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April 15, 1868
- Montclair was initially formed as a township on April 15, 1868, from portions of Bloomfield Township.
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Apr 10, 2020 · Montclair residents saw a great deal of transition and turmoil in the 27 years between 1906 and 1933: the beginning and end of the First World War, the ratification of the Eighteenth amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of liquor (and its repeal in 1933 with the Twenty-first Amendment), the Nineteenth amendment which granted women’s ...
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Montclair’s population...
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Montclair was initially formed as a township on April 15, 1868, from portions of Bloomfield Township, [25] so that a second railroad could be built to Montclair. After a referendum held on February 21, 1894, Montclair was reincorporated as a town, effective February 24, 1894. [26]
By 1860 West Bloomfield was becoming a commuter town with its own marked identity and influential residents persuaded the post office to adopt the name Montclair. Dissatisfaction with existing service led to a move to bring a second railroad to town.
Montclair will turn 150 on April 15. In 1868, the township was born when residents voted to secede from Bloomfield, a move prompted by a railroad magnate who could not get a bond approved to...
Nov 17, 2011 · By 1860 West Bloomfield was becoming a commuter town with its own marked identity and influential residents persuaded the post office to adopt the name Montclair. Dissatisfaction with existing service led to a move to bring a second railroad to town.
Apr 13, 2020 · In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Montclair’s population was exploding and the town scrambled to create streets to accommodate the new residents and modes of transportation. How did they name the streets? This article sheds light on some of our well-traveled roads.
So, from the start there was a mountain and a clear view in what would become the township of Montclair. Millenia before that, 200-million-year-old volcanic lava hardened into basalt forming the mountain’s ridge.
