Rockaway, New Jersey | |
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![]() Joseph Jackson House, the Rockaway Borough Public Library | |
![]() 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 | |
Location in Morris County Location in New Jersey | |
Coordinates: 40°53′45″N 74°31′02″W / 40.895853°N 74.517323°W[1][2] | |
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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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