Parsippany-Troy Hills

The agricultural communities of what now comprise

Parsippany-Troy Hills were settled in the mid-eighteenth

century, but time has destroyed many of the artifacts of the

area’s early years. Evidence of rock shelters that were used by

the Lenni-Lenape Indians is still present, but the farms that

once existed have been replaced by modern developments.

Lake Passaic, formed by a receding ancient glacier, once

covered Parsippany-Troy Hills. This geological phenomenon

left behind fascinating rock formations and a rich, fertile soil.

The Baldwins, Smiths, Farrands, Bateses, Condits, Mitchells,

Howells, Cobbs, Ogdens, Kitchells, and Motts are prominent

families who worked the land together to lay the economic

and cultural foundations of these early communities.