History
West Milford started out as New Milford in what was then western Bergen County in the 18th century, having been settled by disenchanted Dutch from Milford, New Jersey (later renamed by the British as Newark). These same Dutch also built a town of New Milford in eastern Bergen County. When both New Milfords applied for post offices in 1828, a clerk in Washington, D.C. is said to have approved the other application first and assigned the name “West Milford” to the New Milford in western Bergen County in order to distinguish between the two locations.
With the extensive size and age of town there are old place names thoughout the township including Postville, Utterville, Corterville, Browns, Awosting, Echo Lake, Macopin, Charlottenburg (now under the Charlotteburg Reservoir, Clinton (or sometimes called Clinton Furnace, now under the Clinton Reservoir) Moe Mountain, Oak Ridge (The original town is under the Oak Ridge Reservoir), Newfoundland, Apshawa, New City, and Smith Mills.
Present Day
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