Hibernia, New Jersey

Hibernia is an unincorporated community located along County Route 513 (Green Pond Road) in Rockaway Township of Morris County, New Jersey.[1][2] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 07842. The community takes its name from Hibernia, the classical name for Ireland.[3]

Hibernia, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
View along Green Pond Road
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Coordinates: 40°56′38″N 74°29′34″W[1]
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMorris
TownshipRockaway
Named forHibernia, the classical name for Ireland
Elevation
538 ft (164 m)
ZIP code
07866
GNIS feature ID877076[1]

As of the 2000 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07842 was 93.

The Hibernia mines, a series of iron mines worked from pre-Revolutionary times until 1916, are located here.

Since 1970, the former Methodist Episcopal Church on Green Pond Road has been used as a branch of the Rockaway Township Free Public Library.[4]

Notable people

References
  1. "Hibernia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  2. "Locality Search". State of New Jersey.
  3. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 156.
  4. "Library History". Rockaway Township Free Public Library.
  5. Biographical and Genealogical History of Morris and Sussex Counties, New Jersey. Vol. II. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1899. pp. 615–616 – via Google Books.
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