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
Location of Cherry Hill Township in Camden County
Location of Cherry Hill Township in Camden County
Coordinates: 39°55′39″N 75°1′24″W / 39.9275, -75.02333
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Camden
Founded 1844 (as Delaware Township)
Government
 - Mayor Bernard A. Platt
Area
 - Total 24.4 sq mi (63.1 km²)
 - Land 24.2 sq mi (62.8 km²)
Elevation 49 ft (15 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 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:

into these:

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)

[edit] Major Coxson murder

Does anyone have printed info (besides residents' memories) of the Major Coxson murders in Muhammed Ali's house on Barbara Drive on June 8, 1973? To refresh the memory cells, it was in April 1973 when he and his family were murdered, execution style, with bullets through the eyes. See Allah behind bars, Mike Marley's FightNightNews.com, and Studies of Organized Crime, Volume 2 Chapters 4 and Chapter 10. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Discpad (talk • contribs)

I can't find any source that says the murder occurred at Ali's house, only the CityPaper article that says it happened in Cherry Hill. While Major Coxson might be a good article subject, I'm not sure he should be listed as a notable resident if his only connection to CH was having been murdered there. (The "mayoral candidate" part you quoted refers to Camden, not CH.) If there was a high-profile murder at Ali's house I think it would have been a much bigger story, no? Also, one of the sources in the Major Coxson article makes reference to a different Ali, not the boxer, which might be a source of confusion. With no reliable source, I think the reference to Muhammed Ali's house needs to be removed from that article as well per WP:BLP. --MCB 04:38, 28 July 2007 (UTC)