Troy Hills, New Jersey Explained

Official Name:Troy Hills, New Jersey
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA New Jersey Morris County#USA New Jersey#USA
Pushpin Label:Troy Hills
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Morris County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States
Pushpin Relief:yes
Coordinates:40.8525°N -74.3922°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Morris
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Parsippany-Troy Hills
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:2.92
Area Land Sq Mi:2.88
Area Water Sq Mi:0.04
Area Total Km2:7.55
Area Land Km2:7.45
Area Water Km2:0.10
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:681.58
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:−05:00
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−04:00
Elevation Ft:225
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:07054 (Parsippany)
Area Code:973/862
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2806209
Population Total:5081
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Density Sq Mi:1765.46

Troy Hills is a census-designated place (CDP)[3] in the township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is in the southeast part of the township, bordered to the north and west by the Parsippany CDP, to the south by Whippany in Hanover Township, and to the east by Troy Meadows, the largest freshwater marsh in New Jersey.

Interstate 80 forms the northern edge of the CDP, and Jefferson Road is the western edge. Troy Hills is 6miles northeast of Morristown and northwest of Newark.

The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 11, 2022.
  2. https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey
  3. 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