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The village that now is Chatham first was settled by Europeans in 1710 in Morris Township, within the Province of New Jersey. It was settled because the site already was the location of an important crossing of the Passaic River as well as being close to a gap in the Watchung Mountains and on the path of a well-worn Native American trail. Changing its name to Chatham by 1773, it was an active community fighting in the American Revolutionary War.

On February 12, 1806, Chatham Township was formed, taking its name from this pre-revolutionary village it would include within the township boundary along with several other villages, and large areas of unsettled lands connecting or adjacent to them. On August 19, 1892, based on a referendum held ten days earlier, Chatham adopted a new village form of government allowed within townships as the state governance regulations evolved. Determined to leave the large township that failed to represent it properly, however, Chatham later reincorporated for governance as an independent borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 1, 1897, replacing its village form of government and freeing it from inclusion in the township boundary.

 

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Chatham Borough Official Web Site

Chatham Township Official Web Site

Government

Chatham Borough
54 Fairmount Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928
973-635-0674 

Chatham Township
58 Meyersville Road
Chatham, NJ 07928
973-635-4600

Departments

Construction Official
Borough: 973-635-5507 / Township: 973-635-3204

Court Administrator
Borough: 973-593-3026 / Township:

Fire - 911
(Non-Emergency)
Borough: 973-635-9090 / Township: 973-635-2828 / Green Village: 973-377-7073

First Aid - 911
(Non-Emergency) 973-377-1131

Borough Health Department 973-593-3079 x 1

Library
214 Main Street
Chatham NJ 07928
973-635-0603

Office of Emergency Management (OEM) 973-417-3042

Police - 911
(Non-emergency)
Borough: 973-635-8000 / Township: 973-377-0100

Public Works
Borough: 973-635-5242 / Township: 973-377-5114

Recreation
Borough: 973-635-7066 / Township: 973-635-3201

Senior Center of the Chathams: 973-635-4565

Tax Collector's Office
Borough: 973-635-0674 x201 / Township: 973-635-3206

Tax Assessor
Borough: 973-635-0674 x205 / Township: 973-635-3207

Education

Board of Education
Chatham School District
58 Meyerville Road
Chatham, NJ 07928
973-457-2500

PTA

Milton Avenue School - Elementary Grades K - 3
16 Milton Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928
973-457-2508

Southern Boulevard School - Elementary Grades K - 3
192 Southern Blvd.
Chatham, NJ 07928
973-457-2509

Washington Avenue School - Elementary Grades K - 3
102 Washington Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928
973-457-2510

Lafayette School - Elementary Grades 4 - 5
221 Lafayette Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928
973-457-2507

Chatham Middle School - Grades 6 - 8
480 Main Street
Chatham, NJ 07928
973-457-2506

Chatham High School - Grades 9 - 12
255 Lafayette Ave
Chatham, NJ 07928
973-457-2505

Private schools

Saint Patrick School - Grades 1 - 8
45 Chatham St.
Chatham, NJ 07928
973-635-4623


Arts & Entertainment

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Clubs and Organizations

Historic Places

Historical Society

Chatham Historical Society

Historic Preservation Commision

Gibbons Horse Barn

William Gibbons, prominent racing patron, built
this stable to house his thoroughbred racehorses,
including Fashion, "Queen of the American Turf".
The barn is an outstanding example of an early
19th century horse barn.

Mount Vernon School

Built around 1860 as one room schoolhouse.
Served until 1928 as one of four township schools.
Renovated as Chatham Township Hall 1959.

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