Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey

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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey
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The Isles Bridge, Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey
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Lake Hopatcong
Location in Morris County
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Lake Hopatcong
Location in New Jersey
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Lake Hopatcong
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°57′39″N74°36′46″W / 40.96083°N 74.61278°W / 40.96083; -74.61278
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
StateFlag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Morris
Township Jefferson
Area
[1]
  Total9.39 sq mi (24.32 km2)
  Land7.39 sq mi (19.13 km2)
  Water2.00 sq mi (5.19 km2)
Elevation
930 ft (280 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total10,232
  Density1,385.32/sq mi (534.90/km2)
Time zone UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (EDT)
ZIP Code
07849
Area code(s) 973/862
FIPS code 34-37710 [3]
GNIS feature ID2806109 [4]

Lake Hopatcong is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Township, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It includes communities on the northeast side of Lake Hopatcong, the largest freshwater body in the state.

Contents

Lakefront communities in the CDP include Espanong, Prospect Point, Raccoon Island, and Woodport, and inland communities include Hurdtown, Tierneys Corner, and Berkshire Valley. The CDP is bordered to the west, across the lake, by the borough of Hopatcong in Sussex County, and to the south it is bordered by Mount Arlington in Roxbury Township and by the Lower Berkshire Valley CDP. Lake Shawnee is in the northeast part of the CDP.

New Jersey Route 15 passes through the eastern side of the Lake Hopatcong CDP, leading south 4 miles (6 km) to Interstate 80 in Wharton and north 6 miles (10 km) to Sparta.

The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. [4]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 10,232
U.S. Decennial Census [5] [2]

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Lake Hopatcong include:

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  2. 1 2 "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  3. Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Lake Hopatcong Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. Lestinsky, Marc. "Jefferson Student Hits Basketball Big Time; Breakout 2010-11 season has netted Jefferson resident national attention.", Jefferson, NJ Patch, August 9, 2011. Accessed October 13, 2021. "Jefferson native and bona fide basketball star-in-the-making Jaren Sina admitted to being something of an unknown to most outsiders entering his freshman year at Gill St. Bernard's School (Gladstone) in 2009.... The 17-year-old kid from little-known Lake Hopatcong can play."