Landing, New Jersey

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Landing, New Jersey
Census-designated place
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Landing
Location in Morris County
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Landing
Location in New Jersey
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Landing
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°54′18″N74°39′55″W / 40.90500°N 74.66528°W / 40.90500; -74.66528
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Morris
Township Roxbury
Area
[1]
 • Total2.480 sq mi (6.42 km2)
 • Land2.134 sq mi (5.53 km2)
 • Water0.346 sq mi (0.90 km2)
Elevation
922 ft (281 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total4,296
 • Density2,013.12/sq mi (777.27/km2)
ZIP Code
07850
Area code 973
FIPS code 34-38700 [3]
GNIS feature ID0877660 [4]

Landing is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [5] in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. [6] The community is located at the south end of Lake Hopatcong near Hopatcong State Park. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07850.

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As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 4,296. [2]

History

Landing was established as a resort community. From the 1880s through the 1940s, each summer it attracted thousands of people to the shores of Lake Hopatcong. After World War II, it began to decline and transform itself into a large suburban neighborhood. In 2017, measures were passed to give the neighborhood a facelift, the plans including several new, modern buildings, parks and signs. The improvements are expected to be complete in late 2022.

Geography

Landing is on the western edge of Morris County, in the northwestern part of Roxbury Township. It is bordered to the northwest, across Lake Hopatcong and its outlet, the Musconetcong River, by the borough of Hopatcong in Sussex County. Within Morris County, it is bordered to the east by the borough of Mount Arlington, to the south by unincorporated Ledgewood, and to the west by unincorporated Port Morris.

Interstate 80 forms the southern boundary of the Landing CDP, separating it from Ledgewood. Exit 28 (Landing Road) provides access to the community. I-80 leads east 29 miles (47 km) to Paterson and west 28 miles (45 km) to the Delaware Water Gap.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Landing CDP has a total area of 2.480 square miles (6.423 km2), of which 2.134 square miles (5.527 km2) are land and 0.346 square miles (0.896 km2), or 13.95%, are water. [1] The outlet of Lake Hopatcong is along the northern boundary of the community; the Musconetcong River flows out of the lake, leading southwest to the Delaware River. Hopatcong State Park is within the CDP at the lake outlet.

Notable people

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

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Census Data Explorer: Landing 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. ↑ "Landing". 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.
  6. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ Havsy, Jane, for the Daily Record . "Roxbury alum Dylan Castanheira now Atlanta United II goalkeeper", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , June 6, 2019. Accessed June 12, 2020. "Columbia senior goalkeeper Dylan Castanheira of Landing signed with Atlanta United 2 on Friday.... After missing his freshman season at Roxbury High School due to a twice-broken leg, Castanheira was able to train with Stoke City in England for a week in the summer and was invited to return for a more formal tryout a couple of months later."
  8. ↑ McFadden, Robert D. "Karen Ann Quinlan, 31, Dies; Focus Of '76 Right To Die Case", The New York Times , June 12, 1985. Accessed August 22, 2017. "Four weeks after her birth, the Quinlans took out adoption papers and took her home to their two-story gray-and-white colonial-style house at 510 Ryerson Road in the Landing section of Roxbury Township, just above Lake Hopatcong in Morris County."
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