Hanover’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Hanover. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Hanover Township is the site of the first European settlement in northwest New Jersey. New Englanders established a settlement along the Whippany River in 1685 near the current location of the old Whippany Cemetery on Route 10.
Once the Province of West Jersey purchased the land from the local Lenape Native Americans, the original County of Morris was created and comprised all of what is now Morris, Sussex and Warren Counties. The counties were partitioned into townships. Morris' original township was 'Whippenny' which itself comprised all of what is now Morris County.
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Start Hanover’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hanover’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewJohn Woodruff House, 28 Hanover R…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Hanover
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Hanover, decade by decade
2000
unknown2 items
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as John Woodruff House, 28 Hanover Road and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (7), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.