Liberty Township, New Jersey
Liberty Township, New Jersey | |
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Free Union Church | |
Location of Liberty 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 Liberty Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Warren County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′11″N 74°56′17″W / 40.86974°N 74.938072°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Warren |
| Incorporated | April 30, 1926 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | John E. Inscho (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Diane M. Pflugfelder |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.93 sq mi (30.89 km2) |
| • Land | 11.67 sq mi (30.22 km2) |
| • Water | 0.26 sq mi (0.68 km2) 2.20% |
| • Rank | 194th of 565 in state 14th of 22 in county |
| Elevation | 748 ft (228 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,670 |
• Estimate (2023) | 2,688 |
| • Rank | 461st of 565 in state 15th of 22 in county |
| • Density | 228.9/sq mi (88.4/km2) |
| • Rank | 495th of 565 in state 14th of 22 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Codes | |
| Area code | 908 |
| FIPS code | 3404140110 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882245 |
| Website | www |
Liberty 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 2,670, a decrease of 272 (−9.2%) from the 2010 census count of 2,942, which in turn reflected an increase of 177 (+6.4%) from the 2,765 counted in the 2000 census.
Liberty Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 26, 1926, from portions of Hope Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 30, 1926.