Montville
Montville is a town in New Jersey. It is largely a bedroom community for people who work in New York, but it has a nice small-town feel to it. In 2007, Montville was ranked by Money magazine as the 13th best place to live in the United States and the best in New Jersey.
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Montville is centrally located at of Interstate 80, Interstate 287, and U.S. Highway 46.
New Jersey Transit buses regularly visit the town.
The 1 Towaco Train Station (Montclair-Boonton Line) is good for commuting into New York City.
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Montville is large enough that a car is the most practical way of getting around, especially since there is no downtown commercial area in the true sense.
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Montville is along George Washington's route during the Revolutionary War.
- 1 Henry Doremus Dutch Stone House, 490 Main Rd, Towaco. A Dutch-American stone house built around 1760. General George Washington and Alexander Hamilton stayed here from June 25 to June 27, 1780.
- 2 Montville Township Historical Museum, 6 Taylortown Rd, ☏ +1 973 334 3665. Su 1PM-4PM or by appointment.. Originally a one-room schoolhouse built in 1867.
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- 1 Sky Zone Pine Brook. - located in Pine Brook
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The only real shopping center is located on Changebridge Road. There is a dry cleaner, a candy store, and a hair dresser.
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- 1 Harrigan's Family Restaurant, 144 Main Rd, ☏ +1 973 263 0111. An Irish pub located on Route 202.
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Montville has no bars.
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There is not much outside Montville other than New York City, but some nearby non NYC attractions include:
Liberty Island and Ellis Island, a ferry leaves from Jersey City
There is decent shopping extremely close by in Boonton, where there is a Walmart, A & P, and other major chains, as well as a large main street with mom-and-pop businesses.
The nearest mall is the Willowbrook Mall along U.S. Highway 46, about 15 minutes away from most points. There is a large food court and many stores. Other mall options include the Short Hills Mall and the many malls of Paramus.
| Routes through Montville |
| Dover ← Parsippany ← | W  E
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→ Fairfield → New York City |
| White Plains ← Spring Valley ← | N  S
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→ Boonton → Bridgewater |
| Peekskill ← Wayne ← | N  S
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→ Boonton → Bridgewater |
| Dover ← Boonton ← | W  E
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→ Lincoln Park → New York City |