Rockaway, New Jersey
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 | |
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| Coordinates: 40°53′45″N 74°31′02″W / 40.895853°N 74.517323°W | |
| 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, 2027) |
| • Administrator | Patricia Reiche |
| • Municipal clerk | Kimberly Cuspilich |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.12 sq mi (5.50 km2) |
| • Land | 2.08 sq mi (5.38 km2) |
| • Water | 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km2) 2.22% |
| • Rank | 400th of 565 in state 34th of 39 in county |
| Elevation | 538 ft (164 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 6,598 |
• Estimate (2023) | 6,596 |
| • Rank | 326th of 565 in state 27th of 39 in county |
| • Density | 3,181.3/sq mi (1,228.3/km2) |
| • Rank | 210th of 565 in state 10th of 39 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07866 |
| Area code | 973 |
| FIPS code | 3402764050 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885374 |
| 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, an increase of 160 (+2.5%) from the 2010 census count of 6,438, which in turn reflected a decline of 35 (−0.5%) from the 6,473 counted in the 2000 census.