Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Boonton, NJ

Boonton is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, originally formed on March 16, 1866, and reincorporated on March 18, 1867, under a special state charter.

The settlement was named 'Boone-Towne' in 1761 in honor of Thomas Boone, the colonial governor of New Jersey.

As early as 1747, Obadiah Baldwin operated an iron-refining forge on the Rockaway River at Boonton, a works later enlarged under the Ogden family.

The New Jersey Iron Company was incorporated in 1830 to exploit the iron site by Boonton Falls near the Morris Canal; the company's collapse in 1876 was a disaster for the town, and the ironworks finally closed in 1911.

The old ironworks grounds were donated to the town in the late 1870s in memory of Grace Lord Nicoll, and today's Grace Lord Park holds scenic Boonton Falls, a gazebo, a lake, a playground and trails amid the industrial remains.

The Stone Arch Bridge over the Rockaway River, built around 1866, is the single remaining intact portion of Boonton's ironworks complex.

Boonton's Darress Theatre, open since 1919, is one of the few surviving vaudeville stages in the country.

The Boonton Holmes Public Library building on Main Street dates to 1849 and was once the home of James Holmes, founder of the Boonton National Bank.

The Boonton Historical Society Museum occupies the 1898 Kanouse/Taylor house at 210 Main Street.

Boonton's population was 8,815 in the 2020 census, up from 8,347 in the 2010 census.