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Whippany is an unincorporated area located within Hanover Township in Morris County, New Jersey. Cedar Knolls is another unincorporated area within Hanover Township. Whippany's name is derived from the Whippanong Native Americans, a tribe that once inhabited the area. Whippanong meant "place of the willows", named for the trees growing along the banks of the Whippany River[1]
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Education
Here is located the Whippany Park High School, a public High School.
Our Lady of Mercy Academy is a Catholic school operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson.[2]
Notable organizations
J. E. Ashworth & Sons operated a woolen blanket mill.[3]
The Whippany Railway Museum is here, in the central area.
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Whippany include:
- Sal Canzonieri (born 1960), guitarist for Electric Frankenstein.[citation needed]
- Dan Frischman (born 1959), character actor, noted for his many roles of playing socially inept "geeks" and "nerds".[4]
References
- ^ If You're Thinking of Living In /Whippany, N.J.; Where Houses Are In High Demand, The New York Times, August 8, 1999.
- ^ Morris County Elementary / Secondary Schools, Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. Accessed July 26, 2008.
- ^ "James E. Ashworth", Times Herald-Record (1910). Retrieved on 15 October 2008. "... came to United States as a young man. Manufactured horse blankets in Vermont. Came to this place (Westbrookville, New York) had a heavy loss due to fire. After the fire he went to Whippany, New Jersey. Later he returned to this place, engaged in the saw mill business and later rebuilt the mill and conducted a large blanket manufacturing business."
- ^ Johnson, Janis. "Playing a Nerd is Too Easy", The Miami Herald, February 16, 1987. Accessed December 11, 2007. "But is the 23-year-old Whippany, N.J., native, character actor and stand-up comedian a nerd."
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