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Monks, New Jersey

Monks, New Jersey

Monksville Dam submerged the town of Monks--also known as Monksville--in the 1980s. (Photo credit: Joe Giardelli for the Hackensack Sunday Record.)

About this community

Dam
Monksville Dam
River
Wanaque River
Established
1775
Inundated
1986

Sources

  • Laura Allyn Post, "Moving part of history: Cemetery making way for reservoir," Hackensack Sunday Record (November 13, 1983).