Flanders, New Jersey Explained

Flanders, New Jersey
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA New Jersey Morris County#USA New Jersey#USA
Pushpin Label:Flanders
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Morris County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States
Pushpin Relief:yes
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Morris
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Mount Olive
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:19.30
Area Land Km2:19.23
Area Water Km2:0.07
Area Total Sq Mi:7.45
Area Land Sq Mi:7.42
Area Water Sq Mi:0.03
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:9832
Population Density Sq Mi:1324.5
Population Density Km2:auto
Elevation M:207
Elevation Ft:679
Coordinates:40.8456°N -74.695°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:07836
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:[3]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:0876369
Unit Pref:Imperial

Flanders is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[4] in Mount Olive Township, in southwestern Morris County, New Jersey, United States.[5] As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,832.[2] Flanders is served by the U.S. Postal Service as ZIP Code 07836.[6]

Geography

Flanders is in southeastern Mount Olive Township, bordered to the east by Ledgewood and Succasunna in Roxbury Township and to the south by Chester Township. U.S. Route 206 passes through the community to the west of its center, leading north 4miles to Netcong and south 5miles to Chester.

Flanders lies in the German Valley, between highlands that rise 400feet to the northwest and 200feet to the southeast.[7] Drakes Brook, a southwest-flowing tributary of the South Branch of the Raritan River, passes through the center of town. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Flanders CDP has a total area of 7.45sqmi, of which 0.03sqmi, or 0.36%, are water.[1]

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, the Flanders CDP's population was 9,832,[2] a decrease of 2,736 (−21.8%) from the 12,568 enumerated at the 2010 census in the Flanders ZIP Code Tabulation Area,[8] which in turn reflected an increase of 351 (+2.9%) from the 12,217 counted in the 2000 census.[9]

Notable people

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Jersey. United States Census Bureau . October 10, 2024.
  2. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/flanderscdpnewjersey/ QuickFacts Flanders CDP, New Jersey
  3. https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey
  4. https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/tab20/tigerweb_tab20_cdp_2020_nj.html State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020
  5. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search
  6. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/njzips.htm Zip Codes
  7. Web site: Flanders, NJ: USA Topo. ACME Mapper. October 10, 2024.
  8. http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/8600000US07836 DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA 07836
  9. http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/8600000US07836 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for ZCTA5 07836
  10. Web site: Shore . Phil . Hangin' Out With Kenny Agostino (Flanders, N.J.) . New York Hockey Journal . November 28, 2014 .
  11. Thompson, Rich. "Holy Cross LB’s Dobbs, Anderson committed to fourth straight PL title", Boston Herald, August 8, 2022. Accessed January 2, 2024. "On most FCS defenses, Anderson would anchor the front seven for his abilities as a tackler and a turnover machine. The 6-3, 225-pounder from Flanders, N.J., finished with 81 tackles, 15 tackles for a loss, 7.5 sacks with three interceptions and a forced fumble."
  12. Spaulding, Anthony. "After breaking leg in 2015, former PJ star Noah Brown to start for Ohio State on Saturday", New Jersey Herald, September 2, 2016. Accessed January 12, 2017. "Noah Brown has every reason to be pumped up for Saturday.That day at noon, the Flanders native and 2014 Pope John High School graduate is expected to start in the first NCAA Division I college football game of his career at wide receiver in the Ohio State Buckeyes' season opener against Bowling Green."
  13. Web site: Biography - John R. Neill . Mason . Jory Neill . December 27, 2020.
  14. Hilbert, Rita. Mount Olive, p. 29. Arcadia Publishing, 2001, via Google Books. . Accessed December 27, 2020. "Jonathan Nicholas, a barrel maker, built his home in Flanders after the Revolutionary War."
  15. News: The Hackesttown Gazette . November 19, 1959 . Flanders Man Gets Commerce Position.
  16. Hoffman, Joe. "Mt. Olive's Rouson headed to Colorado", Daily Record, February 2, 2006. Accessed March 26, 2011.
  17. Web site: Steve Slattery . USA Track & Field . June 6, 2008 .
  18. Web site: Wurts Family Papers . Hagley Museum and Library . August 21, 2013 .
  19. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000774 John Wurts

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