Monksville or Monks was a small settlement located in West Milford that was demolished and flooded to create the Monksville Reservoir in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.[1] The village was the home of James Monks, grand-uncle of Charles A. Monks of Passaic County, New Jersey.[2]
The Monks family had come to the United States around the time of the American Revolution and deeded their property in Monksville to the North Jersey Water District Supply Commission in 1928. As part of the construction of the reservoir in the early 1980s, the Monks Cemetery was relocated, including the burial sites of 15 members of the Monks family and another 15 unidentified remains.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Monks". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
Monks was innundated [sic] in 1987 by the creation of Monksville Reservoir
- ^ Biographical and genealogical history of Morris and Sussex Counties, New Jersey. Lewis Publishing Company. 1899.
[Charles A. Monks] had three sons: John, who located in the state of New York; James, who took up his residence at Monksville, New Jersey; and William, who became a resident of Passaic county.
- ^ LaPlaca, Bryan. "Back in the Day - May 29, 1983: Monks made grave move", The Record (Bergen County), May 27, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2013.
Further reading edit
- Cohen, David Steven. The Ramapo Mountain People, Rutgers University Press, 1974, page 79
External links edit
- Monksville Reservoir
- Monksville Reservoir Photos of paddling on Monksville Reservoir in October, 2005
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