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Often the communities adopting the new form of government had been quite distinct in colonial territories and settled much earlier than the township form of government. They had been organized into being parts of townships when that form of local government was introduced in the new state government after the revolution. The peak point in this cycle was 1894, particularly in Bergen County , "that being the year the county went crazy on boroughs.""History of Bergen County" Vol. 1, p. 366. Today, 56 of the 70 municipalities in Bergen County are boroughs. Communities often were motivated by financial issues; Chatham broke loose of the township over the financing of gas lighting in the town. The town wanted them and the township government refused to finance them. First the community reorganized as a village, but, when the borough form was introduced through legislation prompted by such discontents, immediately voted to adopt that new form of government. This wave of municipal reformations was fomented by legislation that allowed a borough to be created by a referendum with no further legislative approval required. In 1875, only 17 boroughs existed, but the prevalence of boroughs exploded, so that they are now the most common type of municipal government in New Jersey, accounting for over 200 of the 566 current municipal governments statewide. Early in 1894, the , 2006 . The citizens responded to the legislation in 1894, and the shift to boroughs was in full force, as scores of new boroughs were carved from townships. The borough-formation pace slowed down when new legislation was passed mandating that boroughs could have their own school districts only if they had 400 children within their boundaries. The formation of new boroughs continued after 1894. The borough remained the most popular form of government for new municipalities, and most governments formed into the early 20th century used the borough form. Legislation was drafted to effectively repeal the Borough Acts of 1882, 1890, 1891 and all of their supplements. Under the Incorporation by State Act of , 2006 . REFERENCES SOURCES
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