Monksville, New Jersey facts for kids

Monksville Reservoir, New Jersey. Photo: Erlend Bjørtvedt

Monksville or Monks was a small settlement located in West Milford that was demolished and flooded to create the Monksville Reservoir in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The village was the home of John Monks, son of Charles A. Monks of Passaic County, New Jersey.

The Monks family had come to the United States in the 1820s and deeded their property in Monksville to the North Jersey Water District Supply Commission in 1928. As part of the construction of the reservoir in the early 1980s, the Monks Cemetery was relocated, including the burial sites of 15 members of the Monks family and another 15 unidentified remains.

• Cohen, David Steven. The Ramapo Mountain People, Rutgers University Press, 1974, page 79