Great Notch, New Jersey

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Great Notch, New Jersey
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Great Notch
Location in Passaic County
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Great Notch
Location in New Jersey
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Great Notch
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°52′28″N74°12′28″W / 40.87444°N 74.20778°W / 40.87444; -74.20778
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Passaic
Township Little Falls
Area
[1]
  Total1.01 sq mi (2.62 km2)
  Land0.99 sq mi (2.57 km2)
  Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation
312 ft (95 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total3,289
  Density3,315.52/sq mi (1,280.16/km2)
ZIP Code
07424
FIPS code 34-27390 [3]
GNIS feature ID0876752 [4]

Great Notch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [5] located in eastern Little Falls, in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [6] It gets its name from a gap in the first of the Watchung Mountains. Located in Great Notch are parts of Montclair State University and the Great Notch Fire Company.

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Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, the area had a population of 3289. [2]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 3,289
U.S. Decennial Census [7]
2020 [2]

Transportation

With fewer than 10 passengers boarding per weekday, NJ Transit ended service at the Great Notch train station in January 2010. [8]

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  8. "NJ TRANSIT ANNOUNCES CLOSURE OF GREAT NOTCH STATION; Station will close January 16 due to low ridership", New Jersey Transit, December 21, 2009. Accessed June 8, 2016. "NJ TRANSIT today announced that Great Notch Station, located in Little Falls on the Montclair-Boonton Line, will close January 16, 2010, due to low ridership."