Still headed south on the Garden State Parkway. I made 5.3 miles today, which I think brings me close to Irvington. In any case, I took a snapshot in front of some sort of nice looking government building. Irvington didn’t get its name until 1852, when it was dubbed “Irvington” in honor of the literary giant Washington Irving, author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip van Winkle.” But the place now known as Irvington Township has been around since 1692 under various other appellations. Whether it was called Camptown, West Farms or Irvington, the town’s strategic location – near the center of a major regional transportation network – has contributed greatly its success over the years. All this according to the New Jersey Initiative web site.
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