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'''Pahaquarry Township''' ({{respell|pah-QUAR-ree}})<ref name=NYT1997/> was a [[Township (New Jersey)|township]] that was located in [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren County]], [[New Jersey]], United States, from 1824 until it was dissolved in 1997.
'''Pahaquarry Township''' ({{respell|pah-QUAR-ree}})<ref name=NYT1997>{{cite news |author=Chen, David W. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/nyregion/a-new-jersey-township-votes-itself-nonexistent.html |title=A New Jersey Township Votes Itself Nonexistent |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 28, 1997 |accessdate=December 18, 2022 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> was a [[Township (New Jersey)|township]] that was located in [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren County]], [[New Jersey]], United States, from 1824 until it was dissolved in 1997.


==History==
==History==
[[File:A view at Pahaquarric.jpg|thumb|left|''A view at Pahaquarric, Sussex County, New Jersey'', engraved by John Scoles c. 1794]]
[[File:A view at Pahaquarric.jpg|thumb|left|''A view at Pahaquarric, Sussex County, New Jersey'', engraved by John Scoles c. 1794]]

[[File:Pahaquarry Copper Mine Adit 1.jpg|thumb|[[Adit]] No. 1 at Pahaquarry Copper Mine, established c. 1750]]
[[File:Pahaquarry Copper Mine Adit 1.jpg|thumb|[[Adit]] No. 1 at Pahaquarry Copper Mine, established c. 1750]]
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Pahaquarry Township was formed on December 27, 1824, from portions of [[Walpack Township, New Jersey|Walpack Township]] in [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]] and set off to Warren County.<ref>{{cite book |author=Snyder, John P. |url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf |title='The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968 |publisher=Bureau of Geology and Topography |location=Trenton, New Jersey |date=1969 |page=47 |accessdate=December 11, 2012}}</ref>


The township took its name from the word ''pahaquarra'', which was a derivation of the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] word ''pPahaqualong'', which meant "the place between the mountains beside the waters".<ref name=PI2002>{{cite news |author=Bewley, Joel |url=http://articles.philly.com/2006-10-23/news/25417119_1_tocks-island-merger-dam |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216114112/http://articles.philly.com/2006-10-23/news/25417119_1_tocks-island-merger-dam |archivedate=February 16, 2015 |title=Lost to merger, a town vanished Tiny Pahaquarry Township gave up in 1997 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=October 23, 2006 |accessdate=December 11, 2012 |quote=Pahaquarry, a Lenni-Lenape word that means 'the place between the mountains beside the waters,' rested between the Delaware River and the Kittatinny Ridge.... It lost steam and funding and was finally deauthorized by Congress in 1992.}}</ref>
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Pahaquarry Township was formed on December 27, 1824, from portions of [[Walpack Township, New Jersey|Walpack Township]] in [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]] and set off to Warren County.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 247. Accessed December 11, 2012.</ref>


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Opened in the 1750s, the [[Pahaquarry Copper Mine]] was active from the 18th century until its closure in 1928.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-19280508001/22667963/ |title=300 Year Old Copper Mine Too Expensive To Operate |work=[[The Morning Call]] |date=May 8, 1928 |accessdate= March 17, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |quote=The final chapter In the history of a copper mine operated at Belvidere, N. J.. by the Dutch, as early, it is said, as 1630, is being written. The last of recently installed expensive mining machinery has been bought by a secondhand machinery and junk man, of Newark, and preparations are being made for its removal. The mine has lately been known as the Pahaquarry Copper Mine and in an effort to increase production and make the mine pay the latest type of mining machinery was installed}}</ref> Despite developments in mining technology and improving mineral extraction methods, the mine remained unsuccessful and unprofitable, as the ore extracted proved to be of too low a concentration of [[copper]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.npshistory.com/publications/dewa/spanning-the-gap/v10-2-3.pdf |title=The Dutch Mines: Fact or Myth? |journal= Spanning the Gap |publisher=[[Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area]] |date=Summer 1988 |accessdate=March 17, 2024 |quote=The copper ore at Pahaquarry is of very poor grade and is very diffuse in the rock. While it has teased along hope in three different centuries at least, in the end it has caused each successive mining operation to fail.}}</ref>
The township got its name from the word Pahaquarra, which was a derivation of the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] word Pahaqualong, which meant "the place between the mountains beside the waters".<ref name=PI2002/>


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[[Millbrook, New Jersey|Millbrook Village]], located along the historic [[Old Mine Road]] in Pahaquarry, was the site of the Van Campen family farmsteads built during the late-18th and 19th-centuries. In 1832, Abram Garis built a grist mill along Van Campen brook. The mill soon attracted other businesses and, by the 1870s, Millbrook was a thriving farm village. However, by 1910, the mill, store and hotel closed. The area is now part of the [[Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area]] and located within the [[Old Mine Road Historic District]]. Other buildings have been moved from other sites or are newly-built to help depict village life in the valley during the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Several buildings are open to the public on summer weekends.<ref name="National Park Service">{{cite web |title=Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Scenic Drives |url=https://www.nps.gov/dewa/planyourvisit/scenic-drives.htm |publisher=[[National Park Service]]}}</ref>
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Opened in the 1750s, the [[Pahaquarry Copper Mine]] was active from the 18th to early-20th centuries, until its closure in 1928.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-19280508001/22667963/ "300 Year Old Copper Mine Too Expensive To Operate"], ''[[The Morning Call]]'', May 8, 1928. Accessed March 17, 2024, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "The final chapter In the history of a copper mine operated at Belvidere, N. J.. by the Dutch, as early, it is said, as 1630, is being written. The last of recently installed expensive mining machinery has been bought by a secondhand machinery and junk man, of Newark, and preparations are being made for its removal. The mine has lately been known as the Pahaquarry Copper Mine and in an effort to increase production and make the mine pay the latest type of mining machinery was installed."</ref> Despite developments in mining technology and improving mineral extraction methods, the mine remained unsuccessful and unprofitable, as the ore extracted proved to be of too low a concentration of [[copper]].<ref>[http://www.npshistory.com/publications/dewa/spanning-the-gap/v10-2-3.pdf "The Dutch Mines: Fact or Myth?"], ''Spanning the Gap'' newsletter of the [[Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area]], Summer 1988. Accessed March 17, 2024. "The copper ore at Pahaquarry is of very poor grade and is very diffuse in the rock. While it has teased along hope in three different centuries at least, in the end it has caused each successive mining operation to fail."</ref>


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[[File:George A. Eisenman, Photographer August, 1970 SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST (FRONT) ELEVATIONS - Millbrook Schoolhouse, Millbrook, Warren County, NJ HABS NJ,21-MILBRO.V,1-1.tif|thumb|left|Millbrook School in August 1970]]
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[[Millbrook, New Jersey|Millbrook Village]], located along the historic [[Old Mine Road]] in Pahaquarry, was home to the Van Campen family farmsteads built during the late-18th and 19th-centuries. In 1832, Abram Garis built a grist mill along Van Campen brook. The mill soon attracted other businesses and by the 1870s, Millbrook was a thriving farm village. However, by 1910, the mill, store and hotel closed their doors. The area is now part of the [[Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area]], and located within the [[Old Mine Road Historic District]]. Other buildings have been moved from other sites or are newly built to help depict village life in the valley during the late-19th and early-20th century. Several buildings are open to the public on summer weekends.<ref name="National Park Service">{{cite web |title=Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Scenic Drives |url=https://www.nps.gov/dewa/planyourvisit/scenic-drives.htm |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |quote=Millbrook Village}}</ref>


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The Calno School was established in 1870, rebuilt in 1910, and active until the 1940, for schoolchildren of Pahaquarry. By 1881, the Calno school district counted 48 school-age pupils. Only 30 were on the school's register, though, and daily attendance averaged only 15. Teachers, who were poorly paid, boarded with local families and seldom stayed more than a year or two. Most students traveled to school on foot, and schools were placed so that students would not have to walk more than four to five miles. The Millbrook School, located {{convert|5|miles}} north in Millbrook Village, taught Pahaquarry children as well.<ref name="National Park Service"/><ref>{{cite journal |author=Kopczynski, Susan |url=http://npshistory.com/publications/dewa/spanning-the-gap/v22-2-1.pdf |title=A Ride Down Old Mine Road, Part I: Worthington State Forest to Watergate |journal=Spanning the Gap |publisher=National Park Service |date=October 2012 |accessdate=December 18, 2022}}</ref>
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[[File:George A. Eisenman, Photographer August, 1970 SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST (FRONT) ELEVATIONS - Millbrook Schoolhouse, Millbrook, Warren County, NJ HABS NJ,21-MILBRO.V,1-1.tif|thumb|left|Millbrook School, as seen August 1970]]


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Pahaquarry sits on the [[Delaware River]]. Most of its land was purchased by the federal government during the late 1960s in order to build the proposed [[Tocks Island Dam Controversy|Tocks Island Dam]] along the river, and its population was reduced to only a handful of people. Grassroos environmental organizations and mass local opposition put a halt to these plans and the dam was never completed.<ref name=about>{{cite web |url=http://www.co.warren.nj.us/about.html |title=About Warren County...Past and Present |publisher=[[Warren County, New Jersey]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060102095410/http://www.co.warren.nj.us/about.html |archivedate=January 2, 2006 |accessdate=May 3, 2024}}</ref> Most of the land became part of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The project was officially deauthorized by Congress during 1992.<ref name=PI2002/>
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The Calno School was established in 1870, rebuilt in 1910, and active until the 1940, for schoolchildren of Pahaquarry. By 1881, the Calno school district counted 48 school-age pupils. Only 30 were on the school's register, though, and daily attendance averaged only 15. Teachers, who were paid poorly, boarded with local families and seldom stayed more than a year or two. Most students traveled to school on foot, and schools were placed so that students would not have to walk more than four to five miles. The Millbrook School, located 5 miles north in Millbrook Village, was used to teach Pahaquarry children, as well.<ref name="National Park Service"/><ref name=NPS2012>Kopczynski, Susan. [http://npshistory.com/publications/dewa/spanning-the-gap/v22-2-1.pdf "A Ride Down Old Mine Road, Part I: Worthington State Forest to Watergate"], [[National Park Service]], October, 2012. Accessed December 18, 2022.</ref>


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[[File:George A. Eisenman August, 1970 NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST (FRONT) ELEVATIONS - Millbrook Methodist Episcopal Church, Millbrook, Warren County, NJ HABS NJ,21-MILBRO,2-1.tif|thumb|Millbrook Methodist Episcopal Church in August 1970]]
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Pahaquarry sits on the [[Delaware River]]. Most of its land was purchased by the federal government during the late 1960s in order to build the proposed [[Tocks Island Dam Controversy|Tocks Island Dam]] along the river, and its population was reduced to only a handful of people. Grassroot environmental organizations and mass local opposition put a halt to these plans and the dam was never completed.<ref name=about>[http://www.co.warren.nj.us/about.html About Warren County...Past and Present], [[Warren County, New Jersey]]. Accessed September 28, 2006.</ref> Most of the land became part of [[Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area]]. The project was officially deauthorized by Congress during 1992.<ref name=PI2002>Bewley, Joel. [http://articles.philly.com/2006-10-23/news/25417119_1_tocks-island-merger-dam "Lost to merger, a town vanished Tiny Pahaquarry Township gave up in 1997."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', October 23, 2006. Accessed December 11, 2012. "Pahaquarry, a Lenni-Lenape word that means 'the place between the mountains beside the waters,' rested between the Delaware River and the Kittatinny Ridge.... It lost steam and funding and was finally deauthorized by Congress in 1992."</ref>


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National attention was brought to Pahaquarry Township following a ''[[New York Times]]'' article published in April 1997. Mayor Jean Zipser and Harold Van Campen, the only members of the Township Committee, met inside the Calno School and voted 2-0 to permit the dissolution to proceed in March 1997.<ref name=NYT1997/>
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[[File:George A. Eisenman August, 1970 NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST (FRONT) ELEVATIONS - Millbrook Methodist Episcopal Church, Millbrook, Warren County, NJ HABS NJ,21-MILBRO,2-1.tif|thumb|Millbrook Methodist Episcopal Church, as seen August 1970]]


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On July 2, 1997, Pahaquarry Township, whose population had dwindled to six,<ref name=NYT1997 /> was dissolved and incorporated into [[Hardwick Township, New Jersey|Hardwick Township]].<ref name=about />
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National attention was brought to Pahaquarry Township following a [[New York Times]] article published in April 1997. Mayor Jean Zipser and Harold Van Campen, the only members of the Township Committee, met inside the Calno School and voted 2-0 to permit the dissolution to proceed in March 1997.<ref name=NYT1997>Chen, David W. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/nyregion/a-new-jersey-township-votes-itself-nonexistent.html "A New Jersey Township Votes Itself Nonexistent"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 28, 1997. Accessed December 18, 2022.</ref>

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On July 2, 1997, Pahaquarry Township, whose population had dwindled to 6 people,<ref name=NYT1997 /> was dissolved and incorporated into [[Hardwick Township, New Jersey|Hardwick Township]].<ref name=about />


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
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| footnote=Population sources:<small><br>1830-1920<ref>[http://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full ''Compendium of censuses 1726–1905: together with the tabulated returns of 1905''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629224000/https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full |date=2014-06-29 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]], 1906. Accessed June 5, 2013.</ref> 1840<ref>[[Francis Bowen|Bowen, Francis]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DnUFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA231 ''American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1843''], p. 231, David H. Williams, 1842. Accessed June 5, 2013.</ref> 1850<ref>[[J. D. B. De Bow|Debow, James Dunwoody Brownson]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=25TicJOdU0AC&pg=PA141 ''The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850''], p. 141. R. Armstrong, 1853. Accessed December 11, 2012.</ref><br>1870<ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gNwIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA261 ''A compendium of the ninth census, 1870''], p. 261. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1872. Accessed December 11, 2012.</ref>
| footnote=Population sources:<small><br>1830-1920<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full |title=Compendium of censuses 1726–1905: together with the tabulated returns of 1905 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629224000/https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full |archivedate=2014-06-29 |publisher=[[New Jersey Department of State]] |date=1906 |accessdate=June 5, 2013}}</ref> 1840<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Francis Bowen|Bowen, Francis]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DnUFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA231 |title=American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1843 |page=231 |publisher=David H. Williams |date=1842 |accessdate=June 5, 2013 |via=Google Books}}</ref> 1850<ref>{{cite book |author=[[J. D. B. De Bow|Debow, James Dunwoody Brownson]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=25TicJOdU0AC&pg=PA141 |title=The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850 |page=141 |publisher=R. Armstrong |date=1853 |accessdate=December 11, 2012 |via=Google Books}}</ref><br>1870<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gNwIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA261 |title=A compendium of the ninth census, 1870 |page=26 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |date=1872 |accessdate=December 11, 2012 |via=Google Books}}.</ref> 1880-1890<ref>{{cite book |author=Porter, Robert Percival |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA100 |title=Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins |volume=III - 51 to 75 |page=100 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |date=1890 |accessdate=December 11, 2012 |via=Google Books}}</ref><br>1890-1910<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T9HrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA339 |title=Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |page=339 |accessdate=July 30, 2012 |via=Google Books}}</ref> 1910-1930<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA719 |title=Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 - Population |volume=I |publisher=United States Census Bureau |page=719 |accessdate=December 11, 2012 |via=Google Books}}</ref><br>1930-1990<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnjpin.net/OneStopCareerCenter/LaborMarketInformation/lmi01/poptrd6.htm |title=New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990 |publisher=Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502173646/http://www.wnjpin.net/OneStopCareerCenter/LaborMarketInformation/lmi01/poptrd6.htm |archivedate=May 2, 2009 |accessdate=December 11, 2012}}.</ref></small>
1880-1890<ref>Porter, Robert Percival. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA100 ''Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III - 51 to 75''], p. 100. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1890. Accessed December 11, 2012.</ref><br>1890-1910<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=T9HrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA339 ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 339. Accessed July 30, 2012.</ref> 1910-1930<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA719 ''Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 - Population Volume I''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 719. Accessed December 11, 2012.</ref><br>1930-1990<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090502173646/http://www.wnjpin.net/OneStopCareerCenter/LaborMarketInformation/lmi01/poptrd6.htm New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990], Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 2, 2009. Accessed December 11, 2012.</ref></small>
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As of the [[1990 United States census]] (the last census for which the Township existed), there were 20 people, 9 households, and 5 families residing in the township. The racial makeup of the borough was 100.00% White (20 Whites). 5.00% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race (1 Hispanic or Latino).
At the [[1990 United States census]] (the last census for which the Township existed), there were 20 people, nine households and five families residing in the township. The racial make-up of the borough was 100.00% White. 5.00% (one person) was Hispanic or Latino of any race.


In the township, the population was spread out, with 15.0% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 20.0% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64, and 25.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years.
15.0% of the populationn were under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 20.0% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64 and 25.0% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years.


==Popular culture==
==Popular culture==
* [[Pittsburgh]] [[indie rock]] band Vehicle Flips released a song titled "Song for Pahaquarry, NJ (1824–1997)" on their 2000 album ''For You I Pine'', reflecting on the fate of the town.<ref name=AllMusic>DaRonco, Mike. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/for-you-i-pine-mw0000085104 "For You I Pine"], ''[[AllMusic]]'', 2000. Accessed December 18, 2022.</ref>
* The [[Pittsburgh]] [[indie rock]] band Vehicle Flips released a song titled "Song for Pahaquarry, NJ (1824–1997)" on the 2000 album ''For You I Pine'', reflecting on the fate of the town.<ref>{{cite web |author=DaRonco, Mike |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/for-you-i-pine-mw0000085104 |title=For You I Pine Review |website=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=December 18, 2022}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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Pahaquarry Township, New Jersey
Pahaquarry Township, New Jersey is located in Warren County, New Jersey
Pahaquarry Township, New Jersey
Pahaquarry Township, New Jersey
Coordinates: 41°03′00″N 75°01′59″W / 41.0500959°N 75.0329525°W / 41.0500959; -75.0329525[1]
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyWarren
IncorporatedDecember 27, 1824
DissolvedJuly 2, 1997
Elevation
[1]
168 m (551 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern (EDT))

Pahaquarry Township (pah-QUAR-ree)[2] was a township that was located in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, from 1824 until it was dissolved in 1997.

History

A view at Pahaquarric, Sussex County, New Jersey, engraved by John Scoles c. 1794
Adit No. 1 at Pahaquarry Copper Mine, established c. 1750

Pahaquarry Township was formed on December 27, 1824, from portions of Walpack Township in Sussex County and set off to Warren County.[3]

The township took its name from the word pahaquarra, which was a derivation of the Native American word pPahaqualong, which meant "the place between the mountains beside the waters".[4]

Opened in the 1750s, the Pahaquarry Copper Mine was active from the 18th century until its closure in 1928.[5] Despite developments in mining technology and improving mineral extraction methods, the mine remained unsuccessful and unprofitable, as the ore extracted proved to be of too low a concentration of copper.[6]

Millbrook Village, located along the historic Old Mine Road in Pahaquarry, was the site of the Van Campen family farmsteads built during the late-18th and 19th-centuries. In 1832, Abram Garis built a grist mill along Van Campen brook. The mill soon attracted other businesses and, by the 1870s, Millbrook was a thriving farm village. However, by 1910, the mill, store and hotel closed. The area is now part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and located within the Old Mine Road Historic District. Other buildings have been moved from other sites or are newly-built to help depict village life in the valley during the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Several buildings are open to the public on summer weekends.[7]

Millbrook School in August 1970

The Calno School was established in 1870, rebuilt in 1910, and active until the 1940, for schoolchildren of Pahaquarry. By 1881, the Calno school district counted 48 school-age pupils. Only 30 were on the school's register, though, and daily attendance averaged only 15. Teachers, who were poorly paid, boarded with local families and seldom stayed more than a year or two. Most students traveled to school on foot, and schools were placed so that students would not have to walk more than four to five miles. The Millbrook School, located 5 miles (8.0 km) north in Millbrook Village, taught Pahaquarry children as well.[7][8]

Pahaquarry sits on the Delaware River. Most of its land was purchased by the federal government during the late 1960s in order to build the proposed Tocks Island Dam along the river, and its population was reduced to only a handful of people. Grassroos environmental organizations and mass local opposition put a halt to these plans and the dam was never completed.[9] Most of the land became part of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The project was officially deauthorized by Congress during 1992.[4]

Millbrook Methodist Episcopal Church in August 1970

National attention was brought to Pahaquarry Township following a New York Times article published in April 1997. Mayor Jean Zipser and Harold Van Campen, the only members of the Township Committee, met inside the Calno School and voted 2-0 to permit the dissolution to proceed in March 1997.[2]

On July 2, 1997, Pahaquarry Township, whose population had dwindled to six,[2] was dissolved and incorporated into Hardwick Township.[9]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1830258—
184029213.2%
185046057.5%
18604651.1%
1870405−12.9%
18804183.2%
1890291−30.4%
1900257−11.7%
1910205−20.2%
1920128−37.6%
193080−37.5%
194072−10.0%
195067−6.9%
196063−6.0%
19707112.7%
198026−63.4%
199020−23.1%
Population sources:
1830-1920[10] 1840[11] 1850[12]
1870[13] 1880-1890[14]
1890-1910[15] 1910-1930[16]
1930-1990[17]

At the 1990 United States census (the last census for which the Township existed), there were 20 people, nine households and five families residing in the township. The racial make-up of the borough was 100.00% White. 5.00% (one person) was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

15.0% of the populationn were under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 20.0% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64 and 25.0% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years.

Popular culture

  • The Pittsburgh indie rock band Vehicle Flips released a song titled "Song for Pahaquarry, NJ (1824–1997)" on the 2000 album For You I Pine, reflecting on the fate of the town.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Township of Pahaquarry (historical), Geographic Names Information System. Accessed June 13, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Chen, David W. (April 28, 1997). "A New Jersey Township Votes Itself Nonexistent". The New York Times. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Snyder, John P. (1969). 'The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968 (PDF). Trenton, New Jersey: Bureau of Geology and Topography. p. 47. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
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