Hibernia, New Jersey

Hibernia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)^[5] located along County Route 513 (Green Pond Road) in Rockaway Township of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[1][6] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07842. The community takes its name from Hibernia, the classical name for Ireland.^[7]

Hibernia, New Jersey
Census-designated place
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
County	Morris
Township	Rockaway
Named after	Hibernia, the classical name for Ireland
Area [2]
• Total	2.26 sq mi (5.86 km2)
• Land	2.16 sq mi (5.59 km2)
• Water	0.10 sq mi (0.27 km2)
Elevation	538 ft (164 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	208
• Density	96.34/sq mi (37.19/km2)
ZIP Code	07842 (Hibernia) 07866 (Rockaway)
FIPS code	34-31170[4]
GNIS feature ID	877076[1]

As of the 2020 United States census, the area had a population of 208.^[3]

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

Geography

Hibernia is in northern Morris County, just south of the geographic center of Rockaway Township. It is bordered to the north by the community of Lake Telemark and to the south by the community of White Meadow Lake. County Route 513 (Green Pond Road) passes through Hibernia, leading north 6 miles (10 km) to Green Pond and 9 miles (14 km) to New Jersey Route 23 at Newfoundland, while to the south it leads less than 4 miles (6 km) to Rockaway borough.

The community sits at an elevation of 650 feet (198 m) in the valley of Hibernia Brook, between hills which rise to elevations over 1,000 feet (305 m) to the east and west. Hibernia Brook flows south toward Beaver Brook and is part of the Rockaway River watershed leading east to the Passaic River.

Since 1970, the former Methodist Episcopal Church on Green Pond Road has been used as a branch of the Rockaway Township Free Public Library.^[8]

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  Methodist Episcopal Church, now a library

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	208		—
U.S. Decennial Census[9]

Hibernia was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.^[10]

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Rockaway Township, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Hibernia include:

• Thomas J. Hillery (1871–1920), president of the New Jersey Senate^[11]