Green Village, New Jersey

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Green Village, New Jersey
Census-designated place
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Green Village post office
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Green Village
Location in Morris County
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Green Village
Location in New Jersey
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Green Village
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°44′21″N74°27′13″W / 40.73917°N 74.45361°W / 40.73917; -74.45361
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Morris
Townships Chatham and Harding
Named for Ashbel Green
Area
[1]
 • Total2.44 sq mi (6.33 km2)
 • Land2.34 sq mi (6.07 km2)
 • Water0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2)
Elevation
249 ft (76 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total1,103
 • Density470.76/sq mi (181.74/km2)
ZIP Code
07935
FIPS code 34-28020 [3]
GNIS feature ID0876795 [4]

Green Village is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [5] within Harding and Chatham townships in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. [6] As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,103. [2] It is located just north of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and is named after Ashbel Green, former president of Princeton University.

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In the Forbes magazine 2006 ranking of the Most Expensive ZIP Codes in the United States, Green Village was ranked as the 282nd most expensive in the country, with its median home sale price in 2005 of $777,465. [7] As of 2021, the median home value within Green Village was $1,069,200. [8]

History

The village was founded in the 18th century and named for founding father Ashbel Green. [9] One of the earliest houses in the village is that of Elias Boudinot, constructed in 1760 by one of George Washington's generals, William Alexander. [9] The village center was largely created in 1800 by local farmer John Cockrem and his family, which ran a wagon-building company in town, and his son Philip built the local Methodist church and original post office. [9] A new post office would be built during the Eisenhower presidency. [9]

Geography

Green Village is in southern Morris County, mostly in the western part of Chatham Township, but extending into the eastern part of Harding Township. It is bordered to the northeast by the borough of Madison and to the west by unincorporated New Vernon. Morristown, the county seat, is 5 miles (8 km) to the north. The village is drained by Great Brook and its tributary Loantaka Brook, which flow southwest into the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and thence to the Passaic River. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Green Village CDP has a total area of 2.44 square miles (6.32 km2), of which 2.34 square miles (6.06 km2) are land and 0.10 square miles (0.26 km2), or 4.13%, are water. [1]

Green Village has its own post office and fire department, [10] as well as a plant nursery known as The Farm at Green Village, a deli, a Methodist church, and a gas station. Additionally, a number of residents maintain farms and sell produce (including pumpkins, tomatoes, watermelons), eggs, and firewood. Green Village principally consists of three streets, namely Green Village Road, which runs east to Madison and west to New Vernon; and Meyersville Road and Britten Road, which each run south to the Great Swamp. The eastern end of Woodland Road is within the Green Village CDP and ZIP Code area, while the remainder is within the New Vernon CDP and ZIP Code area. [11]

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, the area had a population of 1,103. [2]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 1,103—
U.S. Decennial Census [12]

Education

Students attend schools in either Harding Township or Chatham, depending on which side of Green Village they live in.

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References

  1. 1 2 "2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Census Data Explorer: Green Village CDP, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.
  3. ↑ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Green Village". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
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  8. ↑ Census Reporter: Green Village, NJ.
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