History and News!!   Jul 08, 2007 10:40:42

In Pre-Colonial times, Springfield New Jersey was inhabited by the Unami band of the Lenape Indian nation. The first recorded European settlers were the Briant family who came from Hackensack circa 1717. The headstone of William Stites, dated 1729, marks the oldest of the burials in the "old burying ground" on Mountain Avenue. A number of others mentioned in the history books were the... Read More