Boonton," which could refer to multiple northwest-facing roads including Changebridge Road. Additional schools were constructed in 1785, 1816, and 1852. During the
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(1775–1783), Montville was on a major military route from Morristown to the
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. General
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's troops often took this route and Washington stayed in the Towaco section of what is now Montville Township in June 1780. The French troops under the leadership of General Rochambeau spent four days passing through Montville Township on their way to the War's final victory at Yorktown,
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, as part of a group of 5,000 soldiers, 2,000 horses, 500 oxen, possibly 900 cattle, artillery, boats and followers. The Mandeville Inn was established ''circa'' 1770 and was pronounced "Mondeveil" by the Dutch, which in turn was corrupted to Montville. The Montville Inn was, up until July 2006, located at the site of the pre-Revolutionary War Mandeville Inn, which burned down in the early 20th century. Other sources attribute the township's name to its location in the mountains of Northern New Jersey. In 1809, the first store in Montville was opened by Conrad Esler. In 1820, Montville contained 16 houses, two bark mills, a
grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...
, a cider mill and distillery, a
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shop, a
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shop, a
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shop, and a small store; at the time, Montville was considered a business center compared to nearby towns. By 1880, it contained 40 houses, a bark mill, two grist mills, a tannery, a saw mill, a rubber factory, two blacksmith shops, two taverns and two stores. The construction of the
Morris Canal The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a toll road, common carrier Anthracite, anthracite coal canal across North Jersey, northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals in Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its weste ...
in this area was completed in 1828, bringing commercial navigation to the Montville/Towaco area. The mid-19th century saw the development of two smaller village centers set apart from Montville: Pine Brook, a fertile agricultural area in the Township's southern end, and Towaco, situated on the Morris Canal. In 1867, Montville and Boonton split off from Pequannock township.


20th century

By 1910, the population of Montville was 690. The Pine Brook Speedway, which operated from July 1962 until October 1989, was designed for
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and became one of the earliest sites for microstock racing.
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raced at the track and had some of his earliest success as a race car driver at the Speedway.


Geography

According to the
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, the township had a total area of 19.12 square miles (49.51 km2), including 18.63 square miles (48.24 km2) of land and 0.49 square mile (1.27 km2) of water (2.57%). Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Horse Neck Bridge, Lake Valhalla, Lower Montville, Pine Brook, Taylortown, Towaco and White Hall. The township borders the municipalities of Boonton, Boonton Township, East Hanover Township, Kinnelon, Lincoln Park and Parsippany-Troy Hills in Morris County; and Fairfield Township in Essex County. Camp Dawson is a small camp area in Towaco that is home to a variety of recreational events such as hiking, sledding, soccer, lacrosse, rugby and football. In 2007, Camp Dawson was described by ''
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'' magazine as one of reasons for ranking Montville as the 13th best smaller population place to live in the United States. Many Montville sports teams use the fields at Camp Dawson, which include two turf fields mainly used for
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,
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and
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. These fields have lighting available for these teams to play at night. There was a flurry of concern in 2008, when testing of Dawson's new artificial turf playing fields showed what turned out to be a false positive finding of dangerously high levels of toxic lead.


Climate

Montville has a
humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
. The lowest recorded temperature in Montville is −25 °F (−32 °C), set in February 1943, and the highest recorded temperature is 105 °F (41 °C), set in July 1936 and 2011.


Demographics


2020 census


2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 21,528 people, 7,485 households, and 5,988 families in the township. The
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was . There were 7,823 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 78.04% (16,800)
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, 1.28% (275) Black or African American, 0.10% (22) Native American, 18.07% (3,890) Asian, 0.01% (2)
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, 0.86% (186) from other races, and 1.64% (353) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.18% (900) of the population. Of the 7,485 households, 39.2% had children under the age of 18; 69.9% were married couples living together; 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present and 20.0% were non-families. Of all households, 17.4% were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.23. 25.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 31.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 95.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 90.9 males. The Census Bureau's 2006–2010
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showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars)
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was $119,493 (with a margin of error of +/− $12,959) and the median family income was $143,811 (+/− $17,082). Males had a median income of $102,178 (+/− $5,041) versus $66,933 (+/− $6,419) for females. The
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the borough was $54,618 (+/− $3,849). About 2.6% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the
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, including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over. Montville has had a growing influx of
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. In 2010, 7.1% of Montville's residents self-identified as Indian-American, while 6.4% identified as Chinese-American and 2.7% of residents were Korean-American.


2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census there were 20,839 people, 7,380 households, and 5,867 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 7,541 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 84.95%
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, 0.93%
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, 0.04% Native American, 12.57% Asian, 0.02%
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, 0.36% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 2.55% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Montville township, Morris County, New Jersey
,
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. Accessed July 16, 2012.
DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Montville township, Morris County, New Jersey
,
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. Accessed July 16, 2012.
There were 7,380 households, out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.0% were
married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 16.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.17. In the township the population was spread out, with 25.2% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males. The median income for a household in the township was $94,557, and the median income for a family was $105,394. Males had a median income of $71,356 versus $45,427 for females. The
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the township was $43,341. About 2.6% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the
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, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.


Government


Local government

Montville is governed under a special charter, which was granted by an act of the
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in 1867 and retains many characteristics of the
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form of government; it is one of 12 municipalities (of the 564) statewide governed by a special charter. The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters
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in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',
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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 103.
At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor. The Township Administrator serves as the chief administrative and executive officer for the organization and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of all municipal departments.About Montville
Montville Township. Accessed June 6, 2008.
, Montville's Township Committee is comprised of
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Matthew S. Kayne ( R, term on committee and as mayor ends December 31, 2023),
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Frank W. Cooney (R, term on committee ends 2024; term as deputy mayor ends 2023), Richard D. Conklin (R, 2025), Richard A. Cook (R, 2025) and June Witty (R, 2023).Township Committee
Montville Township. Accessed April 26, 2023. "The Montville Township Committee is the governing body of the municipality and is comprised of five elected officials. They establish the laws and policies for the Township. The Mayor and the Deputy Mayor are members of the Township Committee and are elected annually by the full Committee."
''Morris County Manual 2024''
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Clerk. Accessed May 1, 2024.
''Morris County Municipal Elected Officials For The Year 2024''
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Clerk, updated March 20, 2024. Accessed May 1, 2024.
General Election November 8, 2022, Official Results
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, updated November 28, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.
General Election Winners For November 2, 2021
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Clerk. Accessed January 1, 2022.
General Election 2020 November 3, 2020 Summary Report Official Results
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, updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.
A
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was approved by the voters on November 8, 2005, to investigate possible changes to Montville's form of government. The commission voted 4–1 against making any modifications. The Montville
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is the judicial branch of government. The Court has original jurisdiction over Motor vehicle violations local ordinance offenses, petty disorderly person offenses, disorderly person offenses, fish and game violations, traffic and criminal offenses, weights and measure violations, and citizen complaints.


Federal, state and county representation

Montville is located in the 11th Congressional DistrictPlan Components Report
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, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.
and is part of New Jersey's 26th state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District
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. Accessed February 1, 2020.
''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
New Jersey
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. Accessed October 30, 2019.


Politics

As of June 2021, there were a total of 17,735 registered voters in Montville Township, of which 4,446 (25%) were registered as Democrats, 6,490 (36.5%) were registered as
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, with the majority of the remaining 6,799 (38.3%) registered as Unaffiliated. In the 2020 presidential election, Republican
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received 50.86% of the vote (7,199 cast), ahead of Democrat
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with 47.63% (6,742 votes), and other candidates with 1.5% (213 votes). In the
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, Republican Donald Trump received 55.1% of the vote (6,440 cast), ahead of Democrat
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with 42.5% (4,939 votes), and other candidates with 2.7% (311 votes), among the 11,690 ballots cast. In the
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, Republican
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received 60.4% of the vote (6,460 cast), ahead of Democrat
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with 38.3% (4,101 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (142 votes), among the 10,749 ballots cast by the township's 15,001 registered voters (46 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 71.7%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican
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received 57.8% of the vote (6,720 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 41.0% (4,761 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (84 votes), among the 11,623 ballots cast by the township's 14,890 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.1%. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican
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received 59.0% of the vote (6,605 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat
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with 40.0% (4,483 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (77 votes), among the 11,203 ballots cast by the township's 14,582 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 76.8. In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican
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received 74.7% of the vote (4,703 cast), ahead of Democrat
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with 24.1% (1,515 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (74 votes), among the 6,389 ballots cast by the township's 14,958 registered voters (97 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 42.7%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 61.6% of the vote (4,679 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat
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with 30.0% (2,278 votes), Independent
Chris Daggett Christopher Jarvis Daggett (born March 7, 1950) is an American businessman who is the president and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, one of the largest foundations in New Jersey. A former regional administrator of the United States En ...
with 6.8% (513 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (69 votes), among the 7,593 ballots cast by the township's 14,526 registered voters, yielding a 52.3% turnout.


Education

The Montville Township School District serves public school students in
pre-kindergarten Pre-kindergarten (also called pre-K or PK) is a voluntary classroom-based preschool program for children below the age of five in the United States, Canada, Turkey and Greece (when kindergarten starts). It may be delivered through a preschool ...
through
twelfth grade Twelfth Grade (also known as Grade 12, Senior Year, Standard 12, 12th Standard, 12th Class, or Class 12th or Class 12) is the twelfth and final Educational stage, year of Formal education, formal or compulsory education. It is typically the final ...
. As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of seven schools, had an enrollment of 3,469 students and 348.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio The student–teacher ratio or student–faculty ratio refers to the number of students who attend a school or university divided by the number of teachers or staff in the institution. For example, a student–teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that ...
of 10.0:1.District information for Montville Township School District
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. Accessed February 1, 2024.
Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the
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) are Cedar Hill Elementary School with 328 students in grades PreK-5, Hilldale Elementary School with 320 students in grades K-5, William H. Mason Jr. Elementary School with 277 students in grades K-5, Valley View Elementary School with 365 students in grades PreK-5, Woodmont Elementary School with 310 students in grades K-5, Robert R. Lazar Middle School with 724 students in grades 6-8 and
Montville Township High School Montville Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Montville Township, in suburban Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school was founded in 1971 and serves students in ninth through twel ...
with 1,112 students in grades 9-12. InIn 2016, Cedar Hill Elementary School was one of ten schools in New Jersey recognized as a
National Blue Ribbon School The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States Department of Education award program that recognizes exemplary public and non-public schools on a yearly basis. Using standards of excellence evidenced by student achievement measures, ...
by the
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. In 2024, Hilldale Elementary School was one of 11 statewide that was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. Private schools include Trinity Christian School, a Christian day school founded in 1986 that serves students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. St. Pius X School was a K–8
Catholic school Catholic schools are Parochial school, parochial pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered in association with the Catholic Church. , the Catholic Church operates the world's largest parochial schools, religious, no ...
that operated under the auspices of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson The Diocese of Paterson () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in North Jersey, northern New Jersey. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese ...
until it closed after the 2017–2018 school year after enrollment numbers for the 2018–2019 school year were just more than half of the 250 students needed to remain financially viable.


Community

Montville Day is celebrated every year in the fall. It brings members of the community together to enjoy food and entertainment.


Transportation


Roads and highways

, the township had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Morris County and by the
New Jersey Department of Transportation The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is the agency responsible for transportation issues and policy in New Jersey, including maintaining and operating the state's highway and public road system, planning and developing transport ...
. Major routes that pass through include
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and U.S. Route 202 in the north, and both
Interstate 80 Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one of the ori ...
and
U.S. Route 46 U.S. Route 46 (US 46) is an east–west U.S. Highway completely within the state of New Jersey, and runs for . The west end is at an interchange with Interstate 80 (I-80) and Route 94 in Columbia, Warren County, on the ...
in the south. Both interstates house interchanges in the township.


Public transportation

As part of its
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expansion program, NJ Transit, with supplemental funding from the Township of Montville, renovated the Towaco train station using a design hearkening back to the early 1900s. Service is provided on the Montclair-Boonton Line from Towaco to
Penn Station Pennsylvania Station or Penn Station may refer to: Current train stations * Baltimore Penn Station * New York Penn Station ** Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963), the predecessor to the present New York City station * Newark Penn Station Train ...
in
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via a transfer in Montclair through Newark to
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. NJ Transit offers bus service to and from Newark on the 29 route, with local service available on the
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and 874 routes, replacing service that had been offered on the MCM1 route until 2010, when subsidies to the local provider were eliminated as part of budget cuts.
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offers service along Route 46 between
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and the
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in
Midtown Manhattan Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan, serving as the city's primary central business district. Midtown is home to some of the city's most prominent buildings, including the Empire State Building, the ...
and along Route 80 between
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and New York City.


Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Montville include: *
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(born ), entrepreneur, investor and chairman of the
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Group * Lester Archambeau (born 1967), former professional football player *
Stacey Bradford Stacey Bradford is an American financial journalist, author, and commentator. She is the author of ''The Wall Street Journal Financial Guidebook for New Parents'', and writes the Family Finance blog on ''CBS MoneyWatch.com''. Previously, Stacey w ...
, financial journalist, author and commentator; author of ''The Wall Street Journal Financial Guidebook for New Parents''Bradford, Stacey
"What I Learned from The Real Housewives of New Jersey"
July 30, 2010. Accessed February 23, 2011. "I have a confession: I can't stop reading about Teresa Giudice from The Real Housewives of New Jersey. It isn't that I'm a reality show junkie. I'm fascinated because she lives in my hometown and has shattered any illusions I had about growing up in Montville Township."
*
Chris Brauchle Chris Brauchle (born May 24, 1967) is an American retired professional association football, soccer player and current youth soccer coach. Brauchle grew up in Montville, New Jersey, and graduated from Montville Township High School in the class ...
(born 1967), coach and former professional soccer player who played for the MetroStars in Major League Soccer *
Hector A. Cafferata Jr. Hector Albert Cafferata Jr., USMCR (November 4, 1929 – April 12, 2016) was a United States Marine Corps, United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. In November 19 ...
(1929–2016),
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awarded the
Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces, military decoration and is awarded to recognize American United States Army, soldiers, United States Navy, sailors, Un ...
for his heroic service at the
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during the
Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...
* John H. Capstick (1856–1918), represented 5th congressional district from 1918 to 1919 * Albert Stanburrough Cook (1853–1927), professor of English *
Bruce Driver Bruce Douglas Driver (born April 29, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1983–84 until 1997–98. Early life When he was 12, Driver played in the 1975 Quebec I ...
(born 1962), former professional hockey player for the
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and
New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City. The Rangers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team plays ...
Capuzzo, Jill P
"Living in Montville Township, N.J."
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'', July 2, 2010. Accessed February 23, 2011. "If you moved to Montville Township, it wouldn't be out of the question to find yourself neighbor to a current or former New Jersey Devil (Bruce Driver is one example), or a member emeritus of the paparazzi (Ron Galella), or a Real Housewife of New Jersey (Teresa Giudice)."
*
Dilly Duka Dilaver Duka (born September 15, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for FC Motown in the National Premier Soccer League. Career Youth and college Duka grew up in Montville, New Jersey, to an Albanian family ...
(born 1989), soccer player who currently plays for
Columbus Crew The Columbus Crew are an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. The team began play in 1996 as one of the 10 cha ...
in Major League Soccer *
Ulric Ellerhusen Ulric Henry Ellerhusen (1879–1957) first name variously cited as Ulrich or Ulrik, surname sometimes cited as Ellerhousen) was a German-American sculptor and teacher best known for his architectural sculpture. His works include 70 sculptures fo ...
(1879–1957), sculptor best known for his works of
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* Lauren English (born 1989), swimmer who set the United States Open Record in the 50m backstroke * Ashley Lauren Fisher (born 1975), actress, model and spinal cord injury activist *
Ron Galella Ronald Edward Galella (January 10, 1931 – April 30, 2022) was an American photographer, known as a pioneer paparazzo. Dubbed "Paparazzo Extraordinaire" by ''Newsweek'' and "the Godfather of the U.S. paparazzi culture" by ''Time'' magazine and ...
(1931–2022), photographer called "the Godfather of the U.S.
paparazzi Paparazzi (singular form paparazzo) are independent photographers who take pictures of high-profile people, such as actors, musicians, athletes, politicians, and other celebrities who go about their daily life routines. Paparazzi are known f ...
culture", known for his photos of (and battles with)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis ( ; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American writer, book editor, and socialite who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. A popular f ...
and
Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cinema actors of the 20th century,''Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia''
*
Teresa Giudice Teresa Giudice ( , ; ; born May 18, 1972) is an American television personality best known for being in '' The Real Housewives of New Jersey''. Besides appearing on the show, Giudice wrote multiple ''New York Times'' bestseller cookbooks and wa ...
(born 1972), featured on ''
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'' * Hank Lyon (born 1988), member of the Morris County
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, who became the state's youngest freeholder when he took office in 2012 *
Frank Mattiace Frank Louis Mattiace (born January 20, 1961) is an American former professional football nose tackle and coach. He played college football at Holy Cross, and professionally for the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League (USFL) ...
(born 1961), former professional
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and coach * Kristen McNabb (born 1994),
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defender who plays for
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of the
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*
Carol J. Murphy Carol J. Murphy (December 25, 1932 – December 14, 2011) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician who served four full terms in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1993 to 2002, where she represented the ...
(1932–2011), member of the
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from 1992 to 2000 * Dan O'Dowd (born 1959), former general manager of the
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*
Joseph Pennacchio Joseph Pennacchio (born May 27, 1955) is an American Republican Party politician, who has represented the 26th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate since January 8, 2008. Pennacchio has served in the Senate as the Deputy Republican L ...
(born 1955), member of the
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* Jim Price (born 1966), former professional football player with the
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*
Alan Sepinwall Alan Sepinwall (born October 19, 1973) is an American television reviewer and writer. He spent 14 years as a columnist with ''The Star-Ledger'' in Newark until leaving the newspaper in 2010 to work for the entertainment news website HitFix. He ...
(born 1973), television reviewer * Olivia Blois Sharpe, cast member of reality show ''Jerseylicious'' * Dena Tauriello, drummer for the rock band
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*
Buddy Valastro Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Jr. (born March 3, 1977) is an American baker, reality television personality, and businessman. He has taken his small, family-owned bake shop, Carlo's Bake Shop, Carlo's Bakery, and turned it into a baking and restauran ...
(born 1977),
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, entrepreneur, and reality television personality who is the owner of Carlo's Bakery and star of the TV series ''
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'' * Walter D. Van Riper (1895–1973),
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from 1944 to 1948 * James P. Vreeland (1910–2001), former mayor of Montville who served for 10 years in the
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*
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(born 1991), professional
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player for Israeli team
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(1792–1861), member of the
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Pete Yorn Peter Joseph Yorn (born July 27, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He first gained international recognition after his debut record, '' Musicforthemorningafter'', was released to critical and commercial acclaim in 2001. He is ...
(born 1974), singer-songwriterHicks, Robert. , '' Daily Record'', August 11, 2006. Accessed February 23, 2011.


References


External links

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