Ringwood, New Jersey

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Local Information for Ringwood, NJ

Latitude: 41.096095 -- Longitude: -74.260124

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The original inhabitants of the area were the Lenape and Ramapough Native Americans. Early in the 18th Century, iron was discovered in the area, and the Ogden family built a blast furnace in Ringwood in 1742. By 1765, Peter Hasenclever used Ringwood as the center of his ironmaking operations which included 150,000 acres in New Jersey, New York and Nova Scotia. Iron mining was prominent in the area during the 1700-1900's. Mines such as the London Mine, Roomy Mine, Peters Mine and Hope mine were opened by Peter Hesenclever's London Company. Some were still operated well into the 1900's. Ringwood Manor was home to a number of well-known ironmasters from the 1740s to the late 19th century. During the American Revolution, Robert Erskine managed ironmaking operations from Ringwood, and became George Washington's first geographer and Surveyor-General, producing maps for the Continental Army; Washington visited the Manor House several times. -- Source: Wikipedia.com