Rockaway

Also known as Rockaway, New Jersey, Rockaway, NJ

borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: New Jersey
County: Morris
Incorporated: June 19, 1894
Type: Borough
Body: Borough Council
Mayor: Thomas Mulligan ( R , term ends December 31, 2027)
Administrator: Michael Kazimir
Municipal clerk: Kimberly Cuspilich
Total: 2.12 sq mi (5.50 km )
Land: 2.08 sq mi (5.38 km )
Water: 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km ) 2.22%
Rank: 400th of 565 in state, 34th of 39 in county
Elevation: 538 ft (164 m)
Estimate 2023: 6,596
Density: 3,181.3/sq mi (1,228.3/km )
Time zone: UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst: UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Rockaway
Population: 6598
Area: 5.48792
Elevation: 174
Official website: www.rockawayborough.org
Image: Joseph Jackson House, Rockaway, NJ.jpg
Households: 2588

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Commons category: Rockaway, New Jersey
postal code: 07866
inception: 1894-06-19
water as percent of area: 2.2003
per capita income: 42614

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Rockaway is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In 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 was a decline of 35 (−0.5%) from the 6,473 in the 2000 census.

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