Rockaway

Also known as Rockaway, New Jersey, Rockaway, NJ

borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States

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Within Vinony's link graph, Rockaway is referenced by 303 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, veto power and Eastern Time Zone.

The entry is geolocated on the map in NJ.

It is catalogued under topics including 1894 establishments in New Jersey, Borough form of New Jersey government and Boroughs in Morris County, New Jersey.

Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.

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

Instance of: borough of New Jersey
Official name: Rockaway
Country: United States
Located in: Morris County
Population: 6598
Area: 5.48792
Elevation: 174
Time zone: Eastern Time Zone
Shares border with: Rockaway Township
Official website: www.rockawayborough.org
Image: Joseph Jackson House, Rockaway, NJ.jpg
Households: 2588

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Commons category: Rockaway, New Jersey
topic's main category: Category:Rockaway, New Jersey
postal code: 07866
category of associated people: Category:People from Rockaway, New Jersey
inception: 1894-06-19
water as percent of area: 2.2003
per capita income: 42614

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rockaway” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.