Mine Hill Township, New Jersey
Mine Hill Township, New Jersey | |
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Bridget Smith House | |
Location of Mine Hill Township in Morris County highlighted and circled in red (right). Inset map: Location of Morris County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left). | |
Location in Morris County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′41″N 74°36′04″W / 40.878088°N 74.601176°W According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 3.00 square miles (7.76 km2), including 2.94 square miles (7.61 km2) of land and 0.06 square miles (0.15 km2) of water (1.93%). | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Morris |
| Incorporated | May 8, 1923 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Sam Morris (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Municipal clerk | Marcie Istvan |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.00 sq mi (7.76 km2) |
| • Land | 2.94 sq mi (7.61 km2) |
| • Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2) 1.93% |
| • Rank | 335th of 565 in state 26th of 39 in county |
| Elevation | 866 ft (264 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 4,015 |
• Estimate (2023) | 4,006 |
| • Rank | 412th of 565 in state 35th of 39 in county |
| • Density | 1,366.2/sq mi (527.5/km2) |
| • Rank | 349th of 565 in state 23rd of 39 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07803 |
| Area code(s) | 973 |
| FIPS code | 3402746860 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882202 |
| Website | www |
Mine Hill Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a residential community located just west of the center of Morris County, and northwest of the county seat Morristown.
Mine Hill was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 2, 1923, from portions of Randolph, based on the results of a referendum held on May 8, 1923.
The township's name comes from the history of mines in the area. Mining in Mine Hill dates back to the early 18th century and the township had some of the richest sources of iron ore in the country. The family of Mahlon Dickerson, who was New Jersey's 7th Governor, owned the Dickerson Mine, which was the largest ore mine in the area, supplying much of the iron ore used during the American Revolutionary War. The last mine in the township closed in the late 1960s.
As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 4,015, an increase of 364 (+10.0%) from the 2010 census count of 3,651, which in turn reflected a decline of 28 (−0.8%) from the 3,679 counted in the 2000 census.