Wallpack, N.J.
Layton, United States
Wallpack Township, formed in 1731 out of Hunterdon County, included the present townships of Montague, Sandyston and the former Pahaquarry.<br><br> The Delaware River forms the western boundary and the Old Mine Road, supposedly built by Dutch miners before 1664, traverses the township.<br><br> Anna Symmes, Mother-in-law of President William Henry Harrison, is buried in the Old Shapanack cemetery.<br><br> In 1757 Jonathan Hampton constructed this road through the village to connect Elizabethtown and Morristown with Fort Shapanack for military supplies during the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars.<br><br> Two early ferries, <i>Decker</i> and <i>Rosenkrans</i>, operated between Walpack bend and Pennsylvania.<br><br> Wallpack Township is the oldest municipality in Sussex County.