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Montville

Including Pine Brook and Towaco


07045 (Montville Weather Forecast, NJ)

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Boonton, Boonton Township, Fairfield, Kinnelon, Lincoln Park, Parsippany, Pequannock and West Caldwell

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Montville was incorporated as a township on April 11, 1867, from portions of Pequannock Township.

The area now known as Montville Township was first settled by Dutch farmers from New Amsterdam (now New York City) in the very early 18th century. Part of New Netherland, the town was originally called "Uyle-Kill" (the Dutch spelling of "Owl-Kill"), a name given to the creek and valley, which ran through the area. By the 1740s, the settlement had grown in size and construction of the first road was begun. The early road, now known as U.S. Route 202, connected various farms with Montville’s first gristmill, sawmill and tanneries. The Dutch Reformed Church was founded in Old Boonton in 1756 and moved to Montville in the early 1800s after land was purchased here for a parsonage.

During the American Revolutionary War, Montville was on a major military route from Morristown to the Hudson River. General George Washington's troops often took this route and Washington stayed in the Towaco section of what is now Montville Township in June 1780. The French troops under the leadership of General Rochambeau spent four days passing through Montville Township on their way to the War's final victory at Yorktown, Virginia, as part of a group of 5,000 soldiers, 2,000 horses, 500 oxen, possibly 900 cattle, artillery, boats and followers.

Montville was officially named with specific boundaries April 1800. The name came from the Mandeville Inn, which was established around 1770 and was pronounced "Mondeveil" by the Dutch, which in turn was corrupted to Montville. The Montville Inn was, up until July 2006 located at the site of the pre-Revolutionary War Mandeville Inn, which burned down in the early Twentieth Century.

The construction of the Morris Canal in this area was completed in 1828, bringing commercial navigation to the Montville/Towaco area. The mid-19th century saw the development of two smaller village centers set apart from Montville: Pine Brook, a fertile agricultural area in the Township’s southern end, and Towaco, situated on the Morris Canal.

 

Government

Township of Montville
195 Changebridge Road
Montville, NJ  07045
973-331-3300

Departments

Construction Official 973-331-3318

Court Administator 973-335-1022

Fire - 911

District #1
Montville Fire Department
Fire Chief, John Osborne
108 Main Rd.
Montville, NJ 07045
(Non-Emergency) 973-334-6430

District #2
Towaco Fire District
27 Whitehall Road
Towaco, NJ  07082
(Non-Emergency) 973-334-4636

District #3
Pine Brook Fire Department
47 Bloomfield Ave.
Pine Brook, NJ 07058
(Non-Emergency) 973-227-5504

First Aid - 911
(Non-Emergency) 973-263-4144

Health Department 973-331-3316

Library
90 Horseneck Road
Montville, NJ 07045
973-402-0900

Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

Police - 911
(Non-emergency) 973-257-4300

Public Works 973-331-3331

Recreation 973-331-3377 / 973-331-3305

Senior Citizens 973-299-5087

Tax Collector's Office 973-331-3310

Tax Assessor 973-331-3308

Education

Montville Township Public Schools
86 River Road
Montville, New Jersey 07045
973-331-7100

Board of Education

PTA

Cedar Hill Elementary School - Elementary Grades K - 5
46 Pine Brook Road
Towaco, NJ  07082
973-331-7100 x1000

Hilldale Elementary School - Elementary Grades K - 5
123 Konner Avenue
Pinebrook, NJ 07058
973-331-7100

William Mason Elementary School - Elementary Grades K - 5
5 Shawnee Trail
Montville, NJ 07045
973-331-7100 x1600

Valley View Elementary School - Elementary Grades PreK - 5
30 Montgomery Avenue
Montville, NJ 07045
973-331-7100

Woodmont Elementary School - Elementary Grades K - 5
39 Woodmont Road
Pine Brook, NJ 07058
973-331-7100

Robert R Lazar Middle School - Grades 6 - 8
123 Changebridge Road
Montville, NJ 07045
973-331-7100

Montville High School - Grades 9 - 12
100 Horseneck Road
Montville, NJ 07045
973-331-7100

Private schools

St Pius X Catholic School - Grades K - 8
24 Changebridge Road
Montville, NJ 07045
973-335-1253

Trinity Christian School - Grades K - 12
160 Changebridge Road
Montville, NJ 07045
973-334-1785

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Montville Township Museum
6 Taylortown Road
Montville, NJ 07045
973-334-3665

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Montville Parks & Recreation
195 Changebridge Road
Montville, NJ 07045
973-331-3305

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