| Rockingham, New Jersey | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
The historic Rockingham House, originally built in Rockingham. | |
  Rockingham, New Jersey Location of Rockingham in Somerset County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey  Rockingham, New Jersey Rockingham, New Jersey (New Jersey)  Rockingham, New Jersey Rockingham, New Jersey (the US) | |
| Coordinates: 40°23′52″N74°37′09″W / 40.39778°N 74.61917°W Coordinates: 40°23′52″N74°37′09″W / 40.39778°N 74.61917°W | |
| Country |  |
| State |  |
| County | Somerset |
| Township | Franklin |
| Elevation [1] | 213 ft (65 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 879761 [1] |
Rockingham is an unincorporated community located within Franklin Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. [2] The historic Rockingham House was built in Rockingham but has been moved several times.
Franklin Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 62,300, reflecting an increase of 11,397 (+22.4%) from the 50,903 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 8,123 (+19.0%) from the 42,780 counted in the 1990 Census.
Somerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 335,432, a 3.7% increase from the 2010 United States Census, making it the 13th-most populous of the state's 21 counties. Somerset County is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Somerville. The most populous place was Franklin Township, with 62,300 residents at the time of the 2010 Census, while Hillsborough Township, covered 55.00 square miles (142.4 km2), the largest total area of any municipality.
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States. It is a peninsula, bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, particularly along the extent of the length of New York City on its western edge; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous, with 9 million residents as of 2017, and the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states; its biggest city is Newark. New Jersey lies completely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and was the second-wealthiest U.S. state by median household income as of 2017.
