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Chatham was named One of the Top Ten Places to
Live in the United States by "Money Magazine"
in 2005. Located 25 miles west of New York City
on the eastern edge of Morris County. Chatham's
neighboring communities are Chatham Township,
Summit, New Providence, Berkeley Heights, Long
Hill, Harding, Madison, Florham Park, Millburn
and Livingston.
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Having been part of the New Netherland territory, dating
from 1614, New Jersey became a British colony at the
fall of New Amsterdam in 1664. The land that would become
the two Chathams was part of the Province of East Jersey;
the Indian rights to Chatham were purchased in 1680
from members of the Minsi and Lenni Lenape tribes.
They spoke an Algonquin language. They hunted and fished
in the area and farmed on the lands of their settlements.
The area was well connected with established paths among
their settlements, to and from bountiful resources,
and to neighboring settlements.
Safe passageways through the valleys,
marshes, swamps, and mountains of this portion of the
Watchung Mountains connected the area which would become
Chatham with other settlements in the area. Except for
highways built since the 1970s and a shunpike built
to avoid tolls on the roads connecting the colonial
settlements of Chatham and Bottle Hill, the roads of
the area follow those time proven, long trodden trails
made by the Indians. Main Street rises from a shallow
crossing of the Passaic River and, after traveling through
what became the settlements of Chatham and Bottle Hill
(which became Madison), the road follows a westward
path that leads to the top of the plateau on which Morristown
was founded. By 1710, a settlement had begun just west
of the river crossing which would be renamed Chatham
in the early 1770s.
In 1773, the colonial settlement
near the shallow crossing of the Passaic River was renamed
Chatham in honor of Sir William Pitt, an English prime
minister and the first Earl of Chatham who was most
favorable toward the colonists in issues with the British
government.
As of the census of 2000,2 there were 10,086 people,
3,920 households, and 2,771 families residing in Chatham
Township. The population density was 417.4/km²
(1,081.0/mi²). There were 4,019 housing units at
an average density of 166.3/km² (430.8/mi²).
The racial makeup was 93.71% White, 0.45% African American,
0.06% Native American, 4.81% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander,
0.15% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.95% of the population.
There
were 3,920 households out of which 34.7% had children
under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were married
couples living together, 5.9% had a female householder
with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families.
26.3% of all households were made up of individuals and
8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age
or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the
average family size was 3.11.
The population was spread out with 26.7% under the
age of 18, 3.7% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44,
27.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of
age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every
100 females there were 90.9 males. For every 100 females
age 18 and over, there were 85.6 males.
The median income for a household was $106,208, and
the median income for a family was $131,609. Males had
a median income of $100,000 versus $58,750 for females.
The per capita income was $65,497. About 1.9% of families
and 2.7% of the population were below the poverty line,
including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those
age 65 or over.
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