Rockaway Township, New Jersey
Rockaway Township, New Jersey | |
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Ford-Faesch House | |
Interactive map of Rockaway Township | |
Location in Morris County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°57′33″N 74°29′56″W / 40.959048°N 74.49889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Morris |
| Incorporated | April 8, 1844 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Joseph Jackson (R, unexpired term ends December 31, 2027) |
| • Administrator | Paula Cozzarelli |
| • Municipal clerk | Everett Falt |
| Area | |
• Total | 45.89 sq mi (118.85 km2) |
| • Land | 41.73 sq mi (108.09 km2) |
| • Water | 4.16 sq mi (10.77 km2) 9.06% |
| • Rank | 39th of 565 in state 1st of 39 in county |
| Elevation | 673 ft (205 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 25,341 |
• Estimate (2023) | 26,368 |
| • Rank | 103rd of 565 in state 4th of 39 in county |
| • Density | 607.2/sq mi (234.4/km2) |
| • Rank | 429th of 565 in state 32nd of 39 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07866(Rockaway Borough) 07435 (Newfoundland) 07842 (Hibernia) 07801(Dover) 07866 (Wharton) 07005 (Boonton) 07405 (Butler) 07438 (Oak Ridge) |
| Area code(s) | 973 |
| FIPS code | 3402764080 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882209 |
| Website | www |
Rockaway Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 25,341, an increase of 1,185 (+4.9%) from the 2010 census count of 24,156, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,226 (+5.3%) from the 22,930 counted in the 2000 census.
Rockaway Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1844, from portions of Hanover Township and Pequannock Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Rockaway Borough (June 19, 1894), Port Oram (June 26, 1895, now Wharton) and Denville Township (April 14, 1913). Portions of the township were annexed to Boonton Township in 1906 and to Rockaway Borough in 1908.
The township shares its name with the Rockaway River and the neighboring borough. The name is derived from a Native American term, variously said to mean "place of sands", "creek between two hills" or "bushy" / "difficult to cross".
A large part of the township consists of Picatinny Arsenal, a United States Army base that covers nearly 6,500 acres (2,600 ha) of the township (a portion of the facility is located in Jefferson Township), used mainly for the development of new weapons technologies.