Whippany (/hwɪpəni/ WHIP-ə-nee) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[5] in Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

Whippanong meant "place of the willows", named for the trees growing along the banks of the Whippany River.

Arrowheads found in Munsee encampments throughout the nearby Washington Valley suggest that they hunted wolf, elk, and wild turkey for game.

The river was an integral part of life in the area; it provided water power for the various mills which developed in the town.

[10] The Seeing Eye, the first guide dog school for the blind in the United States, was located in Whippany between 1931 and 1966, before moving to its current campus in nearby Morris Township.