March 1871
The first Weekly Bulletin newspaper is printed in Boonton
January 1873
Statistics for Boonton:
- Churches: 5
- Dentists: 1
- Doctors: 5
- Drug Stores: 2
- Families: 775
- Hardware: 1
- Homes: 700
- Hotels: 1
- Lawyers: none
- Licensed beer saloons: 10
- Milkmen: 3
- Population: 3,500
- Stores/shops: 31
There was a telegraph office, printing offices, numerous passenger trains on railroads; twelve mail deliveries in the post office daily, six arrivals and six departures.