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The Iron Hills Conference was an athletic conference of twenty high schools located in Essex County, Morris County and Union County in New Jersey. The Iron division is often regarded as one of the most competitive in the state.

Essex County, New Jersey County in the United States

Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 808,285, making it the state's third-most populous county, an increase of 3.1% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 783,969, in turn a decrease of 1.2% from the 793,633 enumerated in the 2000 Census. In 2010, the county dropped down to third-largest, behind Middlesex County, and was one of only two counties in the state to see a decline between 2000 and 2010. Its county seat is Newark, the most populous city in the state. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area.

Morris County, New Jersey County in New Jersey

Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 25 mi (40 km) west of New York City. According to the 2010 United States Census, the population was 492,276, up from the 470,212 at the 2000 Census, As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 499,693, making it the state's 10th-most populous county, and marking a 1.5% increase from 2010. The county is part of the New York Metropolitan Area, and its county seat is Morristown. The most populous place was Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, with 53,238 residents at the time of the 2010 Census, while Rockaway Township covered 45.55 square miles (118.0 km2), the largest total area of any municipality.

Union County, New Jersey County in the United States

Union County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 563,892, making it the seventh-most populous of the state's 21 counties, an increase of 5.1% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 536,499, in turn an increase of 13,958 (2.7%) from the 522,541 enumerated in the 2000 Census. In 2010, Union County slipped to the seventh-most populous county in the state, having been surpassed by Ocean County. Union County is part of the New York metropolitan area. Its county seat is Elizabeth.

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The conference was split up at the end of the 2008-2009 sports season due to conference realignment changes made by the NJSIAA. The Essex County schools joined the Super Essex Conference, the Morris County schools joined the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, and the Union County schools joined the Union County Interscholastic Association.

The Super Essex Conference (SEC) is a high school athletic conference located in Essex County, New Jersey. The conference was formed in 2009 by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association and was a result of a larger realignment that swept through North Jersey. The Super Essex Conference was formed by all of Essex County's high schools, the majority of which either came from the NNJIL, Iron Hills, Northern Hills, or Colonial Hills conferences. Several schools were members of either the Mountain Valley or Watchung conferences, while several further were independent. The only school that did not participate was St. Benedict's Preparatory School, which is not part of the NJSIAA's jurisdiction.

The Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) is a sports league that includes public and private high schools from Morris County, Sussex County and Warren County, New Jersey, that operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

Member schools

There were 20 member schools in the Iron Hills Conference before the conference was split up.

SchoolLocationSchool DistrictTeam NameDivision
Chatham High School Chatham School District of the Chathams CougarsHills
Columbia High School Maplewood South Orange-Maplewood School District CougarsIron
Dover High School Dover Dover School District TigersHills
East Orange Campus High School East Orange East Orange School District JaguarsIron
Hanover Park High School East Hanover Hanover Park Regional High School District HornetsHills
Livingston High School Livingston Livingston Public Schools LancersIron
Morris Hills High School Rockaway Morris Hills Regional High School District Scarlet KnightsHills
Morris Knolls High School Denville Morris Hills Regional High School District Golden EaglesIron
Morristown High School Morristown Morris School District ColonialsIron
Mount Olive High School Mount Olive Mount Olive Township School District MaraudersIron
Parsippany High School Parsippany Parsippany-Troy Hills School District Red HawksHills
Parsippany Hills High School Parsippany Parsippany-Troy Hills School District VikingsHills
Randolph High School Randolph Randolph Township Schools RamsIron
Roxbury High School Succasunna Roxbury School District GaelsIron
Seton Hall Preparatory School West Orange Private/ParochialPiratesIron
Summit High School Summit Summit Public Schools HilltoppersHills
Weequahic High School Newark Newark Public Schools IndiansHills
West Essex High School North Caldwell West Essex Regional School District KnightsHills
West Morris Central High School Washington Township West Morris Regional High School District HighlandersIron
West Morris Mendham High School Mendham West Morris Regional High School District MinutemenHills

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