Originally named Boonetown honoring Thomas Boone, Governor of New Jersey in 1760, Boonton has been made world famous by the manufacture of Boontonware plastic tableware. It is also known for its many antique shops.

Boonton Township
Boonton Township, comprised of approximately eight square miles in north central Morris County, has retained much of its natural character and rural charm. Incorporated in 1868, the township had the earliest known roads. McCaffrey Lane, the oldest recorded thoroughfare in the area, was built in 1767, and in 1822 North Main Street was "cut" along the proposed Morris Canal route. In 1824 the Morris Canal and Banking Company was chartered and the Powerville Hotel, still standing, was built near Lock No. 11 to accommodate both canal and transient trade. It later gained fame as a pre-Civil War Underground Railroad station. In the late 1920's, the township became home to the Aircraft Radio Corporation, which pioneered electronic instrumentation for use in planes.

Boonton Twp. Schools
Rockaway Valley School (K- 8)
11 Valley Road
Boonton Township, NJ 07005
(973) 334-4162
www.rvsnj.org

Mountain Lakes High School (9-12)
96 Powerville Road
Mountain Lakes, NJ 07046
(973) 334-8400
www.mtlakes.org/hs/

There is a sending/receiving agreement in place between the Boonton Township Board of Education and Mountain Lakes Board of Education for High School. Please contact the Boonton Township Board of Education for more information.

Website:
Boonton Twp Website

Boonton Town
Located about seven miles north of Morristown, Boonton was settled on the hills along the Rockaway River as early as 1747, however, the original village of Boonton was inundated by the Jersey City Reservoir in 1903.

Contemporary Boonton developed around 1829 as a result of the construction of the Morris Canal and the establishment of the New Jersey Iron Company. Access to Boonton is provided via Myrtle Avenue (US 202), and I-287, as well as NJ Transit's Boonton Line. The town contains a traditional Main Street business district with its notable antique shops. The town is also noted for its one- and two-family homes, townhouses, and restored homes representing the Colonial, Victorian and Contemporary eras.

Boonton is bisected by I-287, a major north-south freeway, and Route 202. The two-and –a-half square mile community is almost fully developed and is the shopping center for adjacent communities. The diversified business district includes five banks, food, clothing and variety stores. The town's economic center, Main Street, is lined with a mixture of mom-and-pop boutiques and antique stores, and computer and small Internet companies housed behind turn-of-the-century brick building facades.

Victorian houses are predominant in some parts of town. Elsewhere, historic dwellings, built between 1850 and 1855, intermix with ranch and split-level dwellings, condominiums and townhouses.

The rise from the Rockaway River, the New York skyline and surrounding plains are visible from the town’s higher elevations. Rich in colonial heritage, the town stretches north and east to Boonton Township and Montville and to Mountain Lakes and Parsippany in the South.

Since 1903, much of the early history of the original community is buried beneath the waters of the Jersey City Reservoir. Once the site of forges, rolling mills, a sawmill, a nail factory, gristmill and early homes of Dutch and English settlers, the town now dominates the hills that surround the reservoir. Stretches of the Morris Canal are still visible as is the remarkable 80-foot plane which allowed canal travelers to bypass the falls of the Rockaway River.

Boonton Town Board of Education:
434 Lathrop Avenue
Boonton NJ 07005
(201) 335-3994
http://www.boontonschools.org

Public Schools:
School Street School K-4; John Hill School 5-8; Boonton High Schoo1 9-l2

Website:
Boonton Town Website

Transportation
Nearby Routes 10, 23, 46, 202, I-80, 280 and 287 offer Boonton Residents quick access to points in the metropolitan area. Bus service to New York City is available in town on Route 46. Conrail provides train service to Hoboken. A taxi service and several limousine services are available in town. New Jersey Transport provides bus service from Morristown through Boonton and to Willowbrook Mall.

Shopping
Del’s Village Shopping Center; IGA Shopping Plaza; Willowbrook Mall, Wayne; and Rockaway Townsquare Mall.

Recreation Facilities
County, state and federal parks, are within a few minutes drive where you can try your hand at everything from bocce to baseball. The Morris County Park Commission operates 24 sites, including three golf courses, two aboreta and the Mennen Sports Arena and offers a year-round program of activities throughout the county like adult education courses, programs for school children, planned trail walks, golf tournaments and outdoor concerts.

Boonton Twp NJ Real Estate Websites

Smitha and her Team are full-time Real Estate Agents who specialize in Boonton Twp New Jersey and the surrounding Morris County Towns. With over 6000 Real Estate agents in Morris County, you have lots of choices when choosing one to represent you to Buy or Sell. That's why Smitha has provided the following information about herself and her team to help you make the right decision. 

Smitha's Resume and Qualifications

• Licensed Full-time Real Estate Agent/Broker-Salesperson since 1997 with Keller Williams. BROKER Licensed since 2008 - HIGHEST Level of Real Estate Qualification/Education a Realtor can attain (less than 3% of all Realtors are Brokers).
• Ranked in Top 1% of All New Jersey Real Estate Agents.
• Smitha has Closed an Average of approximately 1 Transaction Every 8 days from 2002-2009.
• Over 581 closed transactions since 1997, including 55 transactions in 2009  (An average realtor has 10-15 transactions per year).
• Over $200 Million in Sales volume since 1997.
• Honored with over 330 National, State, Regional and Company awards.
• Awarded the 2009 New Jersey Association of Realtors Circle of Excellence Sales Award - GOLD Level, which ranks her in the Top 1% of all Realtors in NJ (NJAR^® Circle of Excellence Sales Award for 10 Straight years: NJAR Circle of Excellence Sales Award,  2000-2007-Gold, 2008-Silver, 2009-Gold).
• Qualified for President's club at previous company for 11 straight years (1999-2009) (In Top 1% of all Realtors working for previous company for 11 Straight Years).
• Awarded the New Jersey Association of Realtors (NJAR^®) Distinguished Sales Club Award, which recognizes those members who achieved NJAR^® Million Dollar Sales Club or NJAR^® Circle of Excellence Sales Award status for 10 or more years.
• Named by National Relocation and Real Estate Magazine to their Realtors on the Rise: Honoring 50 of the Industry's Best Agents list.
• Home Marketing Specialist.
• Earned numerous Regional, Top Producer, Top Listings and Top Sales awards.
• Certified Buyer Specialist, Certified Relocation Specialist.
• Certified New Home Sales Professional (CSP - presented by National Association of Home Builders - NAHB).
• Member of New Jersey Association of Realtors & North Central Jersey Association of Realtors.
• Morris County Resident since 1996.