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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.