Walpack Township, New Jersey
Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Walpack Township is a township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 7,[7] a decrease of 9 (−56.3%) from the 2010 census count of 16,[15][16] which in turn reflected a decline of 34 (−82.9%) from the 41 counted in the 2000 census.[17] Walpack Township was the smallest municipality by population and one of only four municipalities in New Jersey with a population under 100 as of the 2020 Census;[7] it had the state's third-smallest population in the 2010 census, behind Tavistock (population 5) and the now-defunct Pine Valley (population 12), both in Camden County.[18]
Walpack Township, New Jersey | |
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Motto: Oldest Municipality in Sussex County | |
Coordinates: 41.121°N 74.890°W / 41.121; -74.890[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Sussex |
Earliest mention | October 26, 1731 |
Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
Government | |
• Type | Township |
• Body | Township Committee |
• Mayor | Victor J. Maglio (R, term ends December 31, 2024)[4][5] |
• Municipal clerk | Christine M. Von Oesen[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 24.88 sq mi (64.45 km2) |
• Land | 24.24 sq mi (62.77 km2) |
• Water | 0.65 sq mi (1.68 km2) 2.60% |
• Rank | 109th of 565 in state 10th of 24 in county[1] |
Elevation | 436 ft (133 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 7 |
• Estimate (2022)[8] | 8 |
• Rank | 565th of 565 in state 24th of 24 in county[9] |
• Density | 0.3/sq mi (0.1/km2) |
• Rank | 565th of 565 in state 24th of 24 in county[9] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | 07881 – Walpack Center[10] |
Area code | 908[11] |
FIPS code | 3403776640[1][12][13] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882259[1][14] |
Website | www |
The township is named from a corruption of the Lenape Native American content word "wahlpeck," which means "turn-hole," or an eddy or whirlpool, a compound of two Native American words, "woa-lac" (a hole), and "tuppeck" (a pool),[19] though other sources attribute the name to mean "very deep water"[20] or "sudden bend of a stream around the base of a rock".[21]