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Hibernia, New Jersey

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Coordinates: 40°56′38″N 74°29′34″W / 40.94389°N 74.49278°W / 40.94389; -74.49278
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Hibernia, New Jersey
Census-designated place
View along Green Pond Road
View along Green Pond Road
Hibernia is located in Morris County, New Jersey
Hibernia
Hibernia
Location in Morris County
Hibernia is located in New Jersey
Hibernia
Hibernia
Location in New Jersey
Hibernia is located in the United States
Hibernia
Hibernia
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°56′38″N 74°29′34″W / 40.94389°N 74.49278°W / 40.94389; -74.49278[1]
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMorris
TownshipRockaway
Named forHibernia, the classical name for Ireland
Area
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 • Total
2.26 sq mi (5.86 km2)
 • Land2.16 sq mi (5.59 km2)
 • Water0.10 sq mi (0.27 km2)
Elevation
538 ft (164 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
208
 • Density96.34/sq mi (37.19/km2)
ZIP Code
07842 (Hibernia)
07866 (Rockaway)
FIPS code34-31170[4]
GNIS feature ID877076[1]

Hibernia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[5] located along County Route 513 (Green Pond Road) in Rockaway Township of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1][6] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07842. The community takes its name from Hibernia, the classical name for Ireland.[7]

As of the 2020 United States census, the area had a population of 208.[3]

The Hibernia mines, a series of iron mines worked from pre-Revolutionary times until 1916, are located here.

Geography

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Hibernia is in northern Morris County, just south of the geographic center of Rockaway Township. It is bordered to the north by the community of Lake Telemark and to the south by the community of White Meadow Lake. County Route 513 (Green Pond Road) passes through Hibernia, leading north 6 miles (10 km) to Green Pond and 9 miles (14 km) to New Jersey Route 23 at Newfoundland, while to the south it leads less than 4 miles (6 km) to Rockaway borough.

The community sits at an elevation of 650 feet (198 m) in the valley of Hibernia Brook, between hills which rise to elevations over 1,000 feet (305 m) to the east and west. Hibernia Brook flows south toward Beaver Brook and is part of the Rockaway River watershed leading east to the Passaic River.

Since 1970, the former Methodist Episcopal Church on Green Pond Road has been used as a branch of the Rockaway Township Free Public Library.[8]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020208—
U.S. Decennial Census[9]

Notable people

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See also: Category:People from Rockaway Township, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Hibernia include:

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Hibernia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Census Data Explorer: Hibernia CDP, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.
  4. ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
  5. ^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "Locality Search". State of New Jersey.
  7. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 156.
  8. ^ "Library History". Rockaway Township Free Public Library.
  9. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  10. ^ Biographical and Genealogical History of Morris and Sussex Counties, New Jersey. Vol. II. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1899. pp. 615–616 – via Google Books.
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