Talk:Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey
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[edit] Credit for name origin
I moved the following from the article to the talk page:
My sources for this were interviews during a New Jersey Historical Commission grant I had for Cherry Hill history, and also copies of then-contemporary Cherry Hill News issues. The News was a weekly paper at the time that, as is apparent now, changed its name from Delaware Township News to Cherry Hill News. The editor, Richard Smith, was one of my interviews for the history project--Robert Strauss
Thunderbunny 04:35, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] The Movie Cherry hill high
It's an old teen movie that came out in 1977 Cherry Hill High was that made in Cherry hill?
- If you mean this movie, then no, it was not made in Cherry Hill. The "Cherry" in the movie title refers to the premise that all the girls begin the movie as virgins.
[edit] Early name(s) for Cherry Hill
In the second paragraph, it describes Delaware Township and Waterford Township as early names for Cherry Hill. I spent most of my childhood growing up in Cherry Valley across the street from Colestown Cemetary. Some of the graves are very early; in fact, prior to the either of the above-referenced names. Was the area originally called Colestown? Hokeman 23:45, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
- Colestown was one of many smaller towns that were subsumed into Delaware Township, like Ellisburg. According to the New Jersey Historical Society, Colestown is now part of Cherry Hill. Rpresser 21:27, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Article structure/organization
As per articles such as Cupertino, California, we can add sections for
- Geography
- Neighborhoods
- Layout
- Economy
And break up Demographics into
- General
- Statistical
I think this would provide a good template for article expansion. --ishu 11:49, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Also we should build an infobox. Naperville, Illinois is another example we can use. --ishu 18:21, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Infobox
| Cherry Hill Township | |
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| Coordinates: | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Camden |
| Founded | 1844 (as Delaware Township) |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Bernard A. Platt |
| Area | |
| - City | 24.4 sq mi (63.1 km²) |
| - Land | 24.2 sq mi (62.8 km²) |
| Elevation | 49.2 ft (15 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - City | 69,965 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Website: http://www.cherryhill-nj.com | |
I'm drafting one on this page.
- Elevation and latitude/longitude here.
--ishu 01:35, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Noted residents and links
The noted residents section has a great deal of links, for example, why not change these:
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- Brian Baldinger, former National Football League player and television sportscaster.
- Lawrence Bender, Academy Award-winning film and television producer whose credits include Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Good Will Hunting. Attended Cherry Hill High School East.
- Mike Bibby, National Basketball Association basketball player who now plays for the Sacramento Kings
into these:
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- Brian Baldinger, former professional football player and television sportscaster.
- Lawrence Bender, Academy Award-winning film and television producer whose credits include Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Good Will Hunting. Attended Cherry Hill High School East.
- Mike Bibby, professional basketball player who now plays for the Sacramento Kings was born in Cherry Hill.
I wanted to add that Mike Bibby was born in Cherry Hill, but noticed how cluttered the links make this sentence. We don't need to link every fact of a person's life, since people who want more detail can just read the person's article. At the very least, we don't have to link to television for heaven's sake!
As a side note, shouldn't we change the header to read Notable residents...? --ishu 19:44, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Why was the entire "Notable Residents" section removed on 2007-02-07T19:35:14 72.82.232.47 ?? Henryhank 22:32, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Good catch! It appears to have been blanked by a vandal, but nobody noticed until now. I have restored it. Thanks, --MCB 22:49, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
