Malapardis, New Jersey

Malapardis, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Interactive map of Malapardis, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°49′46″N 74°25′55″W / 40.8295441°N 74.4318200°W / 40.8295441; -74.4318200[1]
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountyMorris
TownshipHanover
Elevation
[1]
269 ft (82 m)
ZIP Code
07981
Area code973, 862

Malapardis is an unincorporated community located within Hanover Township, New Jersey, United States.[1][2][3][4]

History

Malapardis was settled sometime in 1735. The name is derived from the Lenape word “Malapahus” which means “place of the poor flint.”[5] The first settlement in Malapardis was located along Stony Brook.[6] It formerly had a woolen mill and iron forge, but has since been redeveloped.[2][7][8]

The forge at Malapardis was established sometime between 1750 and the American Revolutionary War.[9] At that time, the roads were so poor that the iron for the forges was brought in by horseback, as wagons could not be used.[10]

Another early building was the carding and fulling mill founded by Abraham Fairchild in 1810; Fairchild brought in machines from the New York State Prison. This building was later replaced on the same site by the wool mill established by G.R. Fairchild.[9] Among the other historic buildings was the Stony Brook Mill, which was built in the late 1890s. This building was torn down in the 1980s.[11]

In 1820, a school district for Malapardis was established. This was numbered New Jersey School District #86.[4] In the 1920s, three schools operated in Malapardis.[12] The Malapardis School was converted to the Hannover Township municipal building in the 1950s.[11] The old wooden Malapardis schoolhouse was turned into the rectory for the Saint John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church.[13] This church was established near Malapardis Creek by Ukrainians in 1921.[14] These buildings are now part of Whippany.[13]

In 1905, traces of an old Native American settlement were still visible between Malapardis and nearby Littleton, to the west.[15]

As the population of New Jersey grew, community boundaries shifted, and Malapardis "receded", according to one author.[16] Malapardis and Whippany had been established in the 1700s, two centuries before Cedar Knolls, which was established to the west of Malapardis in 1913.[17] When Whippany and Cedar Knolls were established as Census Designated Places, their boundaries were established at Interstate 287.[18][19] A number of sources thus call Malapardis a "former village" or "once thriving" community.[16][20]

Geography

The community sits at a major junction between Interstate 287, New Jersey Route 24 and New Jersey Route 10.[21]

Malapardis Brook is a stream that runs through the community.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Malapardis
  2. ^ a b Phalon, Joe. "Where is Malapardis?". North Jersey Media Group. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  3. ^ "Villages of Hanover". Whippany, NJ - Its History and Times. Archived from the original on 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  4. ^ a b "A PLACE CALLED WHIPPANY" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  5. ^ "Village Of Malapardis Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  6. ^ Fariello, Leonardo (2015-07-15). "Malapardis". Whippany, NJ - Its History and Times. Archived from the original on 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  7. ^ Hepler, Steven P.; Krygoski, Robert F. (1998-06-01). Hanover Township: Whippany and Cedar Knolls. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-6427-2. ...Malapardis team. In the background one can see the smokestack from McEwan Brothers' Stony Brook paper mill. Just west of the ball field stood the Malapardis School, which in the mid-1950s was converted into the township ...
  8. ^ The Parsippany Historical and Preservation Society (1997-04-01). Parsippany-Troy Hills. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-8963-3. Includes a map showing the location of Malapardis.
  9. ^ a b Pitney, Henry Cooper; Lewis Historical Publishing Co (1914). A history of Morris County, New Jersey : embracing upwards of two centuries, 1710-1913. New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Co. pp. 22, 143. From 1750 to the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, were also erected many other ancient forges. One stood on the Whippany river near Morristown, called the Carmichael forge, and one at Malapardis, about three miles northeast of Morristown, long extinct. [...]About 1810 Abraham Fairchild set up the first carding and spinning machines in the township. These were brought from the New York State Prison, and set up in a building that stood where later the woolen mill of G.R. Fairchild was built, at Malapardis.
  10. ^ Halsey, Edmund Drake; Aikman, Robert; Axtell, Samuel Beach; Brewster, James F.; Green, R. S. (Rufus Smith); Howell, Monroe; Kanouse, John L.; Megie, Burtis C.; Neighbour, James H. (1882). History of Morris County, New Jersey. New York : W.W. Munsell & co. p. 222.
  11. ^ a b Hepler, Steven P.; Krygoski, Robert F. (June 1, 1998). Hanover Township: Whippany and Cedar Knolls. Arcadia Publishing. p. 66, 98. ISBN 978-0-7385-6427-2.
  12. ^ New Jersey Department of Public Instruction (1928). School Building Survey, 1927: A Survey of the Public School Buildings in the State of New Jersey. p. 54.
  13. ^ a b "History of our Church". gwozdzmd.nfshost.com. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  14. ^ on, Best Books (1939). New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past;. Best Books on. p. 532. ISBN 978-1-62376-029-8. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  15. ^ Sherman, Andrew Magoun (1905). Historic Morristown, New Jersey: The Story of Its First Century. Heritage Books. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-55613-408-1. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  16. ^ a b Monsport, Weldon. "Place of the Arrow Wood". NJSkylands.com.
  17. ^ Fariello, Leonardo (July 15, 2015). "Cedar Knolls". Whippany, NJ - Its History and Times. Archived from the original on 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  18. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  19. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  20. ^ Phalon, Joe (2017-04-04). "Where is Malapardis?". NorthJersey.com. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  21. ^ "Morris County" (PDF). NJ.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2025-03-17. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
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