Hibernia, New Jersey
Hibernia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located along County Route 513 (Green Pond Road) in Rockaway Township of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07842. The community takes its name from Hibernia, the classical name for Ireland.
As of the 2000 United States census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07842 was 93.
The Hibernia mines, a series of iron mines worked from pre-Revolutionary times until 1916, are located here.
Since 1970, the former Methodist Episcopal Church on Green Pond Road has been used as a branch of the Rockaway Township Free Public Library.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, now a library
Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, the area had a population of 208.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 208 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census |
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Hibernia include:
- Thomas J. Hillery (1871–1920), President of the New Jersey Senate
References
- ^ "Hibernia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ Census Data Explorer: Hibernia CDP, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
- ^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
- ^ "Locality Search". State of New Jersey.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 156.
- ^ "Library History". Rockaway Township Free Public Library.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ Biographical and Genealogical History of Morris and Sussex Counties, New Jersey. Vol. II. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1899. pp. 615–616 – via Google Books.
External links
Media related to Hibernia, New Jersey at Wikimedia Commons
- "Hibernia Historic District". The Historical Marker Database.
- Census 2000 Fact Sheet for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07842 from the United States Census Bureau