Kinnelon
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borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Morris
- Incorporated
- March 21, 1922
- Named after
- Francis S. Kinney
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- James J. Freda ( R , term ends December 31, 2026)
- Municipal clerk
- Karen Iuele
- Total
- 19.25 sq mi (49.86 km )
- Land
- 18.04 sq mi (46.73 km )
- Water
- 1.21 sq mi (3.13 km ) 6.27%
- Rank
- 146th of 565 in state, 10th of 39 in county
- Elevation
- 699 ft (213 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 10,009
- Density
- 552.8/sq mi (213.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
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Encyclopedic overview
Kinnelon (/ˈkɪnəlɒn/) is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located approximately 33 miles (53 km) west of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 9,966, a decrease of 282 (−2.8%) from the 2010 census count of 10,248, which in turn reflected an increase of 883 (+9.4%) from the 9,365 counted in the 2000 census. It is a low-density, suburban community, with many parks and trails.
Once known as Charlotteburg, Kinnelon was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 20, 1922, from portions of Pequannock Township, based on the results of a referendum passed on March 21, 1922. The borough's name comes from Francis S. Kinney, who purchased 5,000 acres (20 km) of land in the 1880s for an estate that included Lake Kinnelon, and built St. Hubert's Chapel in 1886 on an island in the lake.
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