add details re derivation / meaning of name, with sources
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Guttenberg was formerly a farm owned by William Cooper, sold in 1853 to a group of New Yorkers, who had formed the Weehawken Land and Ferry Association. Like nearby [[Union Hill, New Jersey|Union Hill]], it was subdivided and lots were sold mostly to Germans. The company ran two ferries, the ''Hultz'' and the ''Flora'', which crossed the Hudson from the landings at the foot of [[Bulls Ferry|Bulls Ferry Road]], [[Shadyside, Edgewater|Pleasant Valley]], [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]], and [[Spring Street (Manhattan)|Spring Street]] in [[Manhattan]].
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Guttenberg was formerly a farm owned by William Cooper, sold in 1853 to a group of New Yorkers, who had formed the Weehawken Land and Ferry Association. Like nearby [[Union Hill, New Jersey|Union Hill]], it was subdivided and lots were sold mostly to Germans. The company ran two ferries, the ''Hultz'' and the ''Flora'', which crossed the Hudson from the landings at the foot of [[Bulls Ferry|Bulls Ferry Road]], [[Shadyside, Edgewater|Pleasant Valley]], [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]], and [[Spring Street (Manhattan)|Spring Street]] in [[Manhattan]].
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Guttenberg was formed as a town on March 9, 1859, from portions of [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen Township]], but remained as a part of the township that was not fully independent. Guttenberg became part of [[Union Township, Hudson County, New Jersey|Union Township]] when it was formed on February 28, 1861, and became fully independent as of April 1, 1878.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [http://ift.tt/1bx0l1S ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 146. Accessed April 24, 2012.</ref> The city takes its name from [[Johannes Gutenberg]], the inventor of [[movable type]]
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Guttenberg was formed as a town on March 9, 1859, from portions of [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen Township]], but remained as a part of the township that was not fully independent. Guttenberg became part of [[Union Township, Hudson County, New Jersey|Union Township]] when it was formed on February 28, 1861, and became fully independent as of April 1, 1878.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [http://ift.tt/1bx0l1S ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 146. Accessed April 24, 2012.</ref> The city takes its name from [[Johannes Gutenberg]], the inventor of [[movable type]]<ref>[[Henry Gannett|Gannett, Henry]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA146 ''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States''], p. 146. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1905. Accessed August 31, 2015.</ref> though other sources indicate that the name derives from "good village" in [[German language|German]].<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://ift.tt/1PHna67 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 31, 2015.</ref>
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[[Galaxy Towers]], developed by [[Prudential Insurance]] Company, were built in the late 1970s on [[Boulevard East]]. The three octagonal skyscrapers rise {{convert|415|ft}} and contain 1,075 apartments.<ref>Rand, Ellen. [http://ift.tt/1NJphc5 "NEW JERSEY HOUSING; The Demise of a Luxury Complex"], ''The New York Times'', June 8, 1980. Accessed July 15, 2012.</ref>
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[[Galaxy Towers]], developed by [[Prudential Insurance]] Company, were built in the late 1970s on [[Boulevard East]]. The three octagonal skyscrapers rise {{convert|415|ft}} and contain 1,075 apartments.<ref>Rand, Ellen. [http://ift.tt/1NJphc5 "NEW JERSEY HOUSING; The Demise of a Luxury Complex"], ''The New York Times'', June 8, 1980. Accessed July 15, 2012.</ref>
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