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.