Back روكاواي (نيوجيرسي) Arabic Rockaway AST روکاوای، نیوجرسی AZB Rockaway Catalan Рокевей (Нью-Джерси) CE Rockaway CEB Rockaway, New Jersey Welsh Rockaway (New Jersey) German Rockaway (Nueva Jersey) Spanish Rockaway (New Jersey) Basque
Rockaway, New Jersey | |
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 Joseph Jackson House, the Rockaway Borough Public Library | |
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 Location of Rockaway in Morris County circled and highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Morris County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left). | |
 Census Bureau map of Rockaway, New Jersey | |
  Rockaway Location in Morris County  Rockaway Location in New Jersey  Rockaway Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 40°53′45″N 74°31′02″W / 40.895853°N 74.517323°W[1][2] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County |  Morris |
| Incorporated | June 19, 1894 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Thomas Mulligan (R, term ends December 31, 2023)[3][4] |
| • Administrator | Patricia Reiche[5] |
| • Municipal clerk | Kimberly Cuspilich[6] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.12 sq mi (5.50 km2) |
| • Land | 2.08 sq mi (5.38 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2) 2.22% |
| • Rank | 400th of 565 in state 34th of 39 in county[1] |
| Elevation | 538 ft (164 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 6,598 |
| • Estimate | 6,596 |
| • Rank | 326th of 565 in state 27th of 39 in county[13] |
| • Density | 3,181.3/sq mi (1,228.3/km2) |
| • Rank | 210th of 565 in state 10th of 39 in county[13] |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | |
| Area code(s) | 973[16] |
| FIPS code | 3402764050[1][17][18] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885374[1][19] |
| Website | www |
Rockaway is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,598,[10][11] an increase of 160 (+2.5%) from the 2010 census count of 6,438,[20][21] which in turn reflected a decline of 35 (−0.5%) from the 6,473 counted in the 2000 census.[22]
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- ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Rockaway, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed September 5, 2011.
- ^ Zip Codes, State of New Jersey. Accessed August 29, 2013.
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