Lopatcong Township, New Jersey
| Lopatcong Township, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of Lopatcong | |
 Map of Lopatcong Township in Warren County. Inset: Location of Warren County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Lopatcong Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°42′52″N 75°09′21″W / 40.714352°N 75.155769°WCoordinates: 40°42′52″N 75°09′21″W / 40.714352°N 75.155769°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Warren |
| Incorporated | March 7, 1851 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Small Municipality) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Thomas McKay (R, term ends December 31, 2017) |
| • Administrator / Clerk | M. Beth Dilts |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.159 sq mi (18.541 km2) |
| • Land | 7.098 sq mi (18.384 km2) |
| • Water | 0.061 sq mi (0.157 km2) 0.85% |
| Area rank | 242nd of 566 in state 16th of 22 in county |
| Elevation | 384 ft (117 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 8,014 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 8,245 |
| • Rank | 287th of 566 in state 3rd of 22 in county |
| • Density | 1,129.0/sq mi (435.9/km2) |
| • Density rank | 365th of 566 in state 6th of 22 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08865 |
| Area code(s) | 908 |
| FIPS code | 3404141490 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882252 |
| Website | www |
Lopatcong Township /loʊˈpætkɒŋ/ is a township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 8,014, reflecting an increase of 2,249 (+39.0%) from the 5,765 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 713 (+14.1%) from the 5,052 counted in the 1990 Census. The township is part of the eastern region of the Lehigh Valley.
Lopatcong Township was featured in a 2003 article in The New York Times which discussed problems of public school financing in suburban communities and various strategies that Lopatcong and other such communities have adopted to deal with the problem.
What is now Lopatcong Township was created as Phillipsburg Township on March 7, 1851, by an act approved by the New Jersey Legislature from portions of Greenwich Township and Harmony Township. After Phillipsburg was incorporated as an independent municipality on March 8, 1861, the township changed its name to Lopatcong as of March 18, 1863, after a creek in the area.
The name of the creek and township — Lopatcong — came from four words of the Lenni Lenape Native Americans — Lowan peek achtu onk, which meant "winter watering place for deer".
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