Independence Township, New Jersey
Independence Township, New Jersey | |
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Pequest River Valley farms in Independence Township, April 2013 | |
Location of Independence Township in Warren County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Warren County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Independence Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Warren County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′48″N 74°52′35″W / 40.880001°N 74.876253°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Warren |
| Formed | November 11, 1782 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Named after | American independence |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Robert E. Giordano (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Municipal clerk | Dena Hrebenak |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.98 sq mi (51.75 km2) |
| • Land | 19.83 sq mi (51.36 km2) |
| • Water | 0.15 sq mi (0.39 km2) 0.76% |
| • Rank | 143rd of 565 in state 10th of 22 in county |
| Elevation | 518 ft (158 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,469 |
• Estimate (2023) | 5,519 |
| • Rank | 365th of 565 in state 9th of 22 in county |
| • Density | 275.8/sq mi (106.5/km2) |
| • Rank | 482nd of 565 in state 10th of 22 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07838 – Great Meadows |
| Area code | 908 exchange: 637 |
| FIPS code | 3404133930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882244 |
| Website | www |
Independence Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 5,469, a decrease of 193 (−3.4%) from the 2010 census count of 5,662, which in turn reflected an increase of 59 (+1.1%) from the 5,603 counted in the 2000 census.