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{{mergeto|Pequannock Township, New Jersey}}
'''Pequannock''' is a small [[suburban]] township located in [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]] northern [[New Jersey]]. It is primarily a bedroom community to nearby [[New York City]] and home to roughly 4,661 residents. What the town lacks in entertainment or commerce it makes up for in historical significance.
== Linguistic Significance ==
Pequannock is thought to have been derived from the Lenni Lenape "Paquettahhnuake", meaning, "cleared land ready or being readied for cultivation". Pompton has been cited by some sources to mean "a place where they catch soft fish".
== Historic Pequannock ==
Incorporated in [[1740]] as one of the largest townships in the region, this 6.96 square mile bedroom community composed of [[Pompton Plains]] in its northern portion and old Pequannock in its southern was once a vast 176 square mile region of [[rural]] [[farmland]] settled by the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] after its purchase by [[Arent Schuyler]] and associates in the late [[1690]]'s.
During the [[Revolutionary War]], [[George Washington]]'s troops camped on what is now the site of the Pequannock Valley Middle School. Washington himself of course made sure to get a room in the nearby Mandeville Inn.
During the Civil War, Pequannock was a stop on the underground railroad. The Giles Mandeville House, a field and quarrystone structure located at 515 Turnpike, which served as a waypoint for many runaway slaves, still stands today in use as the Manse of the adjacent First Reformed Church since 1953.
== Other Pequannock Information ==
People in Pequannock do lots of hardxcore drugs and get trashed nearly every night. Hooray Beer!
Pequannock people are usually white. Notar needs to leave town.
== Current statistics==
*Population ([[2000]] Census): 4,661
*Housing Units: 1,675
*Land Area: 1.67 square miles
*Water Area: 0.07 square miles
*Zip Codes: 07440, 07444
*Area Code: (973)
*County: Morris
*State: New Jersey
[http://www.hometownlocator.com/ZCTA.cfm?ZIPCode=07440 2000 Census Info]
== External links ==
*[http://www.pequannocktownship.org/ Pequannock Township Official Website]
*[http://www.pequannock.org/ Pequannock School District]
*[http://www.hometownlocator.com/ZCTA.cfm?ZIPCode=07440 2000 Census Information]
*[http://www.pequannocklacrosse.org/ Pequannock Lacrosse Club]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/njpequa.htm Revolutionary Petition of Patriots (May 1776)]
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