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History Hillside Pleasure Park in Belleville, c. 1905. Originally known as "Second River" or "Washington", the inhabitants renamed the settlement "Belleville" in 1797. Belleville was originally incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1839, from portions of Bloomfield.
Belleville became a separate township in 1839, taking in about one-third of the area included within Bloomfield. Its present geographic boundaries were set in 1869, when Belleville absorbed the portion of Woodside north of the canal.
Mar 26, 2010 · Old Belleville, New Jersey - Remembering our town one bit at a time! (French: "Belle ville" meaning "Beautiful town") is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 35,926, reflecting a decline of 2 (0.0%) from the 35,928 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn ...
BELLEVILLE HISTORY: PEOPLE AND EVENTS. INTRODUCTION. A TOWN GETS ITS NAME. "Resolved, that the name Second River is improper and inconsistent, as it originally applied to the brook and not to the village and therefore that some name applicable be now chosen. "Resolved, that the whole district, commonly known and called by the name of Second ...
Map / Directions to the Belleville Washington Retreat Route Signs. Map / Directions to all Belleville Revolutionary War Sites. The year 1776 was a tumultuous one for the American cause in the Revolutionary War. July 4 had seen the milestone of adopting the Declaration of Independence.
History: Belleville was originally incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1839, from portions of Bloomfield. Portions of the township were taken to create Woodside Township (March 24, 1869, now defunct) and Franklin Township (February 18, 1874, now known as Nutley).
Township. Wesley United Methodist Church. Nickname: Cherry Blossom Capital of America. Location of Belleville in Essex County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Essex County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left). Census Bureau map of Belleville, New Jersey. Coordinates: 40°47′37″N 74°09′40″W / .
