Whippany ( ) is an

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and

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(CDP) in Hanover Township,

Morris County, New Jersey Morris County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county was the state's List of counties in New Jersey, tenth- ...

, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 8,863. Whippany's name is derived from the Whippanong Native Americans, a tribe that once inhabited the area. ''Whippanong'' meant "place of the

willow Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions. Most species are known ...

s", named for the trees growing along the banks of the

Whippany River The Whippany River is a tributary of the Rockaway River, approximately 20 mi (30 km) long, in northern New Jersey in the United States. It rises in Morris County, in Mendham Township west of Morristown, and flows generally ENE in a ...

History

The

is an important part of the

Munsee The Munsee () are a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape. Historically, they lived along the upper portion of the Delaware River, the Minisink, and the adjacent country in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. They were prom ...

, colonial, and industrial history of the town.

Munsee Lenape

Circa 1000 CE, the area, along with most of

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, was inhabited by the

Lenape The Lenape (, , ; ), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. The Lenape's historica ...

people. Circa 1500, all of New Jersey 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 ...

, the homelands of the Lenape. The

harvested

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from the

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s found in Munsee encampments throughout the nearby Washington Valley suggest that they hunted

wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, includin ...

elk The elk (: ''elk'' or ''elks''; ''Cervus canadensis'') or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. ...

, and

wild turkey The wild turkey (''Meleagris gallopavo'') is an upland game bird native to North America, one of two extant species of Turkey (bird), turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey (''M. g. dom ...

for

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Colonial settlement

The earliest European settlers to live along the Whippany River can be traced back to 1685. The river was an integral part of life in the area; it provided

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for the various mills which developed in the town.

Modern history

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, the first

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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.

Geography

Whippany is in eastern Morris County and occupies most of the eastern part of Hanover Township. It is bordered to the west, across

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, by

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, also in Hanover Township. Whippany is bordered to the north by Parsippany–Troy Hills Township, to the east by East Hanover Township, to the south by the Black Meadows Preserve and

Morristown Municipal Airport Morristown Airport is in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, three miles east of downtown Morristown and 40 miles west of Manhattan, New York City. Operated by DM AIRPORTS, LTD, it is in the Whippany section of Hanover. The National Pla ...

, and to the southwest by Morris Township, Morris Township. Morristown, the

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, is to the southwest. According to the

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, the Whippany CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.21%, are water. The

flows through the center of town, leading northeast to join the

Passaic River The Passaic River ( or ) is a river, approximately long, in North Jersey, northern New Jersey. The river in its upper course flows in a highly circuitous route, meandering through the swamp lowlands between the ridge hills of rural and suburb ...

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

Demographics

Whippany first appeared as a

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in the 2020 U.S. Census.

Education

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

Whippany Park High School Whippany Park High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Hanover Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as one of the two secondary scho ...

. Arrow Academy is a Christian school for grades PreK-8. The Morris County Library is in Whippany.

Sports

The New York Red Bulls U23, a development team for the

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, play at the team's development facility in the township.

Notable organizations

* J. E. Ashworth & Sons operated a woolen blanket mill in Whippany. *

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relocated part of their

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operations to Whippany in 2018. *The

Whippany Railway Museum The Whippany Railway Museum is a railway museum and excursion train ride located in the Whippany section of Hanover Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. History In 1965, Whippany was the location of the Morris County Centra ...

is located in the central part of the community. *

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HealthCare *Communication Techniques, Inc. (CTI), a wholly owned subsidiarity of

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*'' The New Jersey Jewish News'', a weekly newspaper published by

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of MetroWest New Jersey * CAE Inc. provides flight simulation and crew training services to the Business Aviation community. *The

Ukrainian American Ukrainian Americans are Americans who are of full or partial Ukrainians, Ukrainian ancestry. According to U.S. census estimates, in 2021 there were 1,017,586 Americans of Ukrainian descent representing 0.3% of the American population. The Ukr ...

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of New Jersey is in Whippany. *

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Notable people

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

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(born 1986),

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fighter * Sal Canzonieri, guitarist and founding member of the band

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* Damon Daunno (born 1984), actor who starred in the 2019 Broadway revival of ''

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'' * Dan Frischman (born 1959),

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, noted for his many roles as "

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" or "

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" characters * Dan Miller (born 1981),

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fighter * Brian Saxton (born 1972), tight end who played for the

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(1949-2020), former U.S.

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who figured in the

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involving former U.S. President Bill Clinton Sciolino, Elaine; and Van Natta Jr., Don
"Testing of a President: The Confidant; Linda Tripp, Elusive Keeper of Secrets, Mainly Her Own"
''

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'', March 15, 1998. Accessed April 28, 2017. "Linda Tripp was born Linda Carotenuto into a middle-class life in Whippany, N.J."

References

External links

"A Place Called Whippany", its history and contemporary timesCAE North East Training CenterUkrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey
{{Authority control Hanover Township, New Jersey Census-designated places in Morris County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Morris County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey