{"id":6272,"date":"2023-07-24T18:06:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6272"},"modified":"2026-08-07T10:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:25:04","slug":"sussex-county-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/sussex-county-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Sussex County, New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sussex County is a county in New Jersey, United States, about 55 miles northwest of New York
\nCity. It had a population of 144,221 at the 2020 census, an estimated 145,807 by 2023, and
\ncovers 535.54 square miles (1,387.0 km2) centred near 41\u00b008\u2032N 74\u00b041\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Newton is the county seat; its postal code is 07860. The county holds 1 town, 9 boroughs and
\n14 townships — New Jersey has no unincorporated land, so every one of these 24
\nmunicipalities is the county seat’s neighbor’s own local government — and it runs on
\nEastern Time. Its FIPS code is 34037.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Sussex County<\/h2>\n

Sussex County has 24 municipalities on record: 1 town, 9 boroughs and 14 townships. New
\nJersey divides every acre of a county into an incorporated municipality, so there is no
\nCensus-style CDP or unincorporated territory at the county level here — the “Township”
\nlabel below is the municipality’s own legal form of government, not a subdivision of a larger
\ntown.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Vernon Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n22,358<\/td>\n07462<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sparta Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n19,600<\/td>\n07871<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hopatcong<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n14,362<\/td>\n07843<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wantage Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n10,811<\/td>\n07461<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newton<\/td>\nTown · seat<\/td>\n8,374<\/td>\n07860<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hardyston Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n8,125<\/td>\n07419<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Byram Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n8,028<\/td>\n07871<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andover Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n5,996<\/td>\n07860<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frankford Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n5,302<\/td>\n07826<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Franklin<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n4,912<\/td>\n07416<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hampton Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n4,893<\/td>\n07860<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stillwater Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n4,004<\/td>\n07875<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montague Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n3,792<\/td>\n07827<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Green Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n3,627<\/td>\n07821<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanhope<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n3,526<\/td>\n07874<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hamburg<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n3,266<\/td>\n07419<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fredon Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n3,235<\/td>\n07860<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lafayette Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n2,358<\/td>\n07848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ogdensburg<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n2,258<\/td>\n07439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sussex<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n2,024<\/td>\n07461<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sandyston Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n1,977<\/td>\n07826<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Branchville<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n791<\/td>\n07826<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andover Borough<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n595<\/td>\n07821<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walpack Township<\/td>\nTownship<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n07881<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Several named lake and mountain communities sit inside these townships without a government
\nof their own. The largest is Lake Mohawk, a census-designated place split between Sparta and
\nByram townships with 9,759 residents in 2020 — bigger than 19 of the 24 municipalities
\nabove. Highland Lakes, in Vernon Township, is a CDP of 4,816. McAfee, Glenwood and Stockholm are
\nolder unincorporated hamlets in Vernon and Hardyston townships with no 2020 CDP count of their
\nown, and Beemerville is an unincorporated crossroads in Wantage Township.<\/p>\n

Branchville is a “doughnut town” — a small independent borough completely
\nsurrounded by Frankford Township, one of 21 such pairs in New Jersey. Andover Borough and
\nAndover Township are two separate municipalities that do not touch each other; the borough was
\ncarved out of the township in 1904 and now sits detached, several miles east near Green
\nTownship.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n