Growing Green/Green Begginings 1820-1960
INTRO-- Green Township, NJ was a contemporary and fascinating town when founded. Green Township was discovered on December 27, 1824. Many people adored the beauty that Green Township acquired. Green was growing, like never before. There was a lake, schools, a church, railroads, and much more. It was a perfect place for the perfect time. In this farming town the main focus of jobs was mills, creameries, and of course farming. This was the place to be if a farmer. The amount of farmers in Green proved this was the perfect farmland.

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New Jersey was split into 2 sections. West Jersey and Easy Jersey. Green Township was right in the middle so half was East Jersey and the other half was West Jersey. The town consisted of four villages: Greendell, Huntsburg, Huntsville and Tranquility. In November 1823, the southern portion of Sussex County was considered Warren County. The northern portions of Hardwick and Independence Townships, which still remained as Sussex County, became Green Township on December 27, 1824. Then in 1829, small parts of Byram Township, Newton Township and Fredon Township turned into Green Township! …show more content…
The cutoff is about 28.5 miles long. It was built between 1908 and 1911. The Lackawanna cutoff took eleven million dollars to build in 1910 It ran from Port Morris Junction to Lake Hopatcong in NJ. It travels through Morris, Sussex, and Warren county. Then, when the location for the Tranquility Methodist Church was being decided, a disagreement between Allamuchy or Kennedy Town came about. A compromise was effected, with the church being halfway between the two points. To make the agreement, the church was named Tranquility. Later, Kennedy Town took the church's name as it's